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2014-2015 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Computer Engineering Major, BS in Computer Engineering
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Students may choose from a wide spectrum of courses covering various aspects of computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, and related fields.
uTrack Requirements (for students entering Fall 2013 or later)
Universal Tracking (uTrack) is an academic monitoring system designed to help students stay on track for timely graduation. In order to remain on track, students must complete the minimum requirements for each tracking semester, known as milestones. Milestones include successful completion of specified courses and/or attainment of a minimum GPA. uTrack requirements only affect full-time, degree-seeking students who first entered Fall 2013 or later. uTrack does not apply to transfer students who enter prior to Fall 2015.
Progression Policies and Requirements
The department requires at least a C in every computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, and mathematics course used for the undergraduate degrees. Students taking ECE 201 must also have a C or better in EF 152 or EF 158 .
Progression of departmental undergraduate students to the upper-division programs of the department is competitive and is based on the space available in the department. Factors considered in the decision include overall grade point average, grades earned in courses required in the lower division curricula of the department and College of Engineering, and seriousness of purpose and interest in departmental programs as exemplified by regular and orderly progress through the prescribed curriculum without abuse of withdrawal and course repeat privileges.
Students who take ECE 202 will be evaluated during the semester they are registered for it. Transfer students for whom ECE 202 transfer credit is given may take 9 semester hours in departmental courses before progression evaluation. All students, whether or not they transfer in, who are not accepted into the upper-division program of the department will be put in either a temporary probationary status or a non-progressed status and will not be permitted to register for any upper division courses within the department.
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Requirements for the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering
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Meets University General Education Requirement . |
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Beginning students who have had high school computer science and/or who have had significant programming experience (e.g. summer institute study, special research projects, home laboratory) are invited to apply during the summer to the head of the department for permission to take a proficiency examination for COSC 102 *, Introduction to Computer Science. If a satisfactory grade is made on the examination, credit will be allowed for COSC 102 *. The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science also gives credit in COSC 102 * to students who receive a score of 5 on the Computer Science Advanced Placement Examination. |
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Chosen from the University General Education list . |
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Among the five Computer Engineering Upper Division Electives, you must choose courses that cover 3 tracks with one of the tracks being Networking & Embedded Systems. The course distribution among the 3 tracks should follow the 2-2-1 pattern, among which at most 2 courses can be at the 3xx-level. The following series lists the acceptable set of electives that may be taken to satisfy the upper division electives for the Computer Engineering major. The electives have been grouped into 6 suggested tracks. The tracks group related electives that a student may wish to take in order to achieve a level of expertise in the indicated area. The 500-level courses are listed as suggestions to students admitted in the five-year BS/MS program. ECE 491 - Special Topics may be used as a Computer Engineering and Electrical Engineering upper division elective. Up to two COSC 5XX or ECE 5XX courses may count as upper division elections. |
Five-Year BS/MS Program
The department offers a 5 year BS-MS program for qualified students. The primary component of the program is that qualified students may take up to 6 hours of approved graduate courses for their senior undergraduate electives and have them count toward both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees at the University of Tennessee. This program is designed for students attending the University of Tennessee for their Master of Science degree because other universities may not accept these courses for graduate credit since they were used to satisfy requirements for the Bachelor of Science degree. Significant components of the program are:
- Students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.4 to be admitted to the program. Conditional admission may be granted after completing 64 hours of required course work while full admission is granted after completing 96 hours of required course work with a minimum overall GPA of 3.4.
- Students must at least have conditional admission before taking graduate courses for both their bachelor’s and master’s degrees. All courses taken for graduate credit must be approved by the departmental chair of the program. Students admitted to the program must request permission from the Graduate School to take approved courses for graduate credit.
- Students admitted to the program must also follow the normal procedure for admission to the Graduate School. Admission of students into this program must be approved by the department and the Graduate School.
- Students will not be eligible for graduate assistantships until they are enrolled as graduate-level students in the Graduate School.
Computer Engineering, Computer Science, and Electrical Engineering Honors Concentrations
Students who wish to pursue the honors electrical engineering concentration, honors computer engineering concentration, and honors computer science concentration will normally be part of the Chancellor’s Honors Program.
Candidates for the honors electrical engineering concentration and honors computer engineering concentration must complete the first year courses for honors concentration in the engineering majors. Candidates for the honors computer science concentration must meet the first year requirements for the Chancellor’s Honors Program.
In addition to satisfying the requirements described above, candidates for these three honors concentrations must also satisfy the following requirements.
- Complete two upper-division honors courses in computer science (COSC 307 , COSC 317 , COSC 367 , COSC 377 , COSC 427 ) or electrical and computer engineering (ECE 317 , ECE 347 , ECE 357 , ECE 417 , ECE 427 , ECE 457 , ECE 477 , ECE 478 , ECE 487 ).
- Complete a 3-credit hour senior project course. This can normally be completed as part of the capstone design course, ECE 402 * for computer engineering and electrical engineering majors or COSC 402 * for computer science majors.
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