Electrical Engineering

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A brick building, featuring a courtyard below it, on a cloudy winter day.
The Blake R. Van Leer Electrical and Computer Engineering Building. The Van Leer Interdisciplinary Design Commons can be seen on the left.

Electrical Engineering is a Bachelors of Science program at Georgia Tech, falling under the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering and within the College of Engineering. It is a discipline of engineering dedicated to the study, design, and application of any device that uses electricity or electromagnetism. Electrical engineering is a remarkably broad field. Career paths exist in controls engineering, power engineering, microelectronics engineering, and signal processing. Exposure to concepts in computer science can also prepare electrical engineers for work more loosely connected to the field.

Student Body

Georgia Tech's School of Electrical and Computer Engineering boasts over 1,400 undergraduate students, over 1,100 graduate students, over 20,000 alumni, and is ranked 5th in electrical engineering [1] [2].

Degree Requirements

General Core [3]
Course Description
CHEM 1310 OR CHEM 1211K General Chemistry
CS 1301 Intro to Computing
MATH 1551, 1552, 2551 Differential, Integral, Multivariable Calculus
MATH 1554 Linear Algebra
MATH 2552 Differential Equations
PHYS 2211, 2212 Introductory Physics I and II
Science Elective Three hours. [4]
APPH 1040/1050 Wellness
ENGL 1101, 1102 English Composition I, II
Humanities Elective Six hours. [5]
History/Government Elective Three hours. [6]
Economics Elective Three hours. [7]
Social Sciences Elective Six hours. [8]
Major Requirements [9]
Course Description
ECE 2026 Introduction to Signal Processing
ECE 2031 Digital Design Laboratory
ECE 2035 OR ECE 2036 Programming for Hardware/Software Systems OR Engineering Software Design
ECE 2040 Circuit Analysis
ECE 3025 Electromagnetics
ECE 3040 Microelectronic Circuits
ECE 3043 Measurements, Circuits, and Microelectronics Laboratory
ECE 3000/4000-level Elective Three hours.
Culminating Senior Design Three hours.
Free Electives 10-11 hours. Dependent on thread.

Threads

Electrical engineering offers threads, or specializations, in seven different areas.

These include:

Signal & Information Processing

Robotics & Autonomous Systems

Telecommunications

Electronic Devices

Circuit Technology

Bioengineering

Electric Energy Systems

Each thread offers further specializations. For instance, the Robotics & Autonomous Systems thread offers specializations in Sensing & Exploration, Electrical Energy Systems, and Telecommunications (among many others).

References