Electrical Engineering Minor (B.Sc.) (24 credits)
Offered by: Electrical & Computer Engr (Faculty of Science)
Degree: Bachelor of Science
Program credit weight: 24
Program Description
This Minor program is currently under review. Students are encouraged to contact Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering for detailed information.
[Program registration done by Student Affairs Office]
The Minor program does not carry professional recognition. Only students who satisfy the requirements of the Major Physics are eligible for this Minor. Students registered for this option cannot count PHYS 241 Signal Processing. toward the requirements of the Major in Physics, and should replace this course by another Physics or Mathematics course. Students who select ECSE 334 Introduction to Microelectronics. in the Minor cannot count PHYS 328 Electronics. toward the requirements of the Major in Physics, and should replace this course by another Physics or Mathematics course.
Note: For information about Fall 2025 and Winter 2026 course offerings, please check back on May 8, 2025. Until then, the "Terms offered" field will appear blank for most courses while the class schedule is being finalized.
Required Courses (12 credits)
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECSE 200 | Electric Circuits 1. | 3 |
Electric Circuits 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Circuit variables. Analysis of resistive circuits, network theorems (Kirchhoff’s laws, Ohm’s law, Norton and Thevenin equivalent). Ammeters, Voltmeters, and Ohmmeters. Analysis methods (nodal and mesh analysis, linearity, superposition). Dependent sources and Op-Amps. Energy storage elements. First and second order circuits. | ||
| ECSE 210 | Electric Circuits 2. | 3 |
Electric Circuits 2. Terms offered: Summer 2025 Second-order circuits. Sinusoidal sources and phasors. AC steady-state analysis. AC steady-state power. Laplace transform. Circuit analysis in the s-Domain. Two-port circuits. Elementary continuous signals, impulse functions, basic properties of continuous linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. Frequency analysis of continuous-time LTI systems. | ||
| ECSE 303 | Signals and Systems 1. | 3 |
Signals and Systems 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Elementary continuous and discrete-time signals, impulse functions, basic properties of discrete and continuous linear time-invariant (LTI) systems, Fourier representation of continuous-time periodic and aperiodic signals, the Laplace transform, time and frequency analysis of continuous-time LTI systems, application of transform techniques to electric circuit analysis. | ||
| ECSE 330 | Introduction to Electronics. | 3 |
Introduction to Electronics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Introduction to electronic circuits using operational amplifiers, PN junction diodes, bipolar junction transistors (BJTs), and MOS field-effect transistors (MOSFETs), including: terminal characteristics, large- and small-signal models; configuration and frequency response of single-stage amplifiers with discrete biasing. Introduction to SPICE. Simulation experiments. | ||
Complementary Courses (12 credits)
3 credits from the following and 9 credits of ECSE courses at the 200, 300, or 400 level subject to approval by the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
| Course | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ECSE 305 | Probability and Random Signals 1. | 3 |
Probability and Random Signals 1. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. The basic probability model, the heuristics of model-building and the additivity of probability; classical models; conditional probability and Bayes rule; random variables and vectors, distribution and density functions, expectation; statistical independence, laws of large numbers, central limit theorem; introduction to random processes and random signal analysis. | ||
| ECSE 334 | Introduction to Microelectronics. | 3 |
Introduction to Microelectronics. Terms offered: this course is not currently offered. Single-stage integrated-circuit amplifiers; differential and multistage amplifiers, integrated-circuit biasing techniques; non-ideal characteristics, frequency response; feedback amplifiers, output stages; digital CMOS logic circuits. | ||