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Program Requirements
[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 toward the requirements of the Major in Physics, and should replace this course by another Physics or Mathematics course. Students who select ECSE 334 in the Minor cannot count PHYS 328 toward the requirements of the Major in Physics, and should replace this course by another Physics or Mathematics course.
Required Courses (12 credits)
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ECSE 200 Electric Circuits 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Liboiron-Ladouceur, Odile (Fall) Szkopek, Thomas (Winter)
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ECSE 210 Electric Circuits 2 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018, Summer 2018
Instructors: Bhadra, Sharmistha (Fall) Davis, Donald Peter (Winter) Davis, Donald Peter (Summer)
(4-2-3)
Prerequisite: ECSE 200
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ECSE 303 Signals and Systems 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: This course is not scheduled for the 2017-2018 academic year.
Instructors: There are no professors associated with this course for the 2017-2018 academic year.
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ECSE 330 Introduction to Electronics (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Roberts, Gordon W (Fall) Plant, David V (Winter)
(3-2-4)
Prerequisite: ECSE 210
Tutorials assigned by instructor.
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.
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ECSE 305 Probability and Random Signals 1 (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Leib, Harry (Fall) Davis, Donald Peter; Saboune, Jamal (Winter)
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ECSE 334 Introduction to Microelectronics (3 credits)
Overview
Electrical Engineering : 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.
Terms: Fall 2017, Winter 2018
Instructors: Abdelfattah, Moataz (Fall) El-Gamal, Mourad N (Winter)