Major Academic Plan (MAP)

Why study Electrical Engineering?

Electrical Engineering is both one of the country’s highest paid occupations and one with the lowest unemployment rates. The current economy thrives on innovation, and electrical engineers are at the forefront of it, constantly developing not only new and exciting products, but also technologies that improve society and the world. Be part of the future!

Career Opportunities

Besides the traditional roles electrical engineers play in the design and implementation of systems such as integrated circuits, power plants, control systems, etc., the recent growth in fields like wireless communications, alternative energy, biomedical engineering, robotics, etc., provide electrical engineers with innumerable choices of rewarding jobs. Out graduates currently are employed in a wide range of geographically diverse companies in positions that vary from design engineers to upper management. EWU’s laboratory-intensive Electrical Engineering program will prepare you to have a seamless transmission into the workplace, regardless of your career choice.

Program Advisor

Gar Springberry319B Computing & Engineering BuildingCheney, WA 99004509.359.6254gspringberry@ewu.edu

Department ChairEsteban Rodriguez-MarekCEB 319G(509)359-7004erodriguezma@ewu.edu

Department AssistantKaren SimmonsCEB 319G(509)359-4752ksimmons@ewu.edu

Sample CareersPower EngineerChip DesignerCommunications Engineer

Associate in Arts BS in Electrical Engineering(153 credits)Department of Engineering & DesignCollege of Science Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics

Degree Requirements (AA-DTA) with Suggested Classes that Fulfill EWU Prerequisites/Requirements

Required Courses for Undergraduate Students at EWU International Studies (4 quarter credit

minimum)• Not required to be taken prior to

admission to Eastern. • This requirement will be fulfilled

within the major degree program while attending EWU.

• NOTE: It is highly recommended that students interested in this program complete the PHYS 151-153 series concurrently with the MATH 151-153 series prior to attending Eastern if possible.

WRITTEN COMPOSITION (6 credits)ENGL 101 English Composition (3) ENGL 101 College Composition:

Exposition and Argument (5)ENGL 102 English Composition (3) ENGL 201 College Composition:

Analysis/Research/Document (5)ORAL COMMUNICATION (3 credits)COMM 101 Intro to Speech Communication (3)

CMST 201 Public Speaking (5)

MATHEMATICAL WAYS OF KNOWING (3-5 credits)MATH 147 Pre-Calculus (5) MATH 141 Precalculus I (5)

MATH 142 Precalculus II (5)SCIENTIFIC WAYS OF KNOWING (8 credits)CHEM 111(L) Principles Of General College Chemistry I (5)

CHEM 151 General Chemistry (5)

HUMANISTIC AND ARTISTIC WAYS OF KNOWING (6 credits)Consult your advisor for course options. SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL WAYS OF KNOWING (6 credits)Consult your advisor for course options.INSTITUTIONALLY DESIGNATED (4-6 credits)INTR 250 Integrative Inquiry (3) General Elective Credit (5)ELECTIVES (20-24 credits)MATH 335 Linear Algebra (3) MATH 231 Linear Algebra (5)MATH 370 Intro. To Ordinary Differential Equations (3)

MATH 347 Differential Equations (5)

ENGL 202 Technical Writing (3) TCOM 205 Technical Communication (5)

Cultural Diversity (4 quarter credit minimum)• ANTH225 Native People of North America

(3)• AIST101 Intro to American Indian Studies

(3)• COMM220 Intro to Intercultural

Communication (3)• ENGL 285 American Indian Literature (3)• ENGL295 Contemporary U.S. Multicultural

Literature (3)• HIST240 American Indian History (3)• SOC103 Cultural Diversity (3)• SOC251 Race and Ethnic Relations (3)

Course(s) listed in the left column are those offered at your institution, course(s) listed in the right column are those that are equivalent at EWU.

*1 semester credit is equal to 1.5 quarter credits. To calculate quarter credits, multiply semester credits by 1.5.