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

33-010 Introduction to Computer Engineering (4) 20263 M-Th 12-1:35pm & M/Th 2-3:50pm MG 112 Second Wagh
81-010 Principles of Electrical Engineering (4) 20073 M/T 8-9:35am & T/Th 2-4:00pm PA 360 First Haller
108-010 Signals & Systems (4) 20264 M-Th 8-9:35am MG 112 Second Haller
121-060 Electronics Circuits Lab (2)       Full  
123-010 Electronics Circuits (3) 20135 M/W/F 12-1:00pm PA 258 Full Haller
202-010 Intro. to Electromagnetics (3) 20074 M-Th 12-1:35pm PA 360 First Best
495-010 Research (3) 20136 Hours arranged   Full Staff

Course Descriptions

33.  Introduction to Computer Engineering:  Analysis, design and implementation of small digital circuits.  Boolean algebra. Minimization techniques, synchronous sequential circuit design, number systems and arithmetic. Microcomputer architecture and assembly level programming. Prerequisite: ENGR 1 or CSE 17.

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.

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.

121. Electronics Circuits Laboratory: One lecture and one laboratory per week. Experiments illustrating the principles of operation of electronic devices and their circuit applications. Basic electronic instrumentation and measurement techniques. Co-requisite: ECE 123.

123. Electronic Circuits: Methods for analyzing and designing circuits containing amplifier configurations, operating point stabilization, frequency response analysis, and computer-aided analysis of active circuits. Prerequisite: ECE 108.

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: Course description not available at this time.