The Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012; (410) 347-7700.

Electrical Engineering involves the design, analysis, and effective use of electrical systems including electronic computers. Electrical systems and computers play a central role in nearly all aspects of modern life, including communication, medicine, education, environmental protection, space exploration, defense, and home entertainment.

Students who complete the Electrical Engineering curriculum will obtain a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, one of the engineering degrees recognized in all fifty states as eligible for registration as a Professional Engineer.

Objectives. The Electrical Engineering program has adopted the following objectives to serve the long-term interests of our students and the industries of Northern California and the nation. Foundation—To provide our graduates with a solid foundation in engineering science, including mathematics, physical science, and the fun-damentals of electrical engineering. This foundation is necessary to succeed in more advanced engineering courses and to be able to continue learning throughout a career. Breadth—To provide our graduates the sufficient breadth in electrical engineering in order to understand engineering tradeoffs that cross disciplines, to contrib-ute effectively to multidisciplinary projects and to make an informed decision about their area of specialization. Depth—To provide our graduates with sufficient depth in a specific area of electrical engineering necessary to solve complex real-world engineering problems and to contribute to a specific discipline within electrical engineer-ing. Ethics—To provide our graduates with a basic understanding of, and ability to handle correctly, ethical problems that may arise during their careers. To provide them with an understanding of their obligations to society at large.

Lower Division Required Courses

Upper Division Requirements:

Electrical Engineering Curriculum

Core electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 130B, 140B

Design Electives with Lab: Electrical and Computer Engineering 114, 118, or 132A, 132B or 135. Select remaining upper-division design electives from Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B, 146A, 146B

Technical electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 112, 180B

Core electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 130B, 140B

Design Electives with Lab: Electrical and Computer Engineering 132A, 132B. Select remaining upper-division design electives from Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B, 132C, 135, 136

Technical electives: Select from Electrical and Computer Engineering 112, 114, and 133

Core electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 140B, 150B

Design Electives with Lab: at least two from Electrical and Computer Engineering 112, 114, 157A, 165, 195A-195B

Select remaining upper-division design electives from Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B, 118, 132A, 132B, 132C, 151, 157B, 160, 210

Technical electives: Select from Electrical and Computer Engineering 130B, 146A, 194A-194B-194C

Core electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 140B, 150B

Design Electives with Lab: Electrical and Computer Engineering 118 and 180B or 151 or 165 or 172 or 183 or 194A-194B-194C or 195A-195B

Select remaining upper-division design electives from Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B, 116, 170 or 171

Technical electives: Select from Electrical and Computer Engineering 130B and 112 or 146A or 157A or 160 or 210

Core electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering, 150B, 180B

Design Electives with lab: Electrical and Computer Engineering 151, 157A and 157B or 165

Select remaining upper-division design electives from Electrical and Computer Engineering 158 or 160

Technical Electives: select from Electrical and Computer Engineering 112, 194A-194B-194C, 195A-195B

Upper Division Required Courses

Two core electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B*, 130B, 140B, 150B, 157A*, 160*, 170*, 180B*

Design laboratory electives: At least two design electives with lab: Electrical and Computer Engineering 112, 114, 116, 118, 132A, 132B, 132C, 135, 136, 146A, 146B, 151, 152, 157A, 157B, 165, 172, 175, 180B, 183, 194A-194B-194C (must be taken in consecutive quarters), 195A-195B (must be taken in consecutive quarters),

At least one design project course**: course with “Design Project” in the title, including Electrical and Computer Engineering 193A-193B, 194A-194B-194C, 195A-195B

The remaining design electives may be chosen from the lists above or from the following courses: Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B, 133, 158, 160, 170, 171, 173A; Computer Science and Engineering 150, 152B, 163, 175, 177, 178

*A maximum of one course appearing on both the core elective list and the design elective list may be counted in both categories.

**One course appearing on both the design laboratory elective list and the design project list may be counted toward both the laboratory requirement and the project requirement simultaneously.

***After completion of the upper-division elective requirements (seven core and design courses) any units in excess of 27 may be counted toward the technical elective requirement.

****ECS 157 may not be counted toward the technical elective requirement.

The Computer Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, 111 Market Place, Suite 1050, Baltimore, MD 21202-4012; (410) 347-7700.

The program in Computer Engineering provides the student with a broad and well-integrated background in the concepts and methodologies that are needed for the analysis, design, development, organization, theory, programming, and applications of information processing systems. Although such systems are popularly called “computers,” they involve a far wider range of disciplines than merely computation, and the Computer Engineering curriculum is correspondingly broad. The program presents the essential material in electronic circuits, digital logic, discrete mathematics, computer programming, data structures, and other topics. Students who complete the Computer Engineering curriculum receive a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.

Objectives. The Computer Engineering program has adopted the following objectives to serve the long-term interests of our students and the industries of Northern California and the nation. Foundation—To provide our graduates with a solid foundation in engineering science, including mathematics, physical science, and the fun-damentals of computer engineering. This foundation is necessary to succeed in more advanced engineering courses and to be able to continue learning throughout a career. Breadth—To provide our graduates with sufficient breadth in computer engineering. This breadth is required for students to understand engineering tradeoffs that cross disciplines, to contribute effectively to multi-disciplinary projects and to make an informed decision about their area of specialization. Depth—To provide our graduates with sufficient depth in a specific area of computer engineering necessary to solve complex real-world engineering problems and to prepare to contribute to a specific discipline within computer engineering. Ethics—To provide our graduates with a basic understanding of, and ability to handle correctly, ethical problems that may arise during their careers. To provide them with an understanding of their obligations to society at large.

Lower Division Required Courses

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Upper Division Requirements:

Remaining Upper-Division Design Electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 173A, Computer Science Engineering 140A, 160

Technical electives: Select from Electrical and Computer Engineering 150B, 194A-194B-194C, 195A-195B, Computer Science Engineering 122B, 140B, 142, 152A, 152B, 153, 158, 163, 165A, 165B, 168, 175, 177

Remaining Upper-Division Design Electives: Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B, 118

Technical Electives: Select from Electrical and Computer Engineering 112, 116, 140B, 171, 194A-194B-194C, 195A-195B

Upper Division Required Courses

At least one design project course**: course with “Design Project” in the title, including: Electrical and Computer Engineering 193A-B, 194A-194B-194C, 195A-195B**

The remaining design electives may be chosen from the list above or from the following list: Electrical and Computer Engineering 110B, 112, 116, 118, 132A, 132B, 132C, 133, 135, 146B, 151, 152, 157A, 157B, 160, 165, 171, 173A, 173B, 175, 183; Computer Science Engineering 122B, 140A, 140B, 142, 152B, 153, 158, 160, 163, 165A, 165B, 175, 177, 178

Technical electives**, ***

General Education electives

Unrestricted electives

* Computer Science Engineering 154B may be substituted for the Electrical and Computer Engineering 170 requirement.

**After completion of the upper-division elective requirements any units in excess of 11 may be counted toward the technical elective requirement.

***ECS 157 may not be counted toward the technical elective requirement.

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The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering prepares graduate students to do meaningful research and acquire skills and insights vital to solving some of the world's most complex technological problems. Our graduate program offers a challenging and stimulating environment, covering optical, wireline and wireless communications, telecommunication networks, computer engineering, circuits, electromagnetics, physical electronics, control, and signal processing. The depth of resources in the study of circuit design alone, with one of the largest faculty groups in the field in the UC system, distinguishes us from other programs, while our program in microwave communications and devices is unique.

The Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Program benefits from the highly interdisciplinary culture at UC Davis and attracts faculty from electrical, computer, civil, and mechanical engineering, as well as computer science and mathematics.

Many of our graduates go on to leadership and technology management roles in industry, returning each year for our industrial affiliates meeting to network with other industry representatives, current students and faculty.

Generous financial support is available in the form of research assistantships, teaching assistantships, fellowships and financial aid.

• Communications, Signal and Image Processing

• Computer Engineering

• Electronic Circuits

• Optoelectronics

• RF, Micro- and Millimeter Waves

• Solid-State Electronic Devices

• Systems and Control

• Center for Information Technology in the Interest of Society

• Northern California Center for Nanotechnology (Microfabrication Facility)

• Institute for Data Analysis and Visualization

• Center on Polymer Interfaces and Macromolecular Assemblies

• Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory

• Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

• Los Alamos National Laboratory

• California Lighting Technology Center

• PlanetLab Consortium