Students graduating with a degree in electrical or computer engineering have:
A. an ability to apply knowledge of mathematics, science, and engineering.
B. an ability to design and conduct experiments as well as analyze and interpret data.
C. an ability to design a system, component, or process to meet desired needs.
D. an ability to function on multidisciplinary teams. [Multidisciplinary refers to elds that
are diverse in scope and nature and include sub-disciplines within electrical/computer engineering.
For example, a project requiring the design of an antenna and ampli er may be
considered multidisciplinary in that it requires the marriage of skills covered separately in
electromagnetics and electronics.]
E. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve engineering problems.
F. understanding of professional and ethical responsibility.
G. an ability to communicate e ectively.
H. a broad education necessary to understand impact of engineering solutions in global/societal
context. [This can be considered primarily a general education requirement. However, there
are economic and social implications of electrical/computer engineering that are, or may be,
touched upon within ECE courses themselves. For example, wireless and satellite technologies
have the potential to o er services to developing countries that could not a ord to first deploy
"wired" services. Additionally, smart-card and electronic information technologies have the
potential to a ect large changes in society.]
I. a recognition of need for and ability to engage in lifelong learning. [Electrical and computer
engineering are constantly changing disciplines that, for its practitioners, clearly requires
"lifelong learning." This fact is often discussed in the introductory material presented in
most upper-division courses.]
J. a knowledge of contemporary issues. [Contemporary issues are those pertinent to electrical
and computer engineers entering or in the work-force today. Contemporary issues include
such things as the impact of deregulation on the power industry, the infrastructural problems
related to the creation of a "wireless society," and the difficulties of working in industries
where Moore's law appears to hold, etc.]
K. an ability to use techniques, skills and modern engineering tools necessary for engineering
practice. [An "ability to" implies that students have actually participated in the performance
of a function or action to an extent that demonstrates the potential to properly apply that skill
in their profession. Lifelong learning is excepted from this definition since we cannot document
students' (or alumni's) participation in something throughout their lives. For objective I, we
take the fact that students recognize the need for lifelong learning and currently have the
skills necessary to continue their learning as demonstrating their "ability to engage in lifelong
learning."]