ECE vs CE

College Majors Engineering Majors
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<p>UB: [Computer</a> Engineering Educational Objectives and Outcomes - UB Computer Science and Engineering](<a href=“Undergraduate - Department of Computer Science and Engineering - University at Buffalo”>Undergraduate - Department of Computer Science and Engineering - University at Buffalo)
<a href=“University at Buffalo - Modern Campus Catalog™”>University at Buffalo - Modern Campus Catalog™;
UB is CS and software oriented program. This will lead you a job in software engineering.</p>

<p>UR: <a href=“http://www.ece.rochester.edu/html/undergrad/CurrGuide2008-11.pdf[/url]”>http://www.ece.rochester.edu/html/undergrad/CurrGuide2008-11.pdf&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>First Year – FALL
ECE101 – Freshman Seminar SPRING
ECE 112 – Logic Design ECE114 – Intro. Comp. & Prog.
MTH 161 – Calc. I MTH 1621 – Calc. II
CAS 105 – Writing Requirement PHY 1212 - Mechanics
Elective (hum. or social science)3 Elective (hum. or social science)3
Second Year – FALL SPRING
ECE 111 – Intro. Signals & Circuits ECE 113 – Circuits & Signals
MTH 1651 – Linear Algebra w/ Diff. Equations I MTH 1641 – Multidemensional Calc.
PHY 1222 – Elec. & Magnetism PHY 1232 – Waves & Modern Physics
Elective (hum. or social science)3 or other Natural Science3
Elective (hum. or social science)3
Third and Fourth Years – FALL SPRING
ECE 221 – Elec. Devices & Circuits ECE 200 – Computer Org.
ECE 241 - Signals ECE 222 – Integrated Circuits
ECE 230 – Electromagnetic Waves ECE 242 - Communications
ECE 216 – Microprocessors & Embedded
Microcontroller Sys.
Plus the following:

  • MTH201 – Introduction to Probability4
  • 1 ECE Advanced Elective course
  • ECE 349 - Capstone Design course
  • ECE 399 (2 credits) – Social and Ethical Aspects of Engineering
  • ECE 398 (2 credits) – Engineering Design Seminar
  • Free electives to complete the balance of 128 credit hours.
    A total of 12 ECE courses, the ECE Capstone Design Course plus the two seminar courses, ECE 398 and ECE
    399 are required for graduation.
    ECE 399 should be taken in the junior year and ECE 398 must be satisfactorily completed, usually in the Fall term
    of the Senior year, prior to undertaking the Capstone Design course.
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<p>This is a pure electrical and computer hardware engineering program. No software in there. You will work as a hardware engineer.</p>