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2016-2017 University Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Electrical Engineering Technology, BS

About the Program

When you study electrical engineering technology, you study the lifeblood of today’s technology: electronics and computers. Electronics technology is a part of most everything society relies on, from air conditioning to airplanes, and from trains to televisions. And because technology is constantly evolving, you will be engaged in learning methods that will help you adapt to and embrace new technologies and their uses.

Students in this program can apply to participate in a five-year combined bachelor’s/master’s degree program in electrical engineering technology.

Electrical Engineering Technology Website

Degree Requirements and Supplemental Information

The full Program Requirements for 2016-17 Electrical Engineering Technology  include all Supplemental Information and selective lists of those categories which a student must fulfill in order to earn their degree. These are intended to be printer-friendly, but include less descriptive course detail.

Please see below for program requirements and the necessary degree fulfillments.

PIECET-BS
EETC
120-cr for graduation
“D-” or better required in all major courses

Departmental/Program Major Courses (120 credits)

Required Major Courses (55 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (62 credits)

English Composition Selective (3 credits)

(satisfies Written Communication for core)

Industrial Economics Selective (3 credits)

choose from

Statistics Selective (3 credtis)

choose from

Free Electives (3 credits)

University Core Requirements

  • Human Cultures Humanities
  • Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
  • Information Literacy
  • Science #1
  • Science #2
  • Science, Technology, and Society
  • Written Communication
  • Oral Communication
  • Quantitative Reasoning

  • For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website or click here .

Program Requirements

Accredited by the Engineering Technology Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org

Fall 1st Year

16 Credits

Spring 1st Year

16 Credits

Fall 2nd Year

16 Credits

Spring 2nd Year

15 Credits

Fall 3rd Year

15 Credits

Spring 3rd Year

15 Credits

Fall 4th Year

  • Senior Capstone Selective I - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • ECET Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • General Education Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Technical Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00

15 Credits

Spring 4th Year

  • Senior Capstone Selective II - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • ECET Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • General Education Selective - Credit Hours: 3.00
  • Free Elective - Credit Hours: 3.00

12 Credits

Notes

*Fulfills University Core Curriculum requirement.

** Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science for University Core may be selected to satisfy either the Business Selective or a General Education Selective requirement.

  1. 120 semester credits and a 2.0 Graduation GPA are required for the Bachelor of Science degree.
  2. Students must earn a “D-” or better in all courses. Pass/no pass grading allowed for General Education Selectives and Free Electives (up to 15 hrs).
  3. Courses at Purdue University may only be attempted a maximum of three (3) times, including W, WF, I, IF and all graded attempts.
  4. Senior Capstone Selective I/II and 12 hours of ECET Selectives must be taken at the Purdue University location conferring the degree.
  5. 32 credit hours of 300-level or higher courses must be completed at Purdue University.

Choose from list: Refer to the Supplemental Information sheet for 2016-17 Electrical Engineering Technology  for a complete list of selectives and requirements.

Degree Requirement

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements.

The myPurduePlan powered by DegreeWorks is the knowledge source for specific requirements and completion.

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical. A Critical Course is one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major.

Foreign Language Courses

A foreign language is not required.  However, foreign language courses may be used to meet General Education Selective requirements and will satisfy the Human Cultures: Humanities requirement for the University Core Curriculum.  Acceptable languages include: 

American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish