2024-2025 Binghamton University Academic Guide
Electrical Engineering, BS
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The electrical engineering curriculum builds upon the base of the one-year core provided by the Engineering Design Division of Watson College. The one-year core, required of all engineering students in the college, provides students with a broad foundation in engineering fundamentals, natural sciences, mathematics, communication skills, and laboratory experience. The second year of the program covers basic electrical and computer engineering topics. Breadth in the major areas of electrical engineering is obtained by a series of required courses in the third year; depth in a specialization area within electrical engineering is obtained by a series of technical electives in the fourth year.
Program educational objectives describe what graduates of the program are expected to accomplish within five years of graduation. Graduates of the electrical engineering program are expected to demonstrate progress in four areas:
- Leadership: Graduates will be known for leadership, innovation, entrepreneurship, or responsibility as appropriate for their career stage.
- Education: Graduates will continue their education through a combination of independent learning, continuing education, and advanced degrees.
- Adaptability: Graduates will demonstrate flexibility in a career that utilizes skills and knowledge gained in their undergraduate engineering program.
- Participation: Graduates will be known as active participants in a wide variety of both professional and non-professional activities, including jobs, professional societies, community activities/service, or government or public service.
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Admission Requirements
Binghamton University students typically enter our program in their second year, after they complete their first-year experience in Watson College’s Engineering Design Division. The department also serves community college graduates and transfer students from other institutions seeking a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
University General Education Requirements
All Binghamton University undergraduate students are required to fulfill this set of university-wide requirements to ensure that every graduate acquires the essential core of a SUNY university undergraduate education. Please refer to the General Education page for more information.
Watson College Requirements
For Watson College requirements, please refer to the Requirements for Degrees section in the Watson College Undergraduate Information.
Major Requirements
To receive the BS in Electrical Engineering degree, students must complete at least 127 credit hours in the courses outlined below, with a minimum grade-point average of 2.0 (C) in core electrical engineering courses and a minimum 2.0 cumulative grade-point average.
Electrical Engineering BS Four-Year Plan
In the table below, the courses listed in the first year/fall semester and first year/spring semester constitute Watson College’s common first-year program for engineering students. The common first year is administered by the Engineering Design Division, as described in the Engineering Design Division section.
Fall Semester (17 credits)
Spring Semester (17 credits)
Fall Semester (17 credits)
Spring Semester (16 credits)
Fall Semester (16 credits)
Spring Semester (17 credits)
Fall Semester (14 credits)
Spring Semester (13 credits)
Notes:
** Technical electives allow EE students to focus on a chosen specialization within electrical engineering and must be selected from a list of approved upper-level EECE courses.
*** Professional electives allow EE students to pursue areas that are relevant to the profession of electrical engineering; suggested choices include, but are not limited to, (i) additional technical elective courses, (ii) courses in business-related areas, (iii) additional math or science courses, (iv) engineering courses outside of EE (e.g., a mechanical engineering course to prepare for professional engineering license exams).
**** Students considering transfer to another SUNY campus are advised to take MATH 323 - Calculus III, in place of ISE 261 - Probabilistic Systems I, in their second year, spring semester.
- Students must complete one year of college-level math and basic science appropriate to electrical engineering. The course outline above includes 32 credits of college-level math and science; if students fail to meet a minimum of 30 credits, additional math and/or science electives will be required. It is important that students meet with their major department to discuss options.
- General Education electives must be selected to satisfy the Binghamton University General Education requirements.
Required Course Prerequisites
The following courses, or their equivalent(s), are required prerequisites for the major:
- If students do not place into MATH 224, then MATH 223 (or its equivalent) and, if needed, MATH 108 (or its equivalent) and, if needed, MATH 107 (or its equivalent) and, if needed, MATH 106 (or its equivalent) are required prerequisites for completion of the major.
- Students who have not had adequate course preparation may need to take CHEM 100 prior to taking CHEM 104 or CHEM 111.
- While EDD 103/111/104/112 is preferred, in rare cases, under advisement from the Watson Advising Office, a first-year composition course and an introduction to computer programming course may be used to meet the EDD 103/111/104/112 requirement.
Additional Information about the Program
The Bachelor of Science program in Electrical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical, Computer, Communications, Telecommunication(s), and Similarly Named Engineering Programs.
For more information on the Electrical Engineering BS program, please refer to the Electrical Engineering Undergraduate Program website. To apply to the Electrical Engineering BS program, please visit the University Undergraduate Admissions website.
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