February 23, 2006

TO: Robert Mrtek, Chair Senate Committee on Educational Policy

FROM: Midge Grosch Director, Programs and Academic Assessment

I am forwarding for the information of the Senate Committee on Educational Policy the attached Revision of the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

The proposal was approved by the College of Engineering on December 4, 2006.

Attachment

Cc: M. McNallan R. Priemer

1 Title: Revision of the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering, February 19, 2007

Sponsor: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, College of Engineering

Description:

A) The list of EE Advanced core courses has been changed.

ECE 424 (RF and Microwave Guided Propagation, 4 hrs), has been moved from the list of Technical Electives to the list of EE Advanced core courses.

B) The list of Technical Electives has been changed.

ECE 400 (Introduction to Micromechanical Systems, 3 hrs), which is similar to ECE 449 (Microdevices and Micromachining Technology, 4 hrs), has been dropped.

ECE 401 (Quasi-static Electric and Magnetic Fields, 3 hrs), has been added to the list.

The total number of engineering hours do not change, and still exceed the ABET minimum.

Justification:

The changes in the EE Advanced core list and the EE technical electives list are due to a consolidation of electromagnetics courses in the ECE Department. Evolving technology has outdated some material, while other material was combined into a new course with a laboratory.

Catalog Statement: See Attached.

Minority Impact Statement: None.

Budgetary and Staff Implications: None.

Library Resource Implications: None.

Space Implications: None.

Unit (e.g. department) approval date: 9/28/2006

College (educational policy committee, faculty) approval dates: 12/4/2006

Contact Person: Roland Premier, Associate Professor, [email protected]

2 BS in Electrical Engineering – Current BS in Electrical Engineering – Proposed

Degree Requirements—Electrical Same. Engineering

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from UIC, students need to complete University, college, and department degree requirements. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering degree requirements are outlined below. Students should consult the College of Engineering section for additional degree requirements and college academic policies. See the ECE Department Web site for any revisions of the EE curriculum http://www.ece.uic.edu.

BS in Electrical Engineering Degree Hours Requirements Same. Nonengineering and General Education 50 Requirements Required in the College of Engineering 55 Technical Electives 17 Additional Mathematics Requirement 3 Electives outside the Major Rubric 3 Total Hours—BS in Electrical 128 Engineering

Nonengineering and General Education Same. Requirements

Courses Hours ENGL 160—Academic Writing I: Writing for 3 Academic and Public Contexts ENGL 161—Academic Writing II: Writing for 3 Inquiry and Research Exploring World Cultures coursea 3 Understanding the Creative Arts 3 coursea Understanding the Past coursea 3 Understanding the Individual and 3 Society coursea Understanding U.S. Society coursea 3 MATH 180—Calculus Ib 5 MATH 181—Calculus IIb 5 MATH 210—Calculus IIIb 3 MATH 220—Introduction to Differential 3 Equations I PHYS 141—General Physics I 4 (Mechanics) b PHYS 142 —General Physics II (Electricity and 4 Magnetism) b CHEM 112—General College 5 Chemistry Ib Total Hours—Nonengineering and General Education Requirements 50 a Students should consult the General Education section of the catalog for a list of approved courses in this category. b This course is approved for the Analyzing the Natural 3 World general education category.

Required in the College of Engineering Course Descriptions:

ECE 400 Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems 3 OR 4 hours. Definition, classification and case studies of transducers, sensors and actuators. Microfabrication methods for microelectromechanical systems (MEMS). Design, simulation and modeling of MEMS. Previously listed as EECS 400. 3 undergraduate hours; 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ECE 346.

ECE 401 Quasi-Static Electric and Magnetic Fields 3 OR 4 hours. Static electric and magnetic fields. Material description, boundary value problems. Field energy, its conversion and scaling laws. Quasi-static fields, field diffusion, eddy currents, energy losses. 3 undergraduate hours; 4 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ECE 322.

ECE 424 RF and Microwave Guided Propagation 4 TO 5 hours. Maxwell's equations, transmission lines, Smith chart, strip lines, rectangular and circular waveguides, TE and TM waves, wave impedance, resonators, two-portal parameters, power and energy considerations. 4 undergraduate hours; 5 graduate hours. Prerequisite(s): ECE 225 and ECE 322.

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