• To educate students to identify, formulate and solve electrical engineering problems,
• To provide students with a solid background in electrical engineering, mathematics, science, and computer software and hardware, and
• To teach students professional and ethical responsibility, and to be responsible and productive electrical engineers in the work place.

Electrical engineers are the technical driving force behind the high technology electronics industries as well as other industries. Their contributions shape the design of computers, microelectronics, integrated circuits, communication systems, medical equipment, and many other forms of technology that impact the quality of our lives. Electrical engineers contribute to virtually every product, or the manufacturing process for that product, that we have in our society.

To prepare students to meet their career objectives, the electrical engineering curriculum is composed of three stages of education. During the first two years, emphasis is placed upon establishing competence in mathematics, basic sciences, engineering sciences, and fundamental electrical and computer engineering topics. During the third and fourth years, the student concentrates on more advanced electrical and computer engineering subjects. Computer courses are included in the electrical engineering curriculum to bring graduates to the level at which they can successfully design microprocessor systems for automatic control and other applications. The use of computers is thoroughly integrated in the electrical engineering program, from the freshman to the senior level.

After the preparation of the first four years, the student chooses all courses and a senior design project during the fifth year, in accord with career objectives at that time. All technical courses in the first four years of the five-year electrical engineering curriculum are required; all fifth-year courses are electives. Elective course offerings in the fifth year allow students to choose major concentrations of study in applied systems, communications, computer system design, solid state electronics, signal processing and computer vision and power systems. Students also can minor in VLSI Design or Photonics Communications.

The fifth-year student chooses a senior project, working with a faculty member of the department. The purpose of this senior project is to develop the student's individual experi-mental and design abilities in a specific area of electrical engineering.