Electrical Engineering, Minor

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The minor in electrical engineering requires 15 s.h. Students must maintain a grade-point average of at least 2.00 in all work for the minor. Coursework in the minor may not be taken as pass/nonpass. Enrollment in some courses for the minor may require prerequisites that will not count toward the minor. A maximum of 3 s.h. of transfer credit may be counted toward the minor with departmental approval.

The minor may be earned by students enrolled in an undergraduate degree-seeking program at the University of Iowa. Students majoring in computer science and engineering or electrical engineering may not minor in electrical engineering.

The minor in electrical engineering requires the following coursework.

Required Course

Course # Title Hours
This course:
ENGR:2120Electrical Circuits3

Elective Courses

Course # Title Hours
Four of these (at least 12 s.h.):
ENGR:2730Computers in Engineering3
ECE:2400Linear Systems I3
ECE:2410Principles of Electronic Instrumentation4
ECE:3320Introduction to Digital Design3
ECE:3330Introduction to Software Design3
ECE:3350Computer Architecture and Organization3
ECE:3360Embedded Systems3
ECE:3400Linear Systems II3
ECE:3410Electronic Circuits4
ECE:3500Communication Systems3
ECE:3540Communication Networks3
ECE:3600Control Systems3
ECE:3700Electromagnetic Theory3
ECE:3720Semiconductor Devices3
Any electrical and computer engineering course (prefix ECE) numbered 4000 or above, excluding ECE:4880, ECE:4890, ECE:5000, and ECE:7930

Students may declare the electrical engineering minor and request an audit for the minor on MyUI