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Eight-Semester Plan for B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology

Major Program Guide For: B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology
Suggested Course Sequence

  • Total for Degree: 128 Credit Hours
  • Total Hours of Pre-requisites: 41. There are no prerequisites to enter the program.  The 41 hours of prerequisites are part of the program.
  • Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
Freshman Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ENGL 101 Composition I 3 ENGL 102 Composition II 3
LS C4   Wellness 3 CMHC 201 Communications 3
    First Year Seminar 3 MATH 146 Precalculus 4
    Perspective 3     Perspective 3
    Perspective 3     Perspective 3

List Pre-requisites and any statement pertaining to course or program: ENGL 101 is a PREQ for ENGL 102.

Sophomore Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
CS 140 Problem Solving and Programming for Engineers 3 ECET 242 Electronic Circuits 4
ECET 231 Circuit Analysis I 4 ECET 290 Computer Engineering Fundamentals 3
PHYS 130 Introductory Physics I 4 MATH 170 Statistics 3
    Perspective 3 PHYS 131 Introductory Physics II 4
LS C5   Science 3     General Elective 3

List Pre-requisites and any statement pertaining to course or program:
MATH 146 is a COREQ for ECET 231. 
ECET 231 is a PREQ for ECET 242. 
PHY 130 is a PREQ for PHY 131. 

Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories.

Junior Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ECET 321 Circuit Analysis II 4 ECET 332 Microcontrollers 4
ECET 331 Digital Electronics 4 ECET 341 Advanced Circuit Controllers 3
MATH 153 Calculus I 4 MATH 255 Calculus II 4
TEL 345 Introduction to Local Area Networks 4 TEL 312 Electronic Communication Fundamentals 4

List Pre-requisites and any statement pertaining to course or program:
ECET 231 is a PREQ for ECET 321 and ECET 331. 
ECET 290 is a PREQ for TEL 345. 
ECET 331 is a PREQ for ECET 332.
ECET 321 is a PREQ for ECET 341.
MATH 146 is a PREQ for MATH 155.
MATH 155 is a PREQ for ECET 341, MATH 255, and TEL 312.
MATH 255 is a COREQ for ECET 341. 
To enroll in the junior-senior major courses, students must have completed the following courses with a C or better: ECET 231, ECET 321 and MATH 153.

Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories.
Senior Year
Fall
Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement Course Number Course Title Hours
ECET 431 Microprocessor Interfacing 4 ECET 461 Digital Signal Processing 3
ECET 452 Control Systems 4 ECET 464 Instrumentation 4
ECET 478 Senior Project Proposal 1 ECET 479 Senior Design Project 3
    Technical Elective 4     Technical Elective 3
    Upper Level Perspective 3     General Elective 3

List Pre-requisites and any statement pertaining to course or program:
CS 140 is a PREQ for ECET 431. 
ECET 332 is a PREQ for ECET 431 and ECET 464.
ECET 341 is a PREQ for ECET 452 and ECET 461.
ECET 478 is a PREQ for ECET 479.
Senior standing and instructor permission is a PREQ for ECET 478.

Technical electives must be 300-400 level courses in ECET, ET, TEL, or CS.

NOTES:

  • Total for Degree: 128 Credit Hours
  • Total Hours of Pre-requisites: 41. There are no prerequisites to enter the program.  The 41 hours of prerequisites are part of the program.
  • Students may finish earlier if they attend summer school at WCU or another approved institution.
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