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New Mexico State University
College of Engineering
Klipsch School of Electrical and Computer Engineering

 

Undergraduate Deficiencies

Because of the demand for graduates with advanced degrees in electrical engineering, the number of applications from students with undergraduate and graduate degrees in fields other than electrical engineering is increasing.  Listed in the table below are the undergraduate deficiency courses the graduate electrical engineering program requires of such students.  This list applies to those students who:

 

  1. are enrolled in the MSEE program and have a bachelor's degree in a field other than electrical engineering, OR 
  2. are enrolled in the Ph.D. (electrical) engineering program and have bachelor's and a master's degrees in fields other than electrical engineering.
 

For most students, some of the courses may be bypassed because of similar content in courses already taken and/or work experience.  Your advisor determines what courses may be bypassed.  Deficiency classes must be completed successfully with a letter grade of A, B, or C, or a pass/fail grade of S (Satisfactory).  At the undergraduate level, a pass/fail grade of S corresponds to a letter grade of A, B, or C.

Course Num & Credits Title 2005-06 Catalog Description
EE 111
4 credits 		Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering Covers electric and electronic component descriptions and equations. Kirchoff's voltage and current laws, formulation and solution of DC network equations. Applications of circuit analysis to actual circuits including phasors, ideal op amps, and diodes. Corequisite: MATH 191.
EE 161
4 credits		 Computer-Aided Problem Solving Evolution and application of computers, social and economic implications, introduction to programming using engineering workstations. Extensive practice in writing programs to solve engineering problems. Computer interfaces to real-world systems. Satisfies General Education computer science requirement. Corequisite: MATH 191.
EE 211
4 credits		 AC Circuits Complete solutions of RLC and switching networks. Sinusoidal steady-state analysis. Three-phase analysis. Mutual coupling. Frequency-selective networks. Prerequisites: C or better in E E 111 and MATH 192. 
EE 221
4 credits		 Electronics I Single-time-constant circuits and opamp applications. Introduction to solid-state devices. Diode circuits. Single-transistor BJT and MOS amplifiers. Introduction to digital CMOS circuits. Prerequisite: C or better in E E 211.
EE 261
4 credits		 Digital Design I Design of combinational logic circuits. Introduction to state machine design. Implementation using programmable logic devices and microcontrollers. Prerequisites: C or better in E E 111 and E E 161. Corequisite: MATH 192. 
EE 311
4 credits		 Signals and Systems Transform methods for solution of continuous- and discrete-time systems. Fourier and Laplace transforms. Frequency response and Bode plots. Z transform. Continuous- and discrete-time convolution. Prerequisites: C or better in E E 161 and E E 211. Corequisites: MATH 392.
EE 315
4 credits		 Applied Electromagnetics Static electric and magnetic fields. Maxwell's equations, time-varying electromagnetic fields, generalized plane wave propagation in lossless media, introduction to plane-wave polarization, and microwave transmission line theory. Prerequisite: C or better in E E 161, E E 211, and E E 301. 
EE 341
4 credits		 Control Systems I Mathematical representations of systems, time and frequency response characteristics, stability, introduction to control system design. Prerequisite: C or better in E E 311. 

 

For students who have a bachelor's degree from the NMSU Engineering Technology Department with the Electronics Option, we have made a table (ETEE to MSEE at NMSU) to help determine what deficiency courses are necessary.