Electrical Engineering Breadth & Depth and Lab Requirements

If you entered CSE Fall 2009 or later, you need to take one course in 4 of the technical areas below
(breadth). You also need to take a second class in one of those 4 technical areas selected (depth).
Lab class options and requirements at the end.
Courses in bold are being offered for Fall 2018 as of 05/07/2018.

Note:​ The Electrical and Computer Engineering Tutoring website may be found at: ​z.umn.edu/ecetutors

Communications, Signal Processing and Biomedical

EE 4501 (3 cr) Communications Systems
EE 4541 (3 cr) Digital Signal Processing
EE 5501 (3 cr) Digital Communication
EE 5505 (3 cr) Wireless Communication
EE 5531 (3 cr) Probability and Stochastic Processes
EE 5542 (3 cr) Adaptive Digital Signal Processing
EE 5545 (3 cr) Digital Signal Processing Design
EE 5549 (3 cr) DSP Structures for VLSI
EE 5551 (3 cr) Multiscale and Multirate Signal Processing
EE 5561 (3 cr) Image Processing and Applications
EE 5581 (3 cr) Information Theory and Coding
EE 5585 (3 cr) Data Compression
EE 5811 (3 cr) Biological Instrumentation ***

Controls
EE 4231 (3 cr) Linear Control Systems
EE 4233 (3 cr) State Space Control System Design
EE 5231 (3 cr) Linear Systems and Optimal Control
EE 5235 (3 cr) Robust Control System Design
EE 5239 (3 cr) Introduction to Nonlinear Optimization
EE 5251 (3 cr) Optimal Filtering and Estimation

Digital Systems and Computer Architecture

EE 4301 (4 cr) Digital Design with Programmable Logic
EE 4341 (4 cr) Embedded System Design
EE 4363 (4 cr) Computer Architecture and Machine Organization [also CSCI 4203]
EE 4389W (3 cr) Introduction to Predictive Learning ​[WI]
EE 5340 (3 cr) Physics of Computing: Basics
EE 5351 (3 cr) Applied Parallel Programming
EE 5355 (3 cr) Algorithmic Techniques for Scalable Many-core Computing
EE 5364 (3 cr) Advanced Computer Architecture [also CSCI 5204]
EE 5371 (3 cr) Computer Systems Performance Measurement and Evaluation
EE 5391 (3 cr) Computing with Neural Networks
EE 5393 (3 cr) Circuits, Computation and Biology

VLSI and CAD

EE 5301 (3 cr) VLSI Design Automation I
EE 5302 (3 cr) VLSI Design Automation II
EE 5323 (3 cr) VLSI Design I
EE 5324 (3 cr) VLSI Design II
EE 5327 (3 cr) VLSI Design Laboratory
EE 5329 (3 cr) VLSI Digital Signal Processing Systems
EE 5333 (3 cr) Analog Integrated Circuit Design

Electronics, Microelectronics and Semiconductor Devices

EE 4111 (4 cr) Advanced Analog Electronics Design
EE 4161W (3 cr) Energy Conversion and Storage ​[WI]​ *
EE 5121 (3 cr) Transistor Device Modeling for Circuit Simulation
EE 5141 (4 cr) Introduction to Microsystem Technology
EE 5163 (3 cr) Semiconductor Properties and Devices I
EE 5164 (3 cr) Semiconductor Properties and Devices II
EE 5171 (4 cr) Microelectronic Fabrication
EE 5181 (3 cr) Micro and Nanotechnology by Self Assembly ^
EE 5649 (3 cr) Infrared Devices and Technology **
EE 5657 (4 cr) Physical Principles of Thin Film Technology
^ NB. EE 5181 updated for Fall 2017. Was previously Introduction to Nanotechnology (4 cr)
Power and Energy
EE 4161W (3 cr) Energy Conversion and Storage ​[WI]​ *
EE 4701 (3 cr) Electric Drives
EE 4721 (3 cr) Introduction to Power System Analysis
EE 4741 (3 cr) Power Electronics
EE 5705 (3 cr) Electric Drives in Sustainable Energy Systems
EE 5721 (3 cr) Power Generation Operation and Control
EE 5741 (3 cr) Advanced Power Electronics

Magnetics, Optics and RF

EE 4607 (3 cr) Wireless Hardware System Design
EE 5601 (3 cr) Intro to RF/Microwave Engineering
EE 5602 (3 cr) RF/Microwave Circuit Design
EE 5616 (3 cr) Antenna Theory and Design
EE 5621 (3 cr) Physical Optics
EE 5624 (4 cr) Optical Electronics
EE 5627 (3 cr) Optical Fiber Communication
EE 5640 (3 cr) Introduction to Nano-Optics
EE 5649 (3 cr) Infrared Devices and Technology **
EE 5653 (3 cr) Physical Principles of Magnetic Materials
EE 5655 (3 cr) Magnetic Recording
EE 5670 (3 cr) Spintronic Devices
EE 5811 (3 cr) Biological Instrumentation ***

* EE 4161W can count towards one category only (student’s choice) and defaults typically to Electronics.
Request an APAS exception to have it count towards Power and Energy.

** EE 5649 can count towards one category only (student’s choice) and defaults typically to Magnetics.
Request an APAS exception to have it count towards Electronics, Microelectronics and Semiconductors.

*** EE 5811 can count towards one category only (student’s choice) and defaults typically to
Communications. Request an APAS exception to have it count towards Magnetics.
Electrical Engineering Lab Experience Requirements
Select 2 lab courses from this list (minimum - you may need an additional lab to total 22 EE credits).
NB. 1 credit labs shown below usually have an associated class that you are required to also complete
e.g. EE 4237 lab (1 cr) requires you to also complete, or have completed, EE 4233 (3 cr).
Bolded courses are offered Fall 2018.

EE 4111 (4 cr) Advanced Analog Electronics Design

EE 4163 (1 cr) Energy Conversion and Storage
EE 4235 (1 cr) Linear Control Systems
EE 4237 (1 cr) State Space Control
EE 4301 (4 cr) Digital Design with Programmable Logic
EE 4341 (4 cr) Embedded System Design
EE 4505 (1 cr) Communications Systems
EE 4703 (1 cr) Electric Drives
EE 4722 (1 cr) Power System Analysis
EE 4743 (1 cr) Switch-Mode Power Electronics
EE 4930 (1 - 2 cr) Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering Lab
EE 5141 (4 cr) Introduction to Microsystem Technology
EE 5173 (1 cr) Basic Microelectronics
EE 5327 (3 cr) VLSI Design
EE 5373 (1 cr) Data Modeling using R (independant lab class - no 3 credit class associated!)
EE 5545 (3 cr) Digital Signal Processing Design
EE 5613 (2 cr) RF/Microwave Circuit Design
EE 5622 (1 cr) Physical Optics
EE 5657 (4 cr) Physical Principles of Thin Film Technology
EE 5707 (1 cr) Electric Drives in Sustainable Energy Systems Lab
EE 5811 (3 cr) Biological Instrumentation

Senior Design is a required class for degree completion and provides an automatic 3rd lab requirement
EE 4951W (4 cr) Senior Design Project ​[WI]
EE 4981H (2 cr) Senior Honors Project I
EE 4982V (2 cr) Senior Honors Project II ​[WI]