2011-2012 B.S. in Electrical Engineering

Biomedical Engineering Option Curriculum

FRESHMAN YEAR

Units

1st Quarter

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20A — Chemical Structure

4

Computer Science 31 — Introduction to Computer Science I

4

Mathematics 31A — Differential and Integral Calculus

4

2nd Quarter

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 20B/20L — Chemical Energetics and Change/General Chemistry Laboratory

7

English Composition 3 — English Composition, Rhetoric, and Language

5

Mathematics 31B — Integration and Infinite Series

4

3rd Quarter

 

Chemistry and Biochemistry 30A — Organic Chemistry I: Structure and Reactivity

4

Chemistry and Biochemistry 30AL — General Chemistry Laboratory II

4

Mathematics 32A — Calculus of Several Variables

4

Physics 1A — Mechanics

5

SOPHOMORE YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

Electrical Engineering M16 or Computer Science M51A — Logic Design of Digital Systems

4

Mathematics 32B — Calculus of Several Variables

4

Mathematics 33A — Linear Algebra and Applications

4

Physics 1B/4AL — Oscillations, Waves, Electric and Magnetic Fields/Mechanics Laboratory

7

2nd Quarter

 

Electrical Engineering 3 — Introduction to Electrical Engineering

2

Electrical Engineering 10 — Circuit Analysis I

4

Life Sciences 2 — Cells, Tissues, and Organs

4

Mathematics 33B — Differential Equations

4

Physics 4BL — Electricity and Magnetism Laboratory

2

3rd Quarter

 

Electrical Engineering 102 — Systems and Signals

4

Electrical Engineering 103 — Applied Numerical Computing

4

Life Sciences 3 — Introduction to Molecular Biology

4

Life Sciences 23L — Introduction to Laboratory and Scientific Methodology

2

JUNIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

Electrical Engineering 1 — Electrical Engineering Physics I

4

Electrical Engineering 110 — Circuit Analysis II

4

Electrical Engineering 113 — Digital Signal Processing

4

Electrical Engineering 131A — Probability

4

2nd Quarter

 

Electrical Engineering 101 — Engineering Electromagnetics

4

Electrical Engineering 110L — Circuit Measurements Laboratory

2

Electrical Engineering 115A — Analog Electronic Circuits I

4

Statistics 105 — Statistics for Engineers

4

Pathway Course (Electrical Engineering 132A — Introduction to Communication Systems)†

4

3rd Quarter

 

Electrical Engineering 2 — Physics for Electrical Engineers

4

Electrical Engineering 115AL — Analog Electronics Laboratory I

2

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

Pathway Course (Electrical Engineering 141— Principles of Feedback Control)†

4

SENIOR YEAR

 

1st Quarter

 

HSSEAS Ethics Course

4

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

Pathway Laboratory Course†

2

Technical Breadth Course*

4

2nd Quarter

 

Mathematics 132 — Complex Analysis for Applications

4

HSSEAS GE Elective *

5

Technical Breadth Course*

4

3rd Quarter

 

HSSEAS GE Elective*

5

Pathway Course (Electrical Engineering 176 — Lasers in Biomedical Applications or Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering 105A — Introduction to Engineering Thermodynamics)†

4

Pathway Design Course†

4

Technical Breadth Course*

4

TOTAL

188

*Students should contact the Office of Academic and Student Affairs for approved lists in the categories of technical breadth and HSSEAS GE (see page 21 for details).

†See page 74 for the biomedical engineering pathway.