The increasingly blurring boundaries between various disciplines in the present world have placed students interested in multiple areas in the difficult position of choosing between those areas. The minor in ECE provides an opportunity to students enrolled in other programs at HU to be exposed to the extensive breadth of ECE discipline areas, without a substantial investment of time on their part. The minor has been designed such that the students have reasonable academic preparation in terms of the foundations of ECE, but then have the option to create their own path through the different concentrations within ECE, including Communications, Power and Energy, Signal Processing, Control and Robotics, Analog Circuits, Digital Circuits, Electromagnetics, and Embedded Systems.
Learning Outcomes
A student successfully completing the minor requirements will be able to:
- Construct circuits and test them in the laboratory using basic test equipment or simulation tools, with intermediate level of proficiency;
- Analyze the behavior of electric circuits and systems, and reach substantiated conclusions using mathematical techniques;
- Design ECE systems, components or processes that meet specified needs at beginner level of proficiency;
- Either apply knowledge from one technical discipline within ECE, or comprehend knowledge from a few technical disciplines within ECE.
Requirements
The ECE minor requires successful completion of a minimum of 22 credit hours of coursework and seven (7) courses as described below:
| Course or Course Category | Credit Hours | Prerequisite(s)/Corequisite(s) |
| ECE General Foundation | ||
| EE 101: Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering | 4 | CS 101 |
| EE 111: Electric Circuit Analysis | 4 | None |
| EGR 291: Engineering Workshop | 1 | None |
| ECE Concentration Foundation. Choose one of the following courses: | ||
| EE 213: Basic Electronics | 4 | EE 111 |
| EE 172: Digital Logic and Design | 4 | None |
| EE 212: Electric Network Analysis | 4 | EE 111 |
| EE 252: Signals and Systems | 4 | MATH 101 |
| Additional Courses (Electives) | ||
| Two ECE courses (300 level or higher) | 6-8 | |
| One ECE course (any level) | 3-4 | |
| Overall | 22-25 | |
- A minimum grade of C+ is required for all four foundation courses.
- At most one of 300 level courses and a maximum of three courses in total can be cross listed with the student’s major.
Before enrolling in any course for the ECE minor, student must have obtained a passing grade in the respective prerequisite courses.
Electives
- EE213 Basic Electronics
- EE172 Digital Logic and Design
- EE212 Electric Network Analysis
- EE213 Basic Electronics
- EE241 Electromagnetic Theory
- EE252 Signals and Systems
- EE331 Electrical Machines
- EE322 Analog and Digital Communication
- EE361 Principles of Feedback Control
- EE371 Computer Architecture
- EE373 Microcontrollers and Interfacing
- EE335 Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution
- EE365 Industrial Instrumentation and Measurement
- EE366 Introduction to Robotics
- EE468 Mobile Robotics
- EE451 Digital Image Processing
- EE452 Computer Vision
- EE453 Digital Signal Processing
- EE422 Wireless and Mobile Communication
- EE424 Data Communication and Networking
- EE427 Cellular Internet of Things in 5G
- EE441 Antennas and Wave Propagation
- EE432 Power Electronics
- EE433 Power Electronics – System Design
- EE442 Embedded Systems
