This intercollege combined major serves students who would like to explore their interest in physics while earning the benefit of an accredited Bachelor of Science degree in engineering. The major combines a major in physics from the Department of Physics in the College of Science with the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering degree from the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Because of the large body of shared knowledge between electrical engineering and physics, a combined major between these two disciplines is a logical course of study and can be accomplished within a student’s usual five-year program (including three co-op placements) without requiring course overloading in any semester. A student graduating from this program will have studied both the physical fundamentals and the applications of electronic devices and systems. The program is a particularly appropriate course of study for students who wish to pursue a career in solid-state devices, microelectromechanical systems, or nanotechnology.
Students interested in this program should contact the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering or the Department of Physics as early as possible, preferably prior to registering for freshman courses.
Complete all courses listed below unless otherwise indicated. Also complete any corequisite labs, recitations, clinicals, or tools courses where specified and complete any additional courses needed beyond specific college and major requirements to satisfy graduation credit requirements.
Universitywide Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the Universitywide Requirements.
NUpath Requirements
All undergraduate students are required to complete the NUpath Requirements.
NUpath requirements Interpreting Culture (IC), Societies and Institutions (SI), and Differences and Diversity (DD) are not explicitly satisfied by required engineering courses. Students are responsible for satisfying these requirements with general electives.
Engineering
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| EECE 2140 | Computing Fundamentals for Engineers | 4 |
| EECE 2150 | Circuits and Signals: Biomedical Applications | 5 |
| EECE 2160 | Embedded Design: Enabling Robotics | 4 |
| Electrical Engineering Fundamentals | ||
| EECE 2412 and EECE 2413 | Fundamentals of Electronics and Lab for EECE 2412 | 5 |
| EECE 2520 | Fundamentals of Linear Systems | 4 |
| EECE 2530 and EECE 2531 | Fundamentals of Electromagnetics and Lab for EECE 2530 | 5 |
| Computer Engineering Fundamentals | ||
| If more than one computer engineering fundamentals course is taken, it can count as a technical elective. | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4-5 | |
| Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization and Lab for EECE 2322 | ||
| Fundamentals of Networks | ||
| Fundamentals of Engineering Algorithms | ||
| Electrical Engineering Capstone Courses | ||
| EECE 4791 | Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1 | 1 |
| EECE 4792 | Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2 | 4 |
| EECE Technical Electives | ||
| Students can register for EECE4991/EECE4992/EECE4993 more than once. For these courses combined, a maximum of 8 semester hours will be allowed to satisfy the requirement of technical electives. An additional 4 semester hours will be allowed as a general elective. At most, one of these courses (4 semester hours) can be taken in a semester. | ||
| Though students may register for EECE 2750 more than once, only 4 semester hours will be allowed to satisfy the requirements of technical electives. An additional 4 semester hours will be allowed as a general elective. | ||
| Complete two of the following: | 8-9 | |
| Fundamentals of Digital Design and Computer Organization and Lab for EECE 2322 | ||
EECE 4512 to EECE 4698 | ||
| Research | ||
| Directed Study | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage | ||
| Supplemental Credit | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
| Noise and Stochastic Processes | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 2 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
| 3 semester hours from the following course count toward the engineering requirement: | 3 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 | ||
Mathematics/Science
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Mathematics/Science | ||
| CHEM 1151 and CHEM 1153 | General Chemistry for Engineers and Recitation for CHEM 1151 | 4 |
| MATH 1341 | Calculus 1 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 1342 | Calculus 2 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 2321 | Calculus 3 for Science and Engineering | 4 |
| MATH 2341 | Differential Equations and Linear Algebra for Engineering | 4 |
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| Physics for Engineering 1 and Lab for PHYS 1151 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1151 | ||
| Physics 1 and Lab for PHYS 1161 and Recitation for PHYS 1161 | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 5 | |
| Physics for Engineering 2 and Lab for PHYS 1155 and Interactive Learning Seminar for PHYS 1155 | ||
| Physics 2 and Lab for PHYS 1165 and Recitation for PHYS 1165 | ||
| PHYS 2303 | Modern Physics | 4 |
| PHYS 3600 | Advanced Physics Laboratory | 4 |
| PHYS 3602 | Electricity and Magnetism 1 | 4 |
| PHYS 4115 | Quantum Mechanics | 4 |
| PHYS 4305 | Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics | 4 |
| Advanced Physics Elective | ||
| Complete one of the following: | 4 | |
| Mathematical and Computational Methods for Physics | ||
PHYS 3600 to PHYS 7999 | ||
| Supplemental Credit | ||
| 2 semester hours from the following course count toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 2 | |
| Noise and Stochastic Processes | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the mathematics/science requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
Professional Development
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Professional Development | ||
| GE 1000 | First-Year Seminar | 1 |
| ENCP 2000 | Introduction to Engineering Co-op Education | 1 |
| ENCP 3000 | Professional Issues in Engineering | 1 |
| Additional Required Courses | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 1 1 | ||
| 1 semester hour from the following course counts toward the professional development requirement: | 1 | |
| Cornerstone of Engineering 2 1 | ||
Writing Requirements
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| A grade of C or higher is required: | ||
| ENGW 1111 | First-Year Writing | 4 |
| ENGW 3302 | Advanced Writing in the Technical Professions | 4 |
| or ENGW 3315 | Interdisciplinary Advanced Writing in the Disciplines | |
Required General Electives
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Complete 12 semester hours of academic, nonremedial, nonrepetitive courses. | 12 | |
Major GPA Requirement
2.000 minimum GPA required in EECE courses
Program Requirement
133 total semester hours required
1 Students can substitute GE 1110 and GE 1111 for GE 1501 and 1502 in approved situations.
Four Years, One Co-op in Spring/Summer 1
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | MATH 2341 | 4 | Vacation | |
| CHEM 1153 | 0 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | ||||
| GE 1000 | 1 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | PHYS 1165 or 1155 (ND) | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | PHYS 1166 or 1156 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| PHYS 1161 or 1151 (ND) | 4 | PHYS 1167 or 1157 | 0 | ||||
| PHYS 1162 or 1152 (AD) | 1 | ||||||
| PHYS 1163 or 1153 | 0 | ||||||
| 18 | 17 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EECE 2140 | 4 | EECE 2160 | 4 | Vacation | Vacation | ||
| EECE 2150 (AD) | 5 | PHYS 4305 (ND) | 4 | ||||
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | EE fundamentals | 5 | ||||
| PHYS 2303 (ND) | 4 | EE fundamentals | 5 | ||||
| 17 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENCP 2000 | 1 | Co-op | Co-op | EECE 4791 (EI, WI, CE) | 1 | ||
| ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | PHYS 3600 (ND, AD, WI) | 4 | ||||
| PHYS 3602 (ND) | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| EE fundamentals | 4 | ||||||
| CE fundamentals | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 0 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| EECE 3468 | 4 | EECE technical elective | 4 | ||||
| EECE 4792 (EI, WI, CE) | 4 | EECE technical elective | 4 | ||||
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| PHYS 4115 (ND, FQ) | 4 | PHYS advanced elective | 4 | ||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 17 | 16 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 133 | |||||||
Five Years, Three Co-ops in Summer 2/Fall
| Year 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| ENGW 1111 (WF) | 4 | CHEM 1151 (ND) | 4 | Vacation | 0 | Vacation | 0 |
| GE 1000 | 1 | CHEM 1153 | 0 | ||||
| GE 1501 | 4 | GE 1502 (ER) | 4 | ||||
| MATH 1341 (FQ) | 4 | MATH 1342 (FQ) | 4 | ||||
| PHYS 1161 or 1151 (ND) | 4 | PHYS 1165 or 1155 (ND) | 4 | ||||
| PHYS 1162 or 1152 (AD) | 1 | PHYS 1166 or 1156 (AD) | 1 | ||||
| PHYS 1163 or 1153 | 0 | PHYS 1167 or 1157 | 0 | ||||
| 18 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 2 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| EECE 2140 | 4 | EECE 2150 (AD) | 5 | Vacation | 0 | Co-op | 0 |
| MATH 2321 (FQ) | 4 | EECE 2160 | 4 | ||||
| MATH 2341 | 4 | ENCP 2000 | 1 | ||||
| PHYS 2303 (ND) | 4 | PHYS 3602 (ND) | 4 | ||||
| General elective | 4 | ||||||
| 16 | 18 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Year 3 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | ENGW 3302 or 3315 (WD) | 4 | PHYS 3600 (ND, AD, WI) | 4 | Co-op | 0 |
| PHYS 4115 (ND, FQ) | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| EE fundamentals | 4 | ||||||
| EE fundamentals | 5 | ||||||
| 0 | 17 | 8 | 0 | ||||
| Year 4 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | Summer 1 | Hours | Summer 2 | Hours |
| Co-op | 0 | EECE 3468 | 4 | EECE 4791 (EI, WI, CE) | 1 | Co-op | 0 |
| ENCP 3000 | 1 | EECE technical elective | 4 | ||||
| PHYS 4305 (ND) | 4 | General elective | 4 | ||||
| CE fundamentals | 4 | ||||||
| EE fundamentals | 5 | ||||||
| 0 | 18 | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Year 5 | |||||||
| Fall | Hours | Spring | Hours | ||||
| Co-op | 0 | EECE 4792 (EI, WI, CE) | 4 | ||||
| EECE technical elective | 4 | ||||||
| PHYS advanced elective | 4 | ||||||
| 0 | 12 | ||||||
| Total Hours: 133 | |||||||
Notes:
The capstone design courses are taken as follows:
- Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1 (EECE 4791) in Summer 1 and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2 (EECE 4792) in Spring, or...
- ... Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 1 (EECE 4791) in Summer 2 and Electrical and Computer Engineering Capstone 2 (EECE 4792) in Fall.
Physics courses are offered on the following schedule:
- PHYS 2303 offered every fall, spring, and summer 2
- PHYS 2371/2372 offered every fall
- PHYS 3600 offered every summer 1 and summer 2
- PHYS 3601 offered spring and fall (even years)
- PHYS 3602 offered every fall and spring
- PHYS 3603 offered fall (even years) and summer 1 (odd years)
- PHYS 4115 offered every fall and spring
- PHYS 4305 offered every spring and summer 2 (even years)
- PHYS 4621 offered spring (odd years) and fall (even years)
- PHYS 4623 offered summer 1 and fall (even years)
- PHYS 4651 offered spring and fall (odd years)
- PHYS 4652 offered every spring
- PHYS 5318 offered every spring