Nov 18, 2024

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

2020-2021 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Electrical Engineering, B.S.

The objectives of the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Program are to produce engineers who can innovate and advance in their chosen careers in industry, academia, and public institutions while making creative contributions to the field of electrical engineering.

Our graduates:

Are successfully employed due to their solid engineering foundation and ability to learn and apply new technology.
Lead others by using their effective problem solving and communication skills.
Are responsible engineers with an awareness of ethical and social-cultural issues.
Are effective contributors to multidisciplinary teams.

The bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering is designed to prepare graduates for responsible engineering positions in design, development, research, applications, and operation in the fields of communications, control systems, robotics, digital signal processing systems, electromagnetics, digital and analog electronic circuits, physical electronics, computer-aided design and power systems. The curriculum is built around a strong basic core of mathematics, physics and engineering science. This is followed by intermediate courses in electrical engineering topics and finally a senior elective sequence including a senior design seminar and terminating in a capstone design course.

By the choice of senior elective sequence, comprehensive coverage is provided in any one of the above fields.

Laboratory facilities are available in the engineering buildings allowing for basic as well as more advanced laboratory instruction in electronics, digital signal processing, control systems, microelectronics, communications, power, and digital systems.

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 (CPIE) 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.

Major Declaration

Freshmen 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:

Core Lower Division Major Requirements (grade of “C” or better required):

General Education Foundations Courses:

Written and Oral Communication

Antelope Valley Program 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:

Core Lower Division Major Requirements - 33 units (grade of C or better required):

E E 186 - Introduction to Programming and Applications for Electrical Engineers (3 units)
E E 202 - Computer Methods in Engineering (3 units)
E E 211 - Electric and Electronic Circuits (3 units)
E E 211L - Electric Circuits Laboratory (1 unit)
MATH 122 - Calculus I (4 units)
MATH 123 - Calculus II (4 units)
MATH 224 - Calculus III (4 units)
PHYS 151 - Mechanics and Heat (4 units)
PHYS 152 - Electricity and Magnetism (4 units)
PHYS 254 - Applied Modern Physics (3 units)

General Education Courses - 27 units:

Category A - 6 units (Written and Oral Communication
Category C - 9 units (Humanities, Arts)
Category D - 9 units (US history, Constitution & American Ideals, Social Science)
Category E - 3 units (Self-Integration)

Degree Progress

First-Time 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.

First-Time Freshmen: A grade of “C” or better must be achieved in MATH 122 within one academic year.

Transfer Students: A grade of “C” or better must be achieved in MATH 123 and PHYS 151 within one academic year.

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.

Requirements

A grade of “C” or better must be achieved in all of the courses required for the major. A minimum of 120 units is required for the Bachelor’s Degree.

Core:

Take all the following courses:

E E 186 - Introduction to Programming and Applications for Electrical Engineers (3 units)
E E 200 - Trends in Electrical Engineering (1 unit)
E E 201 - Digital Logic Design (3 units)
E E 202 - Computer Methods in Engineering (3 units)
E E 211 - Electric and Electronic Circuits (3 units)
E E 211L - Electric Circuits Laboratory (1 unit)
ENGR 101 - Introduction to the Engineering Profession (1 unit)
ENGR 102 - Academic Success Skills (1 unit)
MATH 122 - Calculus I (4 units)
MATH 123 - Calculus II (4 units)
MATH 224 - Calculus III (4 units)
MATH 370A - Applied Mathematics I (3 units)
PHYS 151 - Mechanics and Heat (4 units)
E E 301 - Digital System Design (3 units)
E E 310 - Signals and Systems (3 units)
E E 330 - Analog Electronic Circuits I (4 units)
E E 346 - Microprocessor Principles and Applications (3 units)
E E 350 - Energy Conversion Principles (3 units)
E E 360 - Electromagnetic Fields (3 units)
E E 370 - Control Systems (3 units)
E E 370L - Control Systems Laboratory (1 unit)
E E 380 - Probability, Statistics, and Stochastic Modeling (3 units)
E E 382 - Communication Systems I (3 units)
E E 386 - Digital Signal Processing (3 units)

Take one of the following choices:

PHYS 152 - Electricity and Magnetism (4 units)

or both of the following:

Select one course from the following:

PHYS 254 - Applied Modern Physics (3 units)
E E 220 - Materials Sciences for Electrical Engineers (3 units)

Other required courses

Each of the foregoing courses must be completed with a grade of “C” or better as well as ENGL 100B or equivalent. Other required courses are:

E E 400D - Electrical Engineering Design Project (3 units)
E E 430 - Analog Electronic Circuits II (3 units)
E E 430L - Analog Electronics Laboratory II (1 unit)

Select one of the following 12-unit elective sequences:

Communications

Control

Take the following capstone (3 units):

E E 471 - Design of Control Systems (3 units)

Take two of the following (6 units):

E E 412 - Fractals in Engineering (3 units)
E E 442 - Mechatronic Systems Design (3 units)
E E 450 - Electronic Control of Motors (3 units)
E E 451 - Electric Vehicles (3 units)
E E 470 - Digital Control (3 units)
E E 474 - Robot Modeling and Control (3 units)

Take an additional course (3 units) from the following:

E E 405 - Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering (3 units)
E E 406 - Medical Instrumentation and Measurements (3 units)
E E 406L - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (1 unit)
E E 407 - Applications of Computers in Medicine (3 units)
E E 412 - Fractals in Engineering (3 units)
E E 420 - Solid State Electronic Devices (3 units)
E E 427 - Digital Filter Design and Audio Processing (3 units)
E E 428 - Speech Signal Processing (3 units)
E E 434 - Mixed-Signal IC Design (3 units)
E E 435 - Microelectronics (3 units)
E E 436 - Microfabrication and Nanotechnology (3 units)
E E 442 - Mechatronic Systems Design (3 units)
E E 443 - System-on-Chip Architecture and Applications (3 units)
E E 444 - Microprocessor Based System Design (3 units)
E E 448 - Wireless and Mobile Networks and Security in Wireless Networks (3 units)
E E 450 - Electronic Control of Motors (3 units)
E E 451 - Electric Vehicles (3 units)
E E 452 - Power System Analysis (3 units)
E E 453 - Protection of Power Systems (3 units)
E E 462 - Electromagnetics and Applications to Wireless Systems (3 units)
E E 470 - Digital Control (3 units)
E E 474 - Robot Modeling and Control (3 units)
E E 476 - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (3 units)
E E 481 - Satellite Communication Systems (3 units)
E E 482 - Communication Systems II (3 units)
E E 483 - Digital Image Processing (3 units)
E E 486 - Digital Signal Processing for Multimedia Communications (3 units)
E E 490 - Special Problems (1-3 units)
E E 495 - Computational Physiology (3 units)

Digital Signal Processing

Take the following capstone (3 units):

E E 489 - Digital Signal Processing Design (3 units)

Take two of the following (6 units):

E E 427 - Digital Filter Design and Audio Processing (3 units)
E E 482 - Communication Systems II (3 units)
E E 483 - Digital Image Processing (3 units)
E E 486 - Digital Signal Processing for Multimedia Communications (3 units)

Take an additional course (3 units) from the following:

E E 405 - Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering (3 units)
E E 406 - Medical Instrumentation and Measurements (3 units)
E E 406L - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (1 unit)
E E 407 - Applications of Computers in Medicine (3 units)
E E 412 - Fractals in Engineering (3 units)
E E 420 - Solid State Electronic Devices (3 units)
E E 427 - Digital Filter Design and Audio Processing (3 units)
E E 428 - Speech Signal Processing (3 units)
E E 434 - Mixed-Signal IC Design (3 units)
E E 435 - Microelectronics (3 units)
E E 436 - Microfabrication and Nanotechnology (3 units)
E E 442 - Mechatronic Systems Design (3 units)
E E 443 - System-on-Chip Architecture and Applications (3 units)
E E 444 - Microprocessor Based System Design (3 units)
E E 448 - Wireless and Mobile Networks and Security in Wireless Networks (3 units)
E E 450 - Electronic Control of Motors (3 units)
E E 451 - Electric Vehicles (3 units)
E E 452 - Power System Analysis (3 units)
E E 453 - Protection of Power Systems (3 units)
E E 462 - Electromagnetics and Applications to Wireless Systems (3 units)
E E 470 - Digital Control (3 units)
E E 474 - Robot Modeling and Control (3 units)
E E 476 - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (3 units)
E E 481 - Satellite Communication Systems (3 units)
E E 482 - Communication Systems II (3 units)
E E 483 - Digital Image Processing (3 units)
E E 486 - Digital Signal Processing for Multimedia Communications (3 units)
E E 490 - Special Problems (1-3 units)
E E 495 - Computational Physiology (3 units)

Electronics

Take the following capstone (3 units):

E E 447 - Design of Electronic Systems (3 units)

Take two of the following (6 units):

E E 434 - Mixed-Signal IC Design (3 units)
E E 435 - Microelectronics (3 units)
E E 436 - Microfabrication and Nanotechnology (3 units)
E E 442 - Mechatronic Systems Design (3 units)
E E 444 - Microprocessor Based System Design (3 units)

Take an additional course (3 units) from the following:

E E 405 - Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering (3 units)
E E 406 - Medical Instrumentation and Measurements (3 units)
E E 406L - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (1 unit)
E E 412 - Fractals in Engineering (3 units)
E E 407 - Applications of Computers in Medicine (3 units)
E E 420 - Solid State Electronic Devices (3 units)
E E 427 - Digital Filter Design and Audio Processing (3 units)
E E 428 - Speech Signal Processing (3 units)
E E 434 - Mixed-Signal IC Design (3 units)
E E 435 - Microelectronics (3 units)
E E 436 - Microfabrication and Nanotechnology (3 units)
E E 442 - Mechatronic Systems Design (3 units)
E E 443 - System-on-Chip Architecture and Applications (3 units)
E E 444 - Microprocessor Based System Design (3 units)
E E 448 - Wireless and Mobile Networks and Security in Wireless Networks (3 units)
E E 450 - Electronic Control of Motors (3 units)
E E 451 - Electric Vehicles (3 units)
E E 452 - Power System Analysis (3 units)
E E 453 - Protection of Power Systems (3 units)
E E 462 - Electromagnetics and Applications to Wireless Systems (3 units)
E E 470 - Digital Control (3 units)
E E 474 - Robot Modeling and Control (3 units)
E E 476 - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (3 units)
E E 481 - Satellite Communication Systems (3 units)
E E 482 - Communication Systems II (3 units)
E E 483 - Digital Image Processing (3 units)
E E 486 - Digital Signal Processing for Multimedia Communications (3 units)
E E 490 - Special Problems (1-3 units)
E E 495 - Computational Physiology (3 units)

Power

Take the following capstone (3 units):

E E 458 - Design of Power System Components (3 units)

Take two of the following (6 units):

E E 450 - Electronic Control of Motors (3 units)
E E 451 - Electric Vehicles (3 units)
E E 452 - Power System Analysis (3 units)
E E 453 - Protection of Power Systems (3 units)

Take an additional course (3 units) from the following:

E E 405 - Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering (3 units)
E E 406 - Medical Instrumentation and Measurements (3 units)
E E 406L - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (1 unit)
E E 407 - Applications of Computers in Medicine (3 units)
E E 412 - Fractals in Engineering (3 units)
E E 420 - Solid State Electronic Devices (3 units)
E E 427 - Digital Filter Design and Audio Processing (3 units)
E E 428 - Speech Signal Processing (3 units)
E E 434 - Mixed-Signal IC Design (3 units)
E E 435 - Microelectronics (3 units)
E E 436 - Microfabrication and Nanotechnology (3 units)
E E 442 - Mechatronic Systems Design (3 units)
E E 443 - System-on-Chip Architecture and Applications (3 units)
E E 444 - Microprocessor Based System Design (3 units)
E E 448 - Wireless and Mobile Networks and Security in Wireless Networks (3 units)
E E 450 - Electronic Control of Motors (3 units)
E E 451 - Electric Vehicles (3 units)
E E 452 - Power System Analysis (3 units)
E E 453 - Protection of Power Systems (3 units)
E E 462 - Electromagnetics and Applications to Wireless Systems (3 units)
E E 470 - Digital Control (3 units)
E E 474 - Robot Modeling and Control (3 units)
E E 476 - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (3 units)
E E 481 - Satellite Communication Systems (3 units)
E E 482 - Communication Systems II (3 units)
E E 483 - Digital Image Processing (3 units)
E E 486 - Digital Signal Processing for Multimedia Communications (3 units)
E E 490 - Special Problems (1-3 units)
E E 495 - Computational Physiology (3 units)

Customized Elective Sequence

Possible areas of elective sequences are not limited to Communications, Control, Digital Signal Processing, Electronics, and Power. Combinations of the above elective sequences or customized elective sequences may be proposed to the EE undergraduate advisor for approval.

Take one capstone (3 units)

Take 3 additional courses from the following (9 units):

E E 405 - Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering (3 units)
E E 406 - Medical Instrumentation and Measurements (3 units)
E E 406L - Biomedical Engineering Laboratory (1 unit)
E E 407 - Applications of Computers in Medicine (3 units)
E E 412 - Fractals in Engineering (3 units)
E E 420 - Solid State Electronic Devices (3 units)
E E 427 - Digital Filter Design and Audio Processing (3 units)
E E 428 - Speech Signal Processing (3 units)
E E 434 - Mixed-Signal IC Design (3 units)
E E 435 - Microelectronics (3 units)
E E 436 - Microfabrication and Nanotechnology (3 units)
E E 442 - Mechatronic Systems Design (3 units)
E E 443 - System-on-Chip Architecture and Applications (3 units)
E E 444 - Microprocessor Based System Design (3 units)
E E 448 - Wireless and Mobile Networks and Security in Wireless Networks (3 units)
E E 450 - Electronic Control of Motors (3 units)
E E 451 - Electric Vehicles (3 units)
E E 452 - Power System Analysis (3 units)
E E 453 - Protection of Power Systems (3 units)
E E 462 - Electromagnetics and Applications to Wireless Systems (3 units)
E E 470 - Digital Control (3 units)
E E 474 - Robot Modeling and Control (3 units)
E E 476 - Neural Networks and Fuzzy Logic (3 units)
E E 481 - Satellite Communication Systems (3 units)
E E 482 - Communication Systems II (3 units)
E E 483 - Digital Image Processing (3 units)
E E 486 - Digital Signal Processing for Multimedia Communications (3 units)
E E 490 - Special Problems (1-3 units)
E E 495 - Computational Physiology (3 units)

A grade of “C” or better is required for the capstone senior design course in the area of specialization.

Each BSEE student must propose course work consisting of a capstone design course supported by at least two related courses, which form an area of in-depth study as approved by the EE Undergraduate Advisor. Possible areas of study include but are not limited to power, digital signal processing, controls, communications and electronics. A list showing the required supporting courses and capstone design course for each area of 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 400 level courses to total at least 12 units. The entire program must total at least 120 units.

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.