Degree Requirements for
Transition Computer Engineering Students

These requirements apply to all Computer Engineering majors who were admitted to full major status before the summer quarter of 1998, and who will graduate after the fall semester of 1998. The requirements can be completed by following the current quarter-based requirements, the new semester-based requirements, or (as you will be doing) a mixture of quarter- and semester-length courses.

Courses with three-digit numbers are taught under the quarter system, and they will be unavailable after the summer quarter of 1998. Courses with four-digit numbers are to be taught under the semester system, and they will be available beginning with the fall semester of 1998.

In this document, we will use the term EQC to stand for equivalent quarter course. Generally, a quarter-length course is equal to 1 EQC and a semester-length course is equal to 1.5 EQC.

Premajor Requirements

• You have already completed these premajor requirements, which we repeat for the sake of completeness: WRTG 112, MATH 111-2-3, PHYCS 221-2, CS 110, CS 201-2, EE 120, and EE 133.

Writing Requirement

• Either WRTG 301 or WRTG 3400.

Math Requirement

• Either MATH 251-2 or MATH 2250.

Physics Requirement

• One of PHYCS 223, PHYCS 2220, or PHYCS 2230. The new introductory physics sequence is PHYCS 2210-20, which means that PHYCS 2220 will overlap quite a bit with PHYCS 222, which you have already had. PHYCS 2230 is a semester-based version of PHYCS 223, but it will be taught only during the fall semester of 1998.

Math/Science Requirement

• Three math or science courses, including at least one math and at least one science course. You must choose the courses from among BIOL 101, BIO 1000, CHEM 121, CHEM 1210, PHYCS 374, PHYCS 3740, MATH 507, MATH 5010, MATH 560, MATH 5600, and MATH 2210. All such quarter-length courses count as 1 EQC, and all such semester-length courses count as 1.5 EQC.

Computer Engineering Requirement

• Circuits. Either EE 221-2 (2 EQC) or EE 2000 (1.5 EQC).
• Electronics. Either EE 230 (1 EQC) or EE 2100 (1.5 EQC).
• Discrete math. Either CS 300 (1 EQC) or CS 2030 (1 EQC). We currently plan to teach CS 2030 only during the fall semester of 1998, after which we will discontinue it. If you have not yet completed this requirement, you should plan to do so during 1997-1998 or 1998-1999.
• Software. Either CS 354 (1 EQC) or CS 3500 (1.5 EQC).
• Digital design. Either CS/EE 361-2 (1.5 EQC) or CS/EE 3700 (1.5 EQC).
• Computer architecture. Either CS 362-3 (1.5 EQC) or CS 3810 (1.5 EQC).
• Computer design lab. Either CS/EE 367 (1 EQC) or CS/EE 3810 (1.5 EQC).
• Microprocessors. Either CS/EE 550-1 (1.5 EQC) or CS/EE 3720 (1.5 EQC).
• Senior lab. Either CS/EE 551-2 (1.5 EQC) or CS/EE 4710 (1.5 EQC).

Computer Engineering Restricted Elective

You must take enough courses from the following list so that the number of EQC taken under the math/science requirement section, the computer engineering requirement section, and the computer engineering restricted elective section totals at least 20.

• Electronic properties of solids. EE 261 (1 EQC).
• Programming language concepts. CS 355 (1 EQC).
• Object-oriented software engineering. CS 356 (1 EQC).
• Electromagnetics. EE 3300 (1.5 EQC).
• Algorithms and data structures. CS 3510 (1.5 EQC). May not be taken if CS 354 was taken to satisfy the software requirement.
• Signals and systems. EE 3500 (1.5 EQC) or EE 321 (1 EQC).
• Operating systems. CS 506 (1 EQC) or CS 5460 (1.5 EQC).

Computer Engineering Elective

You must take enough quarter courses numbered 300 or higher, or semester courses numbered 3000 or higher, so that the total number of EQC for the courses taken under the math/science requirement section, the computer engineering requirement section, the computer engineering restricted elective section, and the computer engineering elective section is at least 28. Each quarter course must carry at least 3 QH (and counts as 1 EQC), and each semester course must carry at least 3 SH (and counts as 1.5 EQC). All but one of the courses must be taken from either the Computer Science or Electrical Engineering departments. Three of the courses must form a concentration, as defined under the current quarter-based requirements or the new semester-based requirements.

University Requirements

If you have completed at least 45 quarter hours by the beginning of the fall semester of 1998, the University will give you your choice of satisfying the old quarter-based Liberal Education and associated University graduation requirements, or the new semester-based General Education and associated University graduation requirements. (If you have completed fewer than 45 quarter hours, you will have to complete the General Education requirement.) hYou should consult Academic Advising for information on how you can complete the Liberal/General Education requirement as well as the other University requirements.

Keep in mind, however, that you must choose your Liberal/General Education courses so as to satisfy the more stringent College of Engineering requirements. Specifically, your Liberal Education courses must include (a) two sequences of two courses and (b) two upper-division courses. Alternatively, your General Education courses must include (a) one sequence of two courses, (b) one upper-division course, and (c) either one other two-course sequence or one other upper-division course. You must also take a course that satisfies the ethics requirement.

8/13/97