Senior in need of advice with EE classes

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<p>I'm not really sure which field I would like to get into. Power engineering seems boring to me, the only interesting fields are embedded systems and communications. The communications field I'm taking 2 courses for, and the embedded systems course I'm taking one course for. </p>

<p>ECE 438 - Digital Signal Processing with Applications
ECE 440 - Transmission of Information</p>

<p>ECE 362 - Microprocessor Systems and Interfacing</p>

<p>The thing is, how likely is an electrical engineer with no experience, to get a job in embedded systems right out of graduation? 362 is a pretty tough course but it teaches assembly and a lot about micro controllers, and there's a mini-project involved. Should I even bother taking 362, or should I just replace it with some other course that's communications related?</p>

<p>I was also curious if ASIC is a useful course - ECE 337. I know 362 is the type of course that opens up a lot of employment opportunities - can the same be said about 337? </p>

<p>I go to Purdue, by the way.</p>

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<p>hmm… all I’m really asking is how likely a job in embedded system design is with this one course, and same with ASIC…</p>

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<p>I’d say there’s a good chance of getting a job in embedded systems.</p>

<p>I know a couple of friends working at defense contractors and other private companies working on embedded systems right out of college.</p>

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<p>Maybe so, but are they computer engineers? Or did they get jobs based off just one course?</p>

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<p>Oh.</p>

<p>At my school we combine the two into 1 major, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE).</p>

<p>But I’d say they are more computer engineers/software guys though.</p>