EE 101 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN I 1 HOURS
Prerequisite:  Consent of instructor
The introduction of the design process to electrical engineering students.  Includes discussion of problem-solving techniques and teaming skills, an introduction to circuit fabrication techniques, and oral
and written communication skills.  Multiple hands-on projects.
EE 175 UNIVERSITY EXPERIENCE - 2 HOURS
Prerequisite: For beginning college freshmen or transfer students with fewer than 24 hours of credit.
Transition to university experience.  Topics include study skills, critical thinking skills, library education, exploration of majors and careers, degree programs, campus resources and personal development.  Special attention is given to educational requirements, careers and resources in electrical engineering.  EE design process is introduced.
EE 180 DIGITAL CIRCUITS 4 HOURS
Co-Requisite:  MATH 117 or higher.
An introductory course in digital circuit fundamentals.  Topics include number systems, Boolean algebra, binary codes, logic gates, flip-flops, counters, and registers.  Laboratory included.
EE 200 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN II 1 HOUR
Prerequisite:  EE 210.
A continuation of the engineering design process including an introduction to circuit and math simulation software tools, printed circuit board software and fabrication techniques.  Ethics and professionalism will
be addressed..
EE 210 CIRCUITS & NETWORKS I 4 HOURS
Prerequisite:  MATH 227.
Co-Requisite:  PHYS 260/261.
An introductory course in circuit analysis including Kirchoff’s Laws, independent and dependent sources, power and energy, lumped linear fixed networks, power factor, phasors, and three phase networks.  Laboratory included.
EE 211 CIRCUITS & NETWORKS II 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: EE 210 with a grade of C or better
Co-Requisite:  MATH 331.
A second course in circuit analysis with an emphasis on frequency response techniques.  Topics include impedance, transformed networks, Laplace transforms, resonance, two-port parameters, mutual inductance, forced and natural responses, transformers, transient response, and sinusoidal steady-state response.
EE 220 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTRONICS 4 HOURS
Prerequisite:  EE 210with a grade of C or better
An introductory course in electronics.  Topics include semiconductor concept, operational amplifiers, diodes, transistors, biasing, large and small signal analysis.  Laboratory included.
EE 285 INTRODUCTION TO INDUSTRIAL AUTOMATION 2 HOURS
Prerequisites:  For EE Majors:  CS 245, EE 180 and EE 210.  For ME majors:  CS 245 and EE 250.
An introduction to the digital control of industrial automation systems.  Topics include digital electronics, Programmable Logic Controllers (PLC’s), BASIC Stamp PIC, and embedded microcontrollers.
EE 300 ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING DESIGN III 1 HOUR
Prerequisites: Junior standing in Electrical Engineering and consent of instructor.
Application of numerical methods, statistics, economics and production techniques to the engineering design process.  Individualized writing and oral presentation tasks and ethical issues.  Design project required.  Circuit schematic software.
EE 350 FUNDAMENTALS OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING 4 HOURS
Prerequisite: PHYS 260
Co-Requisite:  MATH 331
An introductory course in electrical engineering.  Topics include circuit analysis, digital electronics, and energy conversion devices such as magnetic circuits and rotating machinery.  Not acceptable as credit for EE majors.
EE 380 MICROPROCESSORS 4 HOURS
Prerequisites:  EE 285.
An introductory course in microprocessors.  Topics include assembly language, stack operation, vectored interrupts, memory organization, input/output peripheral devices, and hardware design of a computer system.  Laboratory included.
EE 400 DESIGN IV 1 HOUR
Prerequisites:  Senior standing in Electrical Engineering and consent of instructor.
This course is designed to prepare students for the workplace by discussing such issues as interviewing, resume writing, ethics, and professional issues.  Also design methodology and decision making will be discussed.  The students will complete their proposals for EE 401 during this course.
EE 401 EE DESIGN PROJECT 3 HOURS
Prerequisites:  EE 400 and consent of instructor.
A course designed for the student to assume the primary responsibility for the completion of an electronic or electrical project.
EE 405 EE SENIOR RESEARCH SEMINAR 1 HOUR
Co-Requisite:  EE 401 or permission of instructor
Contemporary topics in electrical and computer engineering, literature, surveys, scientific reporting, peer reviews and intellectual property.
EE 410 COMPUTER DESIGN 3 HOURS
Prerequisite:  EE 380.
Co-Requisite:  EE 411.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 510.  Topics include a review of logic design and elementary computer organization.  Asynchronous and synchronous logic design using VHDL and programmable logic.  Design of the central processing unit, memory, control, and input-output portions of a computer. 
The VHDL hardware design language will be used.
EE 411 COMPUTER DESIGN LAB 1 HOUR
Prerequisite:  EE 380.
Co-Requisite:  EE 410.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 511.  This course is a laboratory which illustrates analysis and design principles of EE 410.  It includes experiments in the design of the central processing unit, memory, control, and input-output portions of a computer using VHDL and PC based for software simulation.
EE 420 SIGNALS AND LINEAR SYSTEMS 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: EE 211 with a grade of C or better
Prerequisite or concurrent: MATH 350
This is the University of Louisville course EE 420.  Topics include analysis of continuous-time and discrete-time, discrete-parameter, time-invariant, linear systems based upon the convolution integral,
Fourier series and transform, Laplace transform, Z-transform, and state-space methods.  Topics include impulse response, transfer function, energy spectra, filtering, sampling, and applications to networks, communications, and controls.
EE 421 ACTIVE NETWORK DESIGN I 3 HOURS
Prerequisites:  EE 211 and EE 220.
Co-Requisite:  EE 422.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 421, which covers the design principles of active signal processing networks.  Topics include modeling the non-ideal operational amplifier, sensitivity functions, feedback and feedforward, switched capacitor filters and approximation theory. Comparisons of realization techniques are discussed.
EE 422 ACTIVE NETWORK DESIGN LAB 1 HOUR
Prerequisites:  EE 211 and EE 220.
Co-Requisite:  EE 421.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 422.  It is a laboratory course which illustrates analysis and design principles of EE 421.
EE 431 INTRODUCTION TO POWER SYSTEMS 3 HOURS
Prerequisites:  EE  211, MATH 327, EE 473.
Introduction to the principles and concepts of electrical power and analysis of major components of an electric power system.  Topics include basic electromechanics, transformers, ac and dc machines, transmission lines, and system analysis.  Laboratory included.
EE 432 POWER SYSTEMS II 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: EE 431.
Analysis of power systems in the steady state.  Includes the development of models and analysis procedures for major power system components and for power networks.
EE 443 MICROFABRICATION AND MEMS 3 HOURS
Prerequisites:  EE 420, CHEM 116 or 120
Microfabrication techniques including cleanroom technology, lithography, thermal oxidation, diffusion, ion implantation, film deposition, etching, micromaching, wafer-level bonding/pplishing, and packaging yield . Microtechnology measurement and analysis techniques, process simulation, CAD device-layout.,  microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) and microelectric technology and application. Material issues for MEMS/ microelectronics.
EE 450 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: EE 420.
Co-Requisite: EE 451.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 520.  Topics include discrete time signals and systems, discrete Fourier transforms, FFT algorithms, flow graph and the matrix representation of digital filters, FIR and IIR filter design techniques, quantization effects, spectral estimation, current applications of digital signal processing.
EE 451 DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING LAB 1 HOUR
Pre-requisite: EE 420.
Co-Requisite: EE 450.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 521. This course focuses on the implementation of common digital signal processing function using state-of-the-art DSP devices and software.  The fundamentals of discrete-time signal processing and digital signal processor architectures and applications are introduced.  Emphasis is on laboratory experience involving generation of deterministic and random signals; digital filter design; quantization effects; FFT computation; linear system analysis; speech processing.
EE 460 CONTINUOUS CONTROL SYSTEMS 4 HOURS
Prerequisite: EE 420 with a grade of “C” or better.
A study of continuous control systems that will address the following topics:  system modeling, feedback systems, systems stability, root locus plots, Bode plot, state space analysis, and design of controllers.  Laboratory included.
EE 461 DISCRETE CONTROL SYSTEMS 3 HOURS
Pre-requisite: EE 460.
An applied study of discrete control systems.  Topics include:  modeling of discrete-time systems, applications of z-transforms, difference equations, stability analysis, root-locus analysis, and design of discrete controllers.
EE 462 SPECIAL TOPICS IN CONTROL SYSTEMS 3 HOURS
Prerequisites:  EE 460.
A presentation of current topics in control systems theory which builds on the content in EE 460.
EE 465 ROBOTIC DESIGN 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: Junior standing and consent of instructor.
A pass/fail course for students involved in the design and building of the EE robot project.
EE 470 COMMUNICATIONS AND MODULATION 3 HOURS
Prerequisite: EE 420.
Co-Requisite: EE 475.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 550.  Topics include modulations such as AM, FM, PAM, PPM, PDM, single sideband, vestigial sideband.  Coherent and noncoherent detection, heterodyne action, performance and distortion, circuits for modulation and demodulation.
EE 471 COMMUNICATIONS II 3 HOURS
Prerequisite:  EE 470
A communications course emphasizing design concepts and out-of-the-classroom experiences.  Topics include fiber optic applications, system design, pulse modulation and matched filters, and information and digital transmission.
EE 473 INTRODUCTION TO ELECTROMAGNETIC 3 HOURS
fields and waves
Prerequisites:  MATH 350 and 327, PHYS 260 and PHYS 261.
This is the University of Louisville course EE473.  Topics include electrostatic and magnetostatic fields; Faraday’s laws, Maxwell’s equations, electromagnetic properties of matter, uniform plane waves, and transmission lines.
EE 475 COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS LAB 1 HOUR
Prerequisite:  EE 420.
Co-Requisite:  EE 470.
This is the University of Louisville course EE 551.  Topics include laboratory exercises involving the design and analysis of electronic communication systems for the transmission of analog and digital data at radio frequencies.
EE 477 NUMERICAL TECHNIQUES IN ELECTROMAGNETICS 3 HOURS
Prerequisite:  EE 473 or PHYS 440
Topics include finite difference and finite element solutions to problems in electromagnetics; absorbing boundaries for wave propagation; convergence and stability; validation with empirical and analytical approaches.
EE 479 FUNDAMENTALS OF OPTOELECTRONICS 2 HOURS
Prerequisites:  EE 220 and 473
An introduction to the principles of electronic devices that interact with light.  Topics include the generation and propagation of light, basic geometrical and wave optics, Snell’s Law, polarization, optical storage, LED’s micro-opto-electromechanical systems, optical sensors, fiber optics, solar cells, and fundamentals of lasers.
EE 480 EMBEDDED SYSTEMS 3 HOURS
Prerequisite:  EE  380.
A continuation of the study of digital systems and microprocessors focusing on the principles and applications of embedded systems.
EE 490 INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS 3 HOURS
Prerequisites:  MATH 350 and PHYS 250.
History and application of robots.  Robot configurations including mobile robots.  Spatial descriptions and transformations of objects in three-dimensional space.  Forward and inverse manipulator kinematics.  Task and trajectory planning.