Department Information

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING  (ECE )

Contact Information:

Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering The University of Arizona Electrical and Computer Engineering, 255 PO Box 210104 Tucson, AZ 85721-0104

Phone: (520) 621-2434 Fax: (520) 621-8076 Undergrads: (520) 621-6202 or visit the ECE Building, 261 Grads: whelan@ece.arizona.edu Web: Department Homepage

General Information:

ECE  Course Descriptions

Faculty Members

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is in the College of Engineering and Mines.

Degrees, Majors, Minors, and Options:

Baccalaureate Degrees

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (B.S.Co.E.)
• Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (B.S.El.E.)

Graduate Degrees -- consult the Graduate Catalog or department office for details.

• Master of Science (M.S.)
• Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.)

Majors and Degrees -- undergraduate degrees link to the Degree/Academic Program Requirements Reports (APRRs).

• Computer Engineering (B.S.Co.E.)
• Electrical Engineering (B.S.El.E., Ph.D.)
• Electrical and Computer Engineering (M.S., Ph.D.)

Undergraduate Minors -- minors link to Minor Requirements Reports.

The undergraduate programs do not require a minor; however, students may select an optional minor from the list of approved university minors.  Minors available within the department are:

• Computer Engineering
• Electrical Engineering

All three of the undergraduate curricula in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering have the goal of educating immediately productive engineers who are also qualified to pursue further education as necessary to keep pace with these rapidly changing areas. The electrical engineering program prepares students for careers in such areas as electronics, microelectronics, communications, controls, electromagnetics, and signal processing. The computer engineering program prepares students for computer-related careers including microcomputer-based design, computer-aided VLSI design, computer networks, and artificial intelligence applications.

The department participates in the honors program.

Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (ABET Accredited):

The computer engineering program prepares students to work in the dynamic and rapidly expanding field of digital technology. Computer engineers design computers and computer systems, apply computers as components of larger systems, and apply digital techniques to solving a broad range of engineering problems. The curriculum includes a strong electrical engineering component, consisting of most of the required courses in the electrical engineering curriculum. To this base it adds extensive course work in both the hardware and software aspects of computers and digital systems. The program is strengthened by the availability of extensive laboratory and computing facilities.

The presence in the department of the Computer Engineering Research Laboratory, the Computer-Aided Design Laboratory, the Digital Image Analysis Laboratory, and the Computer-Aided Engineering Center, as well as research in artificial intelligence and expert systems, computer communications, computer networking, simulation, and other specialties, maintains a modern viewpoint in the undergraduate curriculum.

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (ABET Accredited):

The goal of the electrical engineering undergraduate curriculum is to educate immediately productive electrical engineers who are also qualified to pursue further educational activities. The program emphasizes basic scientific knowledge, modern design techniques, and laboratory techniques needed for design verification.

Maintaining a Modern Viewpoint:

The presence in the department of the Computer Engineering Research Laboratory, the Computer-Aided Design Laboratory, the Electromagnetics Laboratory, the Microelectronics Laboratory, the Center for Microcontamination Control, and the SEMATECH Center of Excellence, as well as research in lasers, micro electronics, pattern recognition and image processing, simulation, artificial intelligence, optical communications, robotics, and other specialties, maintains a modern viewpoint in the undergraduate program.

For more information contact the department office listed above.