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Regularly Offered Department Courses

The department’s General Academic Affairs Committee (GAAC) coordinates and establishes the list of courses for each term well in advance. Below is a list of regularly offered CORE courses and other frequently offered courses that can help students develop their Plans of Study.

Communications and Signal Processing (CSP)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 620	Random Processes in Communication & Control	X	X	X	X
CORE	ENEE 621	Estimation and Detection Theory		X		X
CORE	ENEE 627	Information Theory		X		X
CORE	ENEE 630	Advanced Digital Signal Processing	X		X
—	ENEE 623	Digital Communications	X		X
—	ENEE 625	Multi-User Communications				X
—	ENEE 626	Error Correcting Codes	X		X
—	ENEE 631	Digital Image and Video Processing		X		X
—	ENEE 632	Speech and Audio Processing		X
—	ENEE 633	Statistical Pattern Recognition	X
—	ENEE 634	Space-Time Signal Processing				X
—	ENEE 720	Wireless Communication Theory		X
—	ENEE 723	Wireless Communication Networks			X
—	ENEE 731	Image Understanding			X
Computer Engineering (COMP)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 641	Mathematical Foundations for Computer Systems	X		X
CORE	ENEE 644	Computer-Aided Design of Digital Systems		X		X
CORE	ENEE 645*	Compilers and Optimization		X		X
CORE	ENEE 646	Digital Computer Design	X		X
—	ENEE 647*	Design of Distributed Computer Systems
—	ENEE 759K	Parallel Algorithms
* ENEE 645 core effective from Spring 2012; ENEE 647 core effective through Spring 2011
Controls (CONT)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 620	Random Processes Communication & Control	X	X	X	X
CORE	ENEE 660	System Theory	X		X
CORE	ENEE 661	Nonlinear Control Systems		X		X
CORE	ENEE 664	Optimal Control		X		X
—	ENEE 762	Stochastic Control			X
—	ENEE 765	Adaptive Control	X

Electrophysics (ELEC)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 680	Electromagnetic Theory I	X		X
CORE	ENEE 681	Electromagnetic Theory II		X		X
CORE	ENEE 690	Quantum & Wave Phenomena with Electrical Application	X		X
CORE	ENEE 691	Optical Communication Systems		X		X
—	ENEE 686	Charged Particle Dynamics, Electron & Ion Beams	X
—	ENEE 790	Quantum Electronics I		X		X
—	ENEE 791	Quantum Electronics II	X		X

Microelectronics (MICR)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 600	Solid State Electronics	X		X
CORE	ENEE 601	Semiconductor Devices & Technology		X		X
CORE	ENEE 610	Electrical Network Theory	X		X
CORE	ENEE 611	Integrated Circuit Design and Analysis		X		X
—	ENEE 605	Design & Fabrication of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)			X
—	ENEE 614	Radio Frequency VLSI Circuit Design	X
—	ENEE 704	Physics and Simulation of Semiconductor Devices			X

Occasionally Offered Courses

Area	Number	Description	Recent Offerings
CSP	ENEE 725	Advanced Networking	F2006 F2008
CSP	ENEE 729C	Advanced Topics in Communications: Multi-user Information Theory	F2005
CSP	ENEE 729D	Advanced Topics in Communications: Advanced Topics in Information Theory	F2009
CSP	ENEE 729E	Information-Theoretic Security for Wireless Communications	F2010
CSP	ENEE 739C	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Coding Theory	F2003 S2007
CSP	ENEE 739D	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Auditory Scene Analysis	F2009
CSP	ENEE 739R	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Medical Image Processing and Understanding (Cross-listed as BIOE 689I)	S2004
COMP	ENEE 640	VLSI Architecture	S2008 S2010
COMP	ENEE 642	Software System Implementation	S1995 S1998 S2000 F2001
COMP	ENEE 749	Advanced Digital System Design	F1998 F2000 F2004
COMP	ENEE 750	VLSI Design Automation	F2005 F2006 F2008
COMP	ENEE 752	Computational Knowledge and Knowledge Engineering	S2000 S2005
COMP	ENEE 756	Computer Networks	F2006 F2008
COMP	ENEE 757	Security in Distributed Systems and Networks	F2006 F2007
COMP	ENEE 759A	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Parallel Processing Computer Architecture	S1999 F2000 F2003
COMP	ENEE 759B	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Advances in Low-Power Design Methodologies	F1998 S2005
COMP	ENEE 759E	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Synthesis of Embedded Software	F1997 F1999 F2000 F2004
COMP	ENEE 759G	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery	F2005
COMP	ENEE 759H	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Highspeed Memory Systems	S2003 S2005
COMP	ENEE 759J	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Interconnection Networks	F1997 F1999 F2000 F2004 F2007
COMP	ENEE 759L	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Application Specific Processors	F2005
COMP	ENEE 759M	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Microarchitecture	S2000 S2002 S2005 S2006 S2008
COMP	ENEE 759Q	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Intellectual Property Protection: From Multimedia Data to VLSI Design and Software	F2002
COMP	ENEE 759T	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Challenges in Automated System Design Methodologies	S2003
CONT	ENEE 764	Motion Control & Robotics	F2001
CONT	ENEE 769A	Advanced Topics in Controls: Quantum Communication, Computing and Control	F2005
CONT	ENEE 769B	Advanced Topics in Controls: Geometric Methods in Control and Information	S2006
CONT	ENEE 769C	Advanced Topics in Controls: Analysis and Design of Remote Feedback Systems	F2006
CONT	ENEE 769E	Advanced Topics in Controls: Game Theory	F2008
CONT	ENEE 769F	Advanced Topics in Controls: Convex Optimization	S2007 S2011
CONT	ENEE 769G	Advanced Topics in Controls: Networked Control Systems	F2009
ELEC	ENEE 780	Microwave Engineering	F2006 F2008
ELEC	ENEE 789A	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Antennas for Wireless Personal Communication Systems	S2003 F2004
ELEC	ENEE 789B	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Introduction to Quantum Optics	F2005
ELEC	ENEE 789C	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Numerical Methods in Electromagnetism	F1996 F1999 S2004
ELEC	ENEE 789E	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Optical Thin Films	S2009
ELEC	ENEE 789G	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Magnetism and Magnetic Technology	S2002 F2011
ELEC	ENEE 789O	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Chaotic Dynamics	F2004 S2010
ELEC	ENEE 789Q	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Quantum Optics & Communication	S2010
MICR	ENEE 702	Advanced Materials and Devices	S2002
MICR	ENEE 719A	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Nanostructure Fabrication Technology	S1996 F1996 F2001 S2005 S2009
MICR	ENEE 719C	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Mixed Signal VLSI Circuit Design	F2002
MICR	ENEE 719F	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Fabrication and Testing of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)	S2003 S2005 S2007 S2009
MICR	ENEE 719P	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Sensory Information Processing VLSI Design	S2003
MICR	ENEE 719T	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Neuromorphic Analog VLSI	S2001
MICR	ENEE 719V	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Analog VLSI Synthesis	S2000 F2001 S2002

Seminars

Seminar offerings are subject to cancellation. However, each seminar is guaranteed to be offered in a semester following a semester when it was not offered.

Area	Number	Description
CSP	ENEE 698A	Communications and Signal Processing
COMP	ENEE 698B	Computer Engineering
CONT	ENEE 698C	Controls
ELEC	ENEE 698D	Electrophysics
MICR	ENEE 698E	Microelectronics
all	ENEE 698T	Technology Law
all	ENEE 698Q	Colloquium Seminar

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