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Overview
Integrated circuit engineers develop and design circuits that play a central role in countless modern electronic devices, appliances, and vehicles. These circuits add smarts and complex functionality to wide variety of devices including computers, phones, medical instruments and implants, automobiles, power generation and distribution systems, airplanes, consumer electronic devices, and home appliances.
Depending on the courses selected, completion of integrated circuits area coursework can provide additional understanding of the physics underlying circuit design especially as electronics move into the quantum regime.
Integrated circuits engineers find employment with large chip manufacturers, such as Intel and AMD, electronic design automation tool developers, and in the avionics, automobile, and telecommunication industries.
Students interested in this FA are encouraged to consider the course suggestions listed below when completing their plan of study form:
Computer Track Requirements | Suggested Options |
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Track | Computer |
Depth Elective (Select One) |
ECE:5300 Switching Theory ECE:5320 High Performance Computer Architecture (Same as: CS:5610) |
Breadth Elective (Select One) |
ECE:3410 Electronic Circuits |
5000-Level ECE Elective (Select Two) |
All 5000-level depth electives listed above and ECE:5995 Quantum Engineering: Computing and Devices (Prerequisites: MATH:2550 and ENGR 2730) ECE:5380 Testing of Digital Logic Circuits ECE:5415:0001 Contemporary Topics in ECE: Radio Frequency Electronics |
ECE Elective (Select One) |
All breadth, depth and 5000-level ECE electives listed above |
Technical Elective (Select Two) |
All breadth, depth and 5000-level ECE electives listed above and ECE:5330 Graph Algorithms and Combinatorial Optimization (Same as: IGPI:5331) ECE:5410 Advanced Circuit Techniques |
Additional Electives (Select one 3 s.h. & one ≥2 s.h.) |
Any of the above OR course selected in consultation with advisor. |
Advising Notes
- All computer interest students satisfy the requirements for a minor in computer science.
- A minor in mathematics can be earned by including one qualifying math course in the FA plan.