Student Outcomes
The EE program uses the Student Learning Outcomes (ABET 1-7) listed below to meet the Program Educational Objectives:
1. An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics.
2. An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors.
3. An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences.
4. An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts.
5. An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives.
6. An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions.
7. An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Major Declaration
First-time, first year admission to engineering majors is to a ‘premajor’ status (i.e., Pre-Electrical 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 Electrical Engineering at the Long Beach campus must also meet similar major specific requirements. To become fully admitted into the Electrical Engineering major at the Long Beach campus, 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:
First-time, first year Engineering freshmen pre-major and transfer students must complete the Engineering Degree Progress Requirements within their first academic year. At the end of the second full semester, typically Spring, students who have not met the requirements must either declare another major or meet with an Academic Advisor from the Engineering Student Success Center (ESSC) to determine if the student’s performance in the courses merits an additional semester to complete. Such students must submit a Degree Progress Extension Petition with the College of Engineering Dean’s Office.
Extension Program
The undergraduate program in electrical engineering is also offered as an extension program at Lancaster University Center, Lancaster, CA as part of the Antelope Valley Engineering Programs. This special program offered through the College of Professional and International Education (CPaCE) only accepts upper division transfer students with specific admission requirements. The extension program is a cohort-based model, allowing students to proceed as a group through the program in a prescribed lock-step sequence.
Antelope Valley Program Admission Requirements
To be admitted to the Electrical Engineering Extension Program offered at Lancaster University Center, all prospective students must have a minimum cumulative 2.5 GPA on all transferable course work attempted, and complete course work equivalent to the following:
Degree Progress
Each BSEE student must complete coursework consisting of 60 units of lower division courses (including 33 units of lower division core courses for the major, and 27 units of general education courses) and 60 units of upper division technical courses in the major (including a capstone design course). The capstone design course must be supported by at least two courses which form an area of in-depth study as approved by the EE Undergraduate Advisor. Possible areas of in-depth study include, but are not limited to, communications, controls, digital signal processing, electronics, and power engineering. A list showing the required supporting courses and capstone design courses for each area of in-depth study is available from the EE Undergraduate Advisor. Combinations of the above areas of study, or another area of study, may be proposed to the EE Undergraduate Advisor. Additional elective courses must be chosen from EE 4-level courses to total at least 12 units. The entire program must total at least 120 units.
All Engineering majors are expected to make satisfactory degree progress by completing attempted units, limiting repeats/withdrawals, satisfying critical benchmark courses in a timely manner, and maintaining minimum 2.0 Overall and Major GPAs. Degree Progress is monitored for all undergraduate students each semester. Petitions to attempt a course for the third time are only considered in extenuating circumstances. Students who are not making satisfactory degree progress as described above will have a hold on their registration and are required to meet with their advisor to develop an academic plan. Failure to satisfy the academic progress requirements will result in the student being disqualified from the major.
Concurrent and/or Summer Enrollment in Another College
Students who wish to take coursework in a community college or another college to meet curricular requirements while enrolled as an undergraduate in the Department of Electrical Engineering must petition the EE Undergraduate Advisor for prior approval to enroll in specific courses. This policy is for either concurrent enrollment or summer enrollment. Prior approval for transfer credit for upper division major courses may generally be approved for no more than six semester units, subject to approval by the EE Undergraduate Advisor and the EE Department Chair who may require sufficient information to determine if each requested course is deemed equivalent to an EE course at CSULB. Exceptions require approval by vote of the EE Undergraduate Curriculum Committee.
This degree is approved for distance education by the WSCUC. However, the Electrical Engineering program is currently offered fully in-person
