College of Engineering and Computer Science

ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

ACCELERATED UNDERGRADUATE-GRADUATE PROGRAM (B.S.E.E./M.S.E.E.)

School of Electrical Engineering & Computer Science
Harris Corporation Engineering Ctr., Rm 246,
407-823-2787; Fax: 407-823-5419
http://www.eecs.ucf.edu

Admission Guidelines

• See Common Program Prerequisites
• Qualified students may apply after completion of a minimum of 64 credit hours
• Completion of no more than 96 credit hours
• Completion of the GRE with a highly competitive score by the end of first semester of the senior year
• Admission is not automatic. Interested students may need to be interviewed.

(36+2 hrs)

1. UCF General Education Program

(See Electrical Engineering major in this catalog for track specific GEP requirements)

(19 hrs)

2. Common Program Prerequisites (CPP’s)

(See Electrical Engineering major in this catalog for the CPP requirements)

(14 hrs)

3. Courses Required for the Electrical Engineering Core

(See Electrical Engineering major in this catalog for a listing of Electrical Engineering core requirements)

The College of Engineering and Computer Science requires all engineering students to achieve a minimum 2.250 GPA in completing these courses, together with the courses required for the major in 4. below, technical elective courses listed in 5. below and with the senior design courses listed in 6. below. Independent study courses generally do not satisfy major requirements.

(41 hrs)

4. Courses Required for the Major

(10 hrs)

5. Approved Technical Electives

Technical electives should be taken at the 5000 or 6000 level and are available in the BSEE program to address specific student interests in a variety of technical areas. Students should consult with their assigned academic advisor for a list of the approved technical electives and the terms when specific courses of this type are to be offered.

(6 hrs)

6. Departmental Graduation Requirements

• 3 hrs
  EEL 4914 Senior Design I
• 3 hrs
  EEL 4915L Senior Design II
• CECS encourages all engineering students to take the Fundamentals Exam during their Senior year.

(0-8 hrs)

7. Foreign Language Requirements

• Admission: Two years of one foreign language in high school, or one year of one foreign language in college (or equivalent proficiency exam) prior to graduation.
• none
  Graduation:

8. University Minimum Graduation Requirements

• A 2.0 UCF GPA.
• 60 semester hours earned after any CLEP award.
• 48 semester hours of upper division credit completed.
• 30 of the last 36 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
• 25% of course work must be completed in residency at UCF
• A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted
• Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, the CLAST, and nine semester hours of Summer credit.

128 hrs

Total Semester Hours Required (B.S.E.E.)

10-12 hrs

9. Shared B.S.E.E/M.S.E.E.

Up to 12 credit hours of approved 5000 and 6000 level courses of grades B (3.0) or better may be counted towards the BS and Masters degrees. These 12 credit hours will meet either technical elective or course requirements for the major. Contact the Graduate Coordinator in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department for a list of acceptable courses.

18-20 hrs

10. Areas of Study M.S.E.E.

Students must complete all requirements within the masters program that they are admitted to. See the list below for possible options.

Detailed information regarding course and graduation requirements can be located in the graduate catalog. Students have an end of program option of (1) Thesis or (2) non thesis (see graduate catalog for a detailed description of these options).

• Communication Track
• Controls/Robotics Track
• Digital Signal Prosession Track
• Electromagnetics Track
• Electronics/Power Electronics Track
• Electro-Optics Track
• Solid State and Microelectronics Track
• VLSI Design Track

146-148 hrs

Total Semester hours (B.S.E.E/M.S.E.E.)

The baccalaureate degree will be awarded when program requirements for the BS are met and students have completed a minimum of 128 hours of credit. Students will then be reclassified as graduate students. The MSEE will be awarded on completion of the total programof study.

The following will be waived for this joint degree program

• The limit of nine hours to be shared between undergraduate and graduate programs.
• Undergraduate students taking graduate courses must be within nine hours of graduation
• Undergraduate students taking graduate courses must not register for more than a total of twelve hours in that semester
• Undergraduate students are not eligible to take 6000-level courses