Electrical Engineering Minor

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OVERVIEW OF DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

Minimum number of credits required to earn minor: 20

GPA requirements to earn minor: 2.0

Minimum Grade requirements for courses to count toward minor: No grades below C-.

Contact Information: Donald Hummels, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, 207-581-2224, donald.hummels@maine.edu

PLEASE NOTE: This minor is not available to students majoring in Electrical Engineering and/or Computer Engineering.

The Electrical Engineering Minor is designed to provide engineering majors outside of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) and students from other disciplines an introduction to the wide-ranging content of the electrical engineering major. The minor program entails 14 credit hours of required courses and a minimum of six credit hours of ECE elective courses.

Core Courses: (14 credit hours)

ECE 177 - Introduction to Programming for Engineers Credits: 4
ECE 210 - Electric Circuits I Credits: 3
ECE 214 - Electric Circuits II Credits: 4
ECE 314 - Signals and Systems Credits: 3

Elective Courses: (6 credit hours minimum)

Generally, any electrical-focused ECE courses at the 300 or 400 level can be used as an elective course.

ECE 316 - Random Signal Analysis Credits: 3
ECE 342 - Electronics I Credits: 4
ECE 343 - Electronics II Credits: 4
ECE 351 - Fields and Waves Credits: 3
ECE 417 - Mobile Robotics Credits: 3
ECE 427 - Electric Power Systems Credits: 4
ECE 453 - Microwave Engineering Credits: 4
ECE 462 - Introduction to Basic Semiconductor Devices and Associated Circuit Models Credits: 3
ECE 464 - Microelectronics Science and Engineering Credits: 3
ECE 450 - Power Electronics Credits: 3
ECE 455 - Electric Drives Credits: 3
ECE 456 - Electric Drives Lab Credits: 1
ECE 465 - Introduction to Sensors Credits: 3