Map of the Electrical Engineering Curriculum

Deciding between Computer and Electrical Engineering? ...or How to prepare for Engineering?
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In this video I talk about the relationships between classes when choosing an Engineering degree.

[evanko]

My crush must have a degree in Mixed Signals Engineering.

[Felixy]

Electrical Engineering is one of those majors that is not for everyone, it is really tough and hard work, there is a lot, and I mean, a lot to know. There is a reason why it has the highest dropout rate amongst all engeneering majors, but it is absolutely rewarding.

From an Electronics graduate

[billyoung]

Can't stress this enough to new students: DO NOT blow off your math classes. Don't just pass them. You MUST learn them. Literally every one of your engineering classes are taught using at least calculus.

[Josh-pxxb]

I've been in the HVAC field for 5 years & do F-16 avionics in the Air National Guard and I've been thinking about an electrical or mechanical engineering career. As time goes on, I've been motivated to learn how equipment is designed and built from an electronics perspective. I do have the head for school but I have a family and know it'll be a long, difficult commitment but it will be worth it for them. I just turned 27 and many of the old guys I work with always tell me I'm still young and I always get this feeling that I should take advantage of it while I still have time.

[MarkMcDaniel]

It's weird watching a video about Engineering courses with banjo music playing in the background. Good info, though.

[louishenn]

I come to to this video every few months to see how I'm making progress with my studies. Always great to see I am indeed making progress and that more of the concepts explained here starts to make sense. Thanks!

[kubave]

This is the kind of material that must be shown to students early in their journey, so that they get a feeling of why those theoretical classes are strongly needed.

[APO]

why this guy sound like he's trying to not wake up his mom in the other room

[kdb]

the courses i am taking in college finally start to make sense after watching this video. great video!

[alphasatari]

You forgot Control system, Power electronics, signals and system, Electrical Machines.

[ladytechies]

General Education also includes Chemistry, Language and Literature and Psychology.

In our curriculum, for Electrical Engineering, we don't have much for Computer programming concepts but only basics for Softwares we would use such as Autocadd.

We also have AC/DC Machines, Control Systems (such as motor, starters, etc), Basics in Refrigeration, Mechanics, Electrical Codes, Electrical Design and many more.

[zirtapot]

There are also optics/photonics, signal processing and control systems track options. My college offered signals and systems, digital design, circuit theory, microelectronics and entry-level electromagnetics as core EE classes, after which we branched out.

[frankreiserm.s.]

I built a traffic light on the breadboard as a hobby. It was really cool how the colored LEDs light up and worked. I had a power engineering course from Indian Institute of Technology. It was awsome! I can't understand calculus, so I only got through my EE courses, which I audited, by route memorizing the formulas, but word problems destroy me.
Computer programming is hard, but PLC programming is very easy (basic digital electronics) and pays very well and is in great demand for factory automation.
Frank

[RAndrewNeal]

"general education, " more like high school all over again.

[stevenabbott]

Great video, but at 4:36 did he say "penis matching?"

[link]

After finishing my 4 year bachelor's degree in EE, I agree somewhat with this video.
He did forget to mention certain classes such as Control Theory, DSP as applied to all discrete and continuous signals, as well as specialized classes such as HVAC controls, microelectronics, robotics, plc engineering, and photovoltaics.
In my experience, there was less branching from one path of study to focus on more specific topics except towards the very end. In my case I took classes more oriented towards solid state micro-electronics at the expense of learning more about Power systems and distribution or wave mechanics.
In reality I touched on almost every single subject in significant depth throughout my career, all the while taking the required math and physics to go along with it. I basically followed the plan outlined for me from the beginning, with small degrees of freedom in class choice towards my final year.

[js]

At my university, it's Digital Logic Design, Electronics, Signals and Systems, Semiconductors, Electromagnetics, Communication Systems, Control Systems were the main curriculum excluding design lab courses, math(Calculus, Linear Algebra and statistic courses), . Courses like electric drives, power systems, digital system design and etc... are electives

[schmydstify]

Great overview! Would have been helpful to see such a road map in the early years of electrical engineering studies ...

[CassioVA]

I´m mechanical engineer, some years ago I needed to know RF, so I think: "I have the base, so I go directly to study RF"... A Big mistake... I was more lost than a blind in a firefight.

[gloriakalengelayi]

Thank you. I’m self studying and will be using your video as a navigation tool.