1. WELCOME to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering!

2. CONTENTS
People to know
Degree Works Websites to know
ECE curriculum
ECE curricular rules of progress Advising
Academic help Additional opportunities Student organizations
Announcements
Questions?

3. PEOPLE TO KNOW Patty McNulty:
Undergraduate Student Services Coordinator (864) B Riggs Hall
Drop in: 10am-11:00am and 2:00-3:00pm (or by appointment)
Dr. Carl Baum: Undergraduate Coordinator
304 Fluor Daniel ( preferred)
Dr. Daniel Noneaker: Dept. Chair – 105 Riggs Appointments preferred (see Janet Hendricks, 105 Riggs)

4. Degree Works
Degree Works is an online advising tool to help students and their advisors monitor a student’s progress toward degree completion. It shows you what you have completed, what is in progress, and what you still need to take.

5. Degree Works

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10. WEBSITES TO KNOW
rces/undergrad_resources/curriculum.html Curriculum pages, coreq/prereq list, Gen Ed Req.
rces/undergrad_resources/forms.html
Forms for academic forgiveness, change of major/add a minor, creative inquiry, senior design project approval, variance approval forms, honors research, permission to take graduate courses, approval for courses taken abroad, etc.

21. COURSE AVAILABILITY
All REQUIRED ECE classes are offered every fall and spring semester.
All required EE classes (except senior design) and most CpE classes are offered online every summer. Cost: 10% over in-state rates.
ECE technical electives are usually available once per year. Some are also available in summer. Online are tentative projections of when they are available. Be sure to check you have the prerequisites.
We make every effort to get every ECE student in required courses when they need to take them.

22. HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCE DETAILS
3 hours LITERATURE
3 hours NON-LIT HUMANITIES
6 hours SOCIAL SCIENCE
3 hours SPECIAL ELECTIVE (see senior year note)
Must also satisfy STS requirement (can be with one of the above)
Must also satisfy CCA requirement (can be with one of the above)

23. CURRICULAR RULES OF PROGRESS
A student is only allowed to enroll in a given ECE class when ALL pre-requisites have been passed with a grade of C or higher.
Students enrolled in classes for which deficiencies are found will be dropped from the class roll.

24. CURRICULAR RULES OF PROGRESS
No student may exceed a maximum of two attempts,
excluding a W, to successfully complete any ECE course.
Academic forgiveness does not give you an additional
attempt.
This rule is the most common reason students are prevented from finishing the ECE program and are forced to change majors. If a course is required in both EE and CpE, this rule prevents completion of either program.
A variance request may lead to permission to have a third
attempt in some cases.

25. CURRICULAR RULES OF PROGRESS
An overall GPR of at least 2.0 is required for graduation. An overall GPR of at least 2.0 is required for enrollment in junior and senior level engineering courses. An overall EGPR of at least 2.0 is required for graduation. An overall EGPR of at least 2.0 is required for enrollment in junior and senior level ECE classes.
A variance request may lead to permission to take a reduced number of ECE courses if GPR or EGPR is below 2.0.

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29. GET ACADEMIC HELP
PEER & WISE
Free tutoring for all CES students Test Bank in Freeman Hall
ACADEMIC SUCCESS CENTER
Tutoring for selective courses Study effectiveness classes
Counseling/referrals for special situations

30. ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
ECE Creative Inquiry –
/CI_Approval_Form.pdf
ECE 2990, 3990, or 4990
3 hours can satisfy one ECE technical elective
More information:
Search for projects:
Hint: Under “Current Projects” in the search box, choose College of Engineering,Computing and Applied Sciences, then enter “electrical” or “computer”

31. ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
CO-OP – Enter as sophomores or juniors
Minimum GPA 2.5
2 semesters, 1 summer (or can do internship, 1 semester or summer)
Calhoun Honors – Minimum GPA 3.5 for admission
General Honors – see Honors Handbook at CU Honors website
ECE Departmental Honors – At least 5 credits from H2010, H2020, H2620, H3170, H3200, and H3300, of which 3 must be H3300 or H3170. Also H3000 (Jr. Honors Seminar-1 credit); 4 additional credits and a research project . Please check department website
Study Abroad –

32. ADDITIONAL OPPORTUNITIES
Minors – See Undergraduate Announcements for more info. At least 15 hours required
At least 9 hours at 3000 level or higher Each minor has specific requirements
FE Exam –
A necessary step to becoming a licensed professional engineer (PE)
Best to take while still in school (senior year)
Must take at approved testing center (nearest is Greenville) There is an Electrical and Computer FE exam

33. GET INVOLVED!
IEEE Student Branch – Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
CLUG – Clemson Linux Users and GNU
SHPE – Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers
IEEE PES Student Chapter – Power Engineering Society
Amateur Radio Club
IEEE HKN – Eta Kappa Nu (honor society)
TBP – Tau Beta Pi (honor society)
Theta Tau – co-ed engineering fraternity
WISE – Women in Science and Engineering
ECE Undergraduate Ambassadors – departmental tour guides
See main ECE website for additional opportunities

34. Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineers
The world’s largest technical professional organization for the advancement of technology
CU IEEE Student Branch
Institute for Electrical and Computer Engineers
General Meeting
September 7pm
Riggs 226
Facebook: CU IEEE Student Branch

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Questions?