Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE) - For a syllabus or more detailed course information, please contact the department at 610-758-4070.
Course Listings
Course# Course Title (Credit Hours) CRN Day/Time Location Session Instructor
| 81-010 | Principles of Electrical Engineering (4) | 20617 | M/T 8-9:35am & T/Th 2-3:50pm | PA 360 | First | Haller |
| 82-010 | Junior Lab (1) | 20722 | T/Th 1:45-4:35pm | TBD | Second | Haller |
| 108-010 | Signals & Systems (4) | 20618 | M/T 9-11:50am | PA 258 | Second | Haller |
| 202-010 | Intro. to Electromagnetics (3) | 20619 | M-Th 12-1:35pm | PA 258 | First | Best |
| 495-010 | Research (1-6) | 20724 | Hours arranged | Full | Bartoli |
Course Descriptions
81. Principles of Electrical Engineering: Circuit elements and laws. Behavior of simple linear networks. Characteristics of electronic devices and device models. Introduction to functional circuits, such as operational amplifier and logic devices. Principles of electromechanical energy conversion and power systems. Includes a weekly session for review and discussion . Prerequisite: MATH 22. Co-requisite: PHY 21.
82. Junior Lab: An introduction to the fundamental laboratory instrumentation
and measurement techniques of electrical and
computer engineering. Five or six experiments based on
the fundamental concepts discussed in the prerequisite
courses. Introduction to PSPICE and application of various
computer aids to design and documentation.
Discussions of electrical components and laboratory safety.
Use of an engineering notebook and report writing.
One three-hour laboratory per week. Prerequisites: ECE
33 and ECE 81, previously.
108. Signals and Systems: Continuous and discrete signal and system descriptions using signal space and transform representations. Include Fourier series, continuous and discrete Fourier transforms, Laplace transforms, and z-transforms. Introduction to sampling . Prerequisite: ECE 81.
202. Intro. to Electromagnetics: Elements of vector analysis, Coulomb’s law, Biot-Savart’s
and Ampere’s laws, Lorentz Forces, Laplace’s, and
Maxwell’s equations, boundary conditions, methods of
solution in static electric and magnetic fields, including
finite element numerical approach. Quasistationary
fields, inductance. Prerequisites: MATH 205, Phys. 21.
495. Research: