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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.