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University Catalog 2017-2018 
    
University Catalog 2017-2018 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Course Descriptions


 

Electrical and Computer Engineering (Undergraduate)

In addition to prerequisites listed for individual courses, ENGL 1020*, COMM 1500, and EE 2900 are prerequisite to all upper division EE courses.
*Students subject to catalogs prior to 1997-1999 satisfy this prerequisite with ENGL 1010 or 1900.

All 4000-level courses may be applied toward master’s degree requirements subject to limits established by the department and approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • EE 3040 - Probability, Random Variable, and Random Processes


    (3)
    Prerequistie or Corequisite: MATH 2130. Concept of probability; random variables; probability distribution and density functions; multiple random variables; introduction to random processes and noise.

  
  • EE 3050 - Electric and Magnetic Fields


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE2040. Vector Calculus; electrostatic fields; electric fields in material space; magnetostatics; electromagnetic fields; general Maxwell’s equations; introduction to transmission lines.

  
  • EE 3200 - Analog Communication Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE3020. Modulation theorem; carrier communications systems; types of modulation; communication circuits; transmitters and receivers; superheterodyne radio receivers; stereo systems; noise analysis; pulse modulation.

  
  • EE 3209 - Communications Laboratory


    (1)
     Prerequisite: EE 3200. Laboratory investigations of characteristics of communication systems and components.

  
  • EE 3300 - Electric Machines


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 2040. Electromechanical principles and applications to electric machines and transformers; theory and design of AC and DC machines.

  
  • EE 3309 - Electromagnetic Energy Conversion Laboratory


    (1)
    Prerequisite: EE 3300, EE 2049. Laboratory investigations of electromechanical machines; transformers.

  
  • EE 3445 - Computer Organization


    (3)
    Prerequisites: CS2013 or permission of the instructor. Introduction to computer systems including implementation alternatives for major processor sub-systems.  Discussion includes data representation, central processing units, instruction formats, addressing modes, memory hierarchy, parallel processors, and RISC machines.

  
  • EE 3450 - Embedded System Programming II


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 2450 and EE 2449. Embedded system architecture; bus structures; memory system design; general purpose input/output; interrupts and timers; analog-digital and digital-analog conversion.  C and ARM assembly language programming.  Embedded system applications in electrical engineering. Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

  
  • EE 3540 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering


    (1-3)
    Prerequisite: Instructor consent and as needed for specific topic. Current topics of special interest to students in Electrical and Computer Engineering, as announced in schedule of classes. May be repeated for credit. Graded ABC/NC.

  
  • EE 3600 - Control Systems I


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE3020. Mathematical modeling of control systems; block diagram representation and simplification of control systems; transient and steady-state analysis and design of feedback control systems by classical methods.

  
  • EE 3700 - Electronics I


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE2040. Introduction to small signal analog electronics; general properties and characteristics of the semiconductor devices; p-n junction diodes; bipolar junction transistors; field effect transistors.

  
  • EE 3709 - Electronics Laboratory


    (1)
    Prerequistie or Corequisite: EE 3710. Laboratory study of electronic single- and multi-stage amplifier circuits using BJT, FET, and CMOS transistors; study of characteristics and applications of operational amplifiers;  simulation of circuits for verification in PSPICE.

  
  • EE 3710 - Electronics II


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3700. Design and analysis of multi-transistor circuits and multi-stage amplifiers; large signal transfer characteristics; small signal analysis and frequency response.

  
  • EE 3720 - Digital Electronics


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 2440, 3700. Overview of digital logic families; design and characteristics of digital electronic circuits, such as CMOS digital logic gates and memory circuits; analysis of noise margin, rise- and fall-times, propagation delays, fan out, fan in, and power dissipation. 

  
  • EE 3801 - Introduction to Biomedical Engineering


    (3)
    Prerequisites: MATH 2120, PHYS 2100, BIOL 2020. Introduction to the field of biomedical engineering;  fundamental knowledge on various subfields of biomedical engineering, including biomechanics, rehabilitation engineering, biomedical devices, biosignal processing, and responsible conduct in biomedical research.

  
  • EE 3810 - Sensors, Data Acquisition, and Instrumentation with Applications in Biomedical Engineering


    (3)
    Pre-requisites: EE 2049.  Co-requisite: EE 2440. Commonly used sensor technologies and measurements in engineering systems, hardware interfaces, data collection; practical applications of sensors and instrumentation in biomedical engineering.

  
  • EE 4009 - Professional Engineering Practice


    (1)
    Prerequisites: Permission is granted by department under the following conditions: acceptance by the corresponding worksite; junior, senior, or graduate standing; minimum of 2.5 GPA for undergraduates and 3.00 for graduates. Integration of Electrical Engineering work experience with academic program individually planned through industry mentors under unpaid internship. Minimum of 10 hours per week required. Letter of completion by industry mentor and submission of title page with abstract are required. Graded CR/NC.

  
  • EE 4130 - Systems Engineering


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3600. System definitions and concepts; systems age; systems engineering process; conceptual, preliminary, and detail system design; system test and evaluation; systems engineering planning, organization, and management.

  
  • EE 4200 - Digital Communication Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE3200, EE 3040. Sampling theorem and aliasing error; random process and white noise; source encoders and decoders; Pulse Code Modulation; matched filter; timing considerations; baseband systems; ASK, FSK, PSK; error analysis; design considerations.

  
  • EE 4210 - Coding for Communications


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3200. Channel coding principles and practice; linear block and convolutional coding and decoding; iterative decoding.

  
  • EE 4220 - Digital Signal Processing


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3200. Sampling, A/D conversion; discrete linear system theory; Z-transform; digital filters, recursive and nonrecursive designs; quantization effects; fast Fourier transform; windowing.

  
  • EE 4229 - Digital Signal Processing Laboratory


    (1)
    Prerequisite: EE 3020. Prerequistie or Corequisite: EE 4220. Graphical computing and data acquisition technique via LabVIEW to solve Electrical Engineering problems.

  
  • EE 4230 - Antennas


    (3)
    Prerequistie or Corequisite: EE 3050. Dipole, loop, aperture, and other antennas; array theory, antenna patterns, and pattern multiplication; radiation resistance, directivity, and gain; antenna synthesis and design.

  
  • EE 4240 - Fiber Optics


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3200. Generation, transmission, and modulation of light beams, propagation of optical beams in homogeneous and inhomogeneous media; integrated optics; optical sources and detectors.

  
  • EE 4250 - Digital Image Processing


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3200. Digital image fundamentals, point operations, morphological image processing, image transforms,  noise reduction and image restoration, and image segmentation and feature extaction.

  
  • EE 4260 - Introduction to Fourier Analysis and Applications


    (3)
    Pre-requisites: Students must be senior undergraduates or have obtained a BS degree in Electrical Engineering or one of the related Engineering and technology fields (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, other Engineering and science disciplines) from a regionally accredited institution. Foundations of Fourier analysis. Fourier series and integrals and their applications.

  
  • EE 4261 - Basic Principles of Radar


    (3)
    Pre-requisites: Students must be senior undergraduates or have obtained a BS degree in Electrical Engineering or one of the related Engineering and technology fields (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, other Engineering and science disciplines) from a regionally accredited institution. Principles of operation of radar. Application of signal classification and parameter estimation to radar. Fabrication and testing of radar systems and their application.

  
  • EE 4262 - Radar Measurement, Modeling and Target Tracking


    (3)
    Pre-requisites: Students must be senior undergraduates or have obtained a BS degree in Electrical Engineering or one of the related Engineering and technology fields (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, other Engineering and science disciplines) from a regionally accredited institution. Foundations of modeling and target tracking in radar applications. Parameter estimation and Kalman filtering with application to target tracking. System architecture for single and multiple target tracking.

  
  • EE 4300 - Introduction to Power Systems Engineering


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3300. Introduction to power system modeling (generators and transformers); per unit systems; modeling of transmission lines..

  
  • EE 4310 - Power Systems Analysis


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4300. Load-flow studies, load-flow control, symmetrical components, short circuits on machines and systems, system protection, elements of system stability, economic operation.

  
  • EE 4320 - Electric Power Distribution


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE4300. Planning, designing and analyzing electric power distribution systems. Distribution circuits, and equipment. Underground and overhead power distribution, protection of distribution circuits, equipment and loads. Power quality. Distribution economics.

  
  • EE 4330 - Power Electronics


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3700. Electrical and thermal characteristics of power thyristors, BJTs and FETs, diodes, triacs, diacs, and UJTs; applications in energy conversion and control switching power supplies, converters, and inverters.

  
  • EE 4340 - Electromagnetic Energy Conversion


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3300. Analysis of realistic machine performance; steady state and dynamic response of d-c, synchronous and induction machines; fractional horsepower a-c motors.

  
  • EE 4400 - Data Communications and Networking


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3200. Data network principles, architectures, and protocols; flow control, error control, media access control, routing and addressing; TCP/IP protocol suite.

  
  • EE 4420 - Multimedia Networking


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE4400, knowledge of MATLAB. Principles, protocols and systems of multimedia networking; video/audio compression standards (MPEG-x, H.264/265); real-time transport protocol; QoS in video streaming; multimedia over Internet; design of real-time transmission systems.

  
  • EE 4440 - Computer Organization


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3450. MIPS instruction set architecture; implementing C programs in MIPS assembly; RISC datapath design; finite-state machine control; performance and power trade-offs; design and simulation using Verilog Hardware Description Language. 

  
  • EE 4450 - Embedded Architectures


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3450. Introduction to embedded systems, hardware/software co-design, modeling of embedded architectures, and design of embedded applications

  
  • EE 4480 - Advanced Digital Design


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 2449 and EE 3450. Design of digital systems using modern programmable devices (PLDs and FPGAs); contemporary design tools and Verilog hardware description language; behavioral and structural modeling, simulation, design for synthesis, and hardware verification.  Lecture 2 hours, laboratory 3 hours.

  
  • EE 4490 - Introduction to Computer Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 2440, EE 2450. Introduction to processor designs, memory system, I/O technologies, and operating systems.

  
  • EE 4540 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering


    (1-3)
    Prerequisites: Senior standing in Electrical Engineering; enrollment subject to approval of instructor in charge. Permission needed by the department. Study of selected topics not currently offered as technical electives. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • EE 4600 - Control Systems II


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3600. Control systems analysis and design by the frequency-response method; lag and lead compensators; modified PID controllers; introduction to state space control systems. 

  
  • EE 4610 - Discrete-Time Control Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3020. Discrete systems; Z-transform; digital controllers; stability analysis of discrete systems; design of discrete systems; introduction to state space representation of discrete systems.

  
  • EE 4620 - Modern Control Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3020. Fundamentals of matrix algebra; eigenvalues and eigenvectors; state variables; state space representation of systems; solution of state equations; square matrices and Cayley-Hamilton theorem; analysis of continuous systems..

  
  • EE 4689 - Control Systems Laboratory


    (1)
    Prerequisite or corequisite: EE 3600. Analysis and design of fundamental control systems by model and full-scale construction in laboratory, and by employing root-locus, frequency response, analog simulation, and other standard techniques. Laboratory 3 hours.

  
  • EE 4710 - Analog Integrated Circuits


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3710. An introduction to the IC fabrication process.; analysis, design, and characteristics of operational amplifiers and the differential input stage, gain stage, and output stage as well as biasing circuits.

  
  • EE 4720 - CMOS VLSI Design


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3720. CMOS VLSI process technology, VLSI design flow from schematic capture to fabrication and testing, design and simulation using CAD tools.

  
  • EE 4730 - Optoelectronics


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 3700. Characteristics and applications of optoelectronic devices and systems including photodiodes and phototransistors, image sensors, light-emitting diodes and laser diodes, and fiber optic system components.

  
  • EE 4810 - Biomedical Devices


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE2040, EE3810. Introduction to engineering of biomedical devices; use of electronic circuit design in medical instrumentation with a focus on implantable devices; electronic device design of neural prostheses and signal conditioning circuitry. 

  
  • EE 4820 - Biomedical Signal Processing


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3020, EE 3810. Signal processing techniques to analyze bioelectrical signals for biomedical applications, such as diagnostics of neurological disorders and development of neurostimulation therapies.

  
  • EE 4961 - Senior Design I


    (3)
    Prerequisites: Completion of blocks A and B4, an additional course from block B, and at least one course each from blocks C and D ;EE3020;EE3450;EE3600;EE3810; EE3000; EE3010. Study of engineering design processes; selection of a design project focusing on typical problems encountered in engineering practice; develop a detailed design plan; understand engineering solutions and profession in broader context.

    Meets UD (wi) and (cl) requirements
  
  • EE 4962 - Senior Design II


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4961 with grade of C or higher. Permission needed by department. Implement the project design developed in EE4961, complete the entire design process, present the design in both written and oral formats. Develop a broader understanding of engineering solutions as well as professional ethics.

    Meets UD (wi) requirement
  
  • EE 4990 - Undergraduate Directed Study


    (1-3)
    Prerequisites: Permission needed by department. Project selected in conference with the sponsor before registration; progress meeting held regularly, and a final report submitted. May be repeated for credit.


Electrical and Computer Engineering (Graduate)

All 4000-level courses may be applied toward master’s degree requirements subject to limits established by the department and approval of the graduate adviser.
Classified graduate standing is required for admission to all 5000 level courses

  
  • EE 5130 - System Analysis and Design


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4130. Alternative system designs for decision making; models for economic evaluations; system optimization in design and operation; queuing systems; control concepts in system design.

  
  • EE 5140 - Systems Risk Analysis


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4130. Elements and types of engineering risk; probabilistic risk assessment; risk scenarios; failure trees; event trees; uncertainty analysis; risk identification and ranking; decision making using risk information.

  
  • EE 5150 - Systems Performance Analysis


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4130. Engineering reliability evaluation and analysis; mechanical and human reliability; engineering maintainability and maintenance; design considerations for system reliability and maintainability; maintenance life cycle costing.

  
  • EE 5160 - Systems Architecture


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4130. Complexity and systems architecture; heuristics; builder-architected, manufacturing, social, software/information technology, and collaborative systems; integrated modeling.

  
  • EE 5200 - Advanced Digital Communications I


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3040, EE 4200. Introduction to stochastic processes, spectral analysis of signals, narrowband processes, elements of detection and estimation theory.

  
  • EE 5210 - Advanced Digital Communications II


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 5200. Classification of detection problems; receiver front-end architectures; coherent, incoherent and differential detection; symbol and bit error rate evaluation and bounding techniques; power spectral density; transmission through linear filtering channels and Inter-Symbol-Interference.

  
  • EE 5220 - Principles of Signal Compression


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3040, EE 4200. Elements of information theory; quantization of continuous sources; lossless and universal compression techniques; lossy compression toolbox; application examples and standards; video compression standards.

  
  • EE 5230 - Wireless Communications


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 5200. Corequisite: EE 5210. Analysis and design of wireless communication systems at the link level, multiple access techniques, MIMO and Multiuser detection techniques, wireless networking, and introduction to wireless protocols and standards.

  
  • EE 5240 - Computer Aided Design of Communication Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 5200 and EE 5210. Theory and practice of digital Montecarlo time-domain simulation of digital transmission systems including linear and nonlinear system modeling, performance evaluation, and computer efficient simulation techniques. Applications to radio relay links, satellite and wireless communications.

  
  • EE 5250 - Optical Communications


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 5200 and EE 5210. Analysis and design of optical communication systems, terrestrial fiber optic systems and free space laser communication systems. Optical sources, detectors, and optical system components.  Acquisition, tracking and pointing. Optical networks.

  
  • EE 5330 - Computer Method in Power Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3020, EE 4310. Algorithms for formulation of network matrices; short-circuit studies on computers; iterative solutions of algebraic and differential equations; digital computer techniques for load flow.

  
  • EE 5340 - Power System Stability


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3600, Corequisite: EE5330. Steady state and transient stability of electric power systems; Stability criterion;  modeling of power system for dynamic studies; digital computer techniques applied to power system stability.

  
  • EE 5350 - Power Systems Protection


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4310. Philosophy, purpose and goals of power system protective relaying; electromechanical and digital relays; instrument transformers; directional, overcurrent, distance and differential protection; protective relay schemes.

  
  • EE 5360 - Renewable Energies in Power Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4320. Features of renewable energy sources, issues of power systems with high penetration of renewables, power balance/frequency control, modeling and simulation of wind and photovoltaic units, Storage systems. Graded ABCDF.

  
  • EE 5370 - Faulted Power Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 4310. Analysis of symmetrical and unsymmetrical faults in electric power systems; computation of fault currents; applications.

  
  • EE 5400 - Advanced Computer Networks


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4400. Advanced topics in computer networks, including VLAN and data center networking, unicast and multicast routing, traffic engineering, mobility management and mobile IP, content distribution and open-architecture network design.

  
  • EE 5410 - Mobile Ad Hoc Networks


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE4400. Principles, practices, and research topics on Ad Hoc Networks and Security. MAC layer design (IEEE802.11, MACAW), routing (DSR, AODV, LAR), cryptography, authentication, access control and security protocols (WEP, WPA).

  
  • EE 5440 - Computer System Architecture


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4440. Current Technologies in computer architecture including instruction set architectures, memory system, parallel architectures, and super-computing.

  
  • EE 5450 - Advanced Topics in Embedded Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 4450.  Embedded system design methodology, advanced embedded architectures, high performance embedded computing, and real-time operating system.

  
  • EE 5480 - Advanced Topics in Computer Architecture


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 5440. Study of emerging research areas in computer systems including: energy optimizations, power management, memory architectures and optimizations, heterogeneous computing, re-configurable architectures, graphics engines, accelerators, and big data scale computing.

  
  • EE 5540 - Special Topics in Electrical Engineering


    (3)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing in Electrical Engineering. Study of selected graduate level topics not currently offered in the graduate program. The topics of the course and its content shall be established by the instructor offering the course. Permission needed by department. May be repeated for credit.

  
  • EE 5600 - Linear Systems Analysis


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4620. Vector spaces; Lyapanov stability analysis for linear systems; controllability; observability; stablizability; detectability; Kkalman canonical forms; relation between state space and transfer function; system irreducibility; state and output feedback system design; separation principle; design of decoupled systems.

  
  • EE 5610 - Stochastic Systems and Estimation


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE3040, 3600. Stochastic processes; power spectrum analysis; response of linear systems to stochastic inputs; Markov chains; estimation theory and Kalman filtering; linear optimal filters; Riccati equations; applications to control and communications.

  
  • EE 5620 - Advanced Digital Control Systems


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4610 and EE 4620. Fundamentals and mathematical representation of discrete systems; signal flow graph representation and simplification; state space equations and their solution with sample and hold; decoupling; phase variable canonical forms; state diagrams; stability.

  
  • EE 5630 - Optimal Control Theory


    (3)
    Prerequisite: EE 4620. Optimal control problem; performance measures; principle of optimality; dynamic programming; Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation; variational approach; constrained extrema; Pontryagin principle; singularity cases; minimum time and control effort problems.

  
  • EE 5820 - Neural Computation


    (3)
    Prerequisites: EE 3040, EE 4820. Computation and coding in the human nervous system and applications of these computational models to biomedical problems related to neural systems, models of signal generation, encoding, and decoding performed by the nervous system.

  
  • EE 5950 - Graduate Design and Research Methodology


    (3)
    Prerequisite: Graduate standing. General research methodology and system design principles and process. Development of system design specs; system requirement development; preliminary design and simulation; system design iteration and optimization; Requirement flow down; Subsystem design and simulation; Requirement vs. design trade off. Graded CR/NC.

  
  • EE 5960 - Comprehensive Examination


    (0)
    Prerequisites: Permission needed by department. Students who select the comprehensive examination should expect to take it the quarter they complete all course work on their program, and must comply with college and department requirements. Grade CR/NC

  
  • EE 5970 - Graduate Research


    (1-3)
    Prerequisites: Permission needed by department. Independent research under guidance of the faculty. May be repeated for credit to maximum of 5 units. Grade CR/ NC. Instructor consent to act as sponsor, departmental approval of project prior to registration.

  
  • EE 5980 - Graduate Directed Study


    (1-3)
    Prerequisites: Permission needed by department. Independent, directed study of advanced topics in the field, regular conferences with the sponsor. May be repeated for credit. Instructor consent to act as sponsor.

  
  • EE 5990 - Thesis


    (1-3)
    Prerequisites: Permission needed by department. Independent research in a thesis. Must be repeated to maximum of 4 units. Graded CR/ NC. Advancement to candidacy, instructor consent to act as sponsor, college approval of the topic prior to registration.

  
  • EE 9000 - Graduate Studies


    (0)
    Prerequisite: EE 5970. Courses in the 9000 series are open only to graduate students who have previously enrolled in thesis or project units (5990 and 5991), but will use University facilities or consult with faculty.


Electronics and Internetworking (Undergraduate)

All 4000-level courses may be applied toward master’s degree requirements, subject to limits established by the department and approval of the graduate adviser.

  
  • TECH 1200 - Practical Electronics


    (3)
    DC circuits;  hands-on experiences in using VOM and DVM for basic electrical measurement and troubleshooting.  Lecture 1 1/2 hours, laboratory 4 1/2 hours. Hands-on applications of electronics with emphasis on how different electronic components and circuits work; project construction to stimulate students understanding of electronics.

  
  • TECH 2900 - Tech Program Applicable


    (1-3)
    Contact Department of Technology for information.

  
  • TECH 4210 - Internetworking Technology


    (3)
    LAN, WAN to Internet, TCP/IP, LAN devices, network access and cabling, Ethernet, network, transport and application layers, IP addressing, subnetting, and routing.

  
  • TECH 4220 - Router Configurations


    (3)
    Prerequisite: TECH 4210. The course covers the WANS, Cisco Router and its configuration, Cisco Internetworking Operating System (IOS), distance vector routing protocols like RIP and IGRP, intermediate TCP/IP, ACLS, and basic router troubleshooting.

  
  • TECH 4230 - Intermediate Routing and LAN Switching


    (3)
    Prerequisite: TECH 4210. The topics of classless IP addressing techniques: VLSM and CIDR, single area OSPF and EIGRP routing, LAN switching and design, switch configuration, Spanning Tree Protocol, VLANs, and VLAN trunking protocol.

  
  • TECH 4240 - Wide Area Networks


    (3)
    Prerequisite: TECH 4210. Addresses Scaling with NAT and DHCP, WAN physical and data link protocols, WAN connections, LAN/WAN case study, PPP, ISDN, DDR, Frame Relay, network management, and CCNA certification preparation.

  
  • TECH 4720 - Photovoltaic Applications


    (3)
    Prerequisit: TECH 3700 or consent of instructor. Solar photovoltaic principles, wafer and module production, systems and applications. Component and system performance, site assessment, grid and stand-alone system design. Associated electrical and control technologies.

  
  • TECH 4740 - Fuel Cell Applications and Hydrogen Infrastructure


    (3)
    Prerequisite: TECH 3700 or consent of instructor. Electro-physical processes in fuel cells, performance, components, various types of fuel cells, fuel cell vehicles, distributed power generation. Hydrogen economy, properties, production, storage, infrastructure, safety.


English (Undergraduate)

Eligibility for courses that satisfy the General Education written communication requirement (ENGL 1005A/B, and ENGL 1010) will be determined by the results of the English Placement Test (EPT), which students must take before they may register for any of these courses.

  
  • ENGL 1000 - Supplemental Writing Practice


    (1)
    Prerequisite: Permission of the instructor, concurrent enrollment in English 1005B or 1010 or other designated course. Supplemental practice in revising and editing essays. Regular meetings with Writing Center tutor. May be repeated to maximum of 4 units. Graded CR/NC.

  
  • ENGL 1004 - Introduction to College Writing


    (3)
    Prerequisites: English Placement Test and completion of directed self-placement. Frequent essays based on reading and responding to expository prose; instruction in expository writing conventions and critical reading strategies. Graded ABC/NC. Not open to students with credit for this course, an equivalent, or a higher level English composition course. Students with two NC grades may not enroll again.

  
  • ENGL 1005A - College Writing I


    (3)
    Prerequisites: English Placement Test (EPT) and completion of directed self-placement. First course in two term sequence (1005AB) focused on reading and writing to develop and communicate ideas. Instruction in strategies for planning, composing, and revising college writing that incorporates authorities, examples, arguments, and facts to write developed, supported texts. Graded A,B,C/NC.

  
  • ENGL 1005B - College Writing II


    (3)
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1005A. Second course in two-term sequence (1005AB). Focused on reading and writing to develop and communicate ideas. Instruction in strategies for planning, composing, and revising college writing that incorporates authorities, examples, arguments, and facts to write developed, supported texts. Graded A,B,C/NC. 

    GE A2
  
  • ENGL 1010 - Accelerated College Writing


    (3)
    Prerequisites: English Placement Test (EPT) and completion of directed self-placement or completion of ENGL 1004. Reading and writing to develop and communicate ideas. Instruction in strategies for planning, composing, and revising college writing that incorporates authorities, examples, arguments, and facts to write developed, supported texts. Graded A,B,C/NC.

     

    CI-D ENGL 100:
    The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

    GE A2

  
  • ENGL 1050 - Argumentative Writing and Critical Thinking


    (3)
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1005B, ENGL 1010, or equivalent. Instruction in argumentation and critical writing, critical thinking, analytical evaluation of texts, research strategies, information literacy, and proper documentation.

     

    CI-D ENGL 105:
    The University course listed above articulates with any California Community College (CCC) course that is approved by the C-ID program and given the corresponding “C-ID Course” designation listed here. The articulation is one-way articulation, meaning the approved community college course will articulate for the indicated course credit at the four-year university. Articulation does NOT apply from the four-year institution to the community college or between the four-year institutions.

    GE A3

  
  • ENGL 1665 - Introduction to Science Fiction

    (also listed as LBS 1665)
    (3)
    Historical survey of key themes, texts, figures, and movements in English-language science fiction.

    GE C2 (wi)
  
  • ENGL 2010 - Intermediate College Writing (3)


    (3)
    Prerequisite: ENGL 1005B, ENGL 1010, or equivalent. Building upon the rhetorical skills developed in ENGL 1005AB or ENGL 1010, students will develop analytical, interpretive, and information literacy skills necessary for writing a well-supported, researched, academic argument. Continued instruction in strategies for generating, revising, editing, and proofreading writing.

 

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