Computer Engineering: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Computer Engineering in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 15 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 2400 Calculus I (4 cr)
• EE 2000 Circuit Analysis I (4 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 16 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 2500 Calculus II (4 cr)
• EE 2100 Circuit Analysis II (3 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 17 credits

• MATH 2600 Linear Algebra (3 cr)
• CPE 2400 Digital Logic Design (4 cr)
• EE 2400 Digital Logic (4 cr)
• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 16 credits

• CPE 2600 Introduction to Computer Architecture (3 cr)
• EE 2600 Electronics I (4 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 13 credits

• CPE 2800 Programming for Computer Engineers (3 cr)
• CPE 3100 Embedded Systems Design (4 cr)
• EE 3100 Signals and Systems (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 15 credits

• CPE 3300 Hardware Description Languages (3 cr)
• EE 3300 Embedded Systems (4 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

• CPE 3500 Computer Networks (3 cr)
• EE 3500 Electromagnetics (3 cr)
• CPE 3700 Operating Systems for Engineers (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 12 credits

• EE 3700 Power Systems (3 cr)
• CPE 4100 System-on-Chip Design (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)