Minor in Computer Engineering

Minor in Computer Engineering

This interdisciplinary minor requires students to develop competence in areas of computer engineering, including both hardware and software aspects of computer systems. This minor is not available to students majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering.

Selected Rules for a Minor include the following:

  1. Two or more units of thematically related activity.
  2. Concluding 1/3 unit of the Minor must be a capstone experience.
  3. A Minor may include any portion of the academic program, excluding the MQP.
  4. At least one-unit of the Minor, including the capstone activity, must be free electives.
  5. The Program Review Committee for a Minor area will consist of faculty members designated by the sponsoring faculty members.

In order to be eligible to receive the Computer Engineering Minor designation, at least six computer engineering related ECE and CS courses must be included in the distribution requirements, listed below. Other appropriate courses may be substituted with the approval of the Computer Engineering Minor Program Review Committee.

  1. At least three of the following ECE courses must be included.
    ECE 2801* Foundations of Embedded Computer Systems
    *(cannot be counted if CS 2011 is also selected)
    ECE 3801 Advanced Logic design
    ECE 3803 Microprocessor System Design
    ECE 3810* Advanced Digital System Design
    *(cannot be counted if either ECE 3815 or ECE 3902 is also selected)
    ECE 4801 Advanced Computer System Design
    ECE 505 Computer Architecture
  2. At least three of the following CS courses must be included.
    CS 2011* Introduction to Machine Organization and Assembly Language
    *(cannot be counted if ECE 2801 is also selected)
    CS 3013 Operating Systems
    CS 3733 Software Engineering
    CS 4513 Distributed Computing Systems
    CS 4514 Computer Networks
    CS 4515* Computer Architecture
    *(cannot be counted if ECE 505 is also selected)
  3. Capstone Courses
    The following courses may be used to satisfy the Computer Engineering minor capstone requirement:
    ECE 3803, ECE 3810, ECE 4801, CS 4513, CS 4514, CS 4515.

The Program Review Committee for the Computer Engineering Minor will be composed of Prof. W. R. Michalson (ECE) and Prof. M. J. Ciaraldi (CS). To apply for the Computer Engineering Minor designation, fill out the application form and return the form to the Computer Engineering Minor Coordinator (W.R. Michalson, ECE Department).

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