Computer Engineering, B.S.

Program Educational Objectives

After graduation and engaging in the profession of Computer Engineering for a few years, our graduates will have:

• become a part of California’s high technology workforce, and made significant contributions to Computer Engineering through the research, design and development of a wide range of embedded systems and system-on-chip applications.
• helped further the state’s economic growth by developing innovative ideas, and translating them into commercial products that benefit society.
• functioned effectively as team members and/or leaders in multidisciplinary and multicultural environments.
• recognized the societal and global context of their work and understood professional and ethical responsibilities.
• continued the pursuit of lifelong learning through such activities as graduate school, distance education, professional training and membership in professional societies and been able to adapt to new engineering tools.

Major Declaration

Freshmen admission to engineering majors is to a ‘pre-major’ status (i.e., Pre-Computer Engineering). Continuation in the major will be subject to meeting specific lower division course and GPA requirements at CSULB that indicate the student’s ability to succeed and complete the major. Transfer applicants and CSULB students seeking admission into Computer Engineering must also meet similar major specific requirements. To become fully admitted into the Computer Engineering major, all prospective students (i.e., pre-majors, undeclared, major changes) must have a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA and complete the following lower-division courses with a minimum grade of “C” prior to earning 60 units:

Degree Progress

Students must complete the following requirements within one calendar year of declaring the major. Some students may need to take courses during Summer Session to meet these requirements. At the end of the year, students who have not met the requirements must either declare another major or meet with an Academic Advisor to determine if the student’s performance in the courses merits an additional semester to complete.

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