Curricula Overview

EE + CompE Curricula Overview Flow Map

The following flow map offers a quick summary of the main features of the EE and CompE curricula effective Fall 2023 and includes many useful links. Detailed information about the curricula and degree requirements, including the curriculum maps for students that joined ECE prior to Fall 2023, can be found in the links below.

16 Hours Free Electives 12 Hours General Education Electives CHEM 102/3 MATH 221 PHYS 211 MATH 231 PHYS 212 MATH 241 PHYS 213 PHYS 214 MATH 257 MATH 285 ECE 313 ECE 110 ECE 210 RHET 105 ECE 120 ECE 220 ECE 385 ECE 445 ECE 411 ECE 496/499 ENG 100 MATH 213 CS 173 ECE 340 ECE 329 ECE 486 ECE 461 ECE 342 ECE 350 ECE 330 ECE 310 ECE 391 CS 225 ECE 374 Microelectronics/Photonics Nanotechnology Circuits Electromagnetics, Optics Quantum Systems Remote Sensing Control Systems Power and Energy Bio Imaging, Acoustics Signal Processing Communications Hardware Systems Cyberphysical Systems Foundations/Theory Trust, Reliability, Security Networking, Mobile/Distributed Computing Big Data Analytics & Systems AI, Robotics, Cybernetics

EE + CompE Transfer Student Curricula Flow Map

Nearly all transfer students take ECE 110 during their first semester in the department and then follow a course sequence similar to the one charted below (assuming that courses crossed out have been covered elsewhere) depending on their majors, electrical engineering (EE) or computer engineering (CompE). Learn more about transferring between Illinois ECE and CS @ Illinois.

16 Hours Free Electives 12 Hours General Education Electives CHEM 102/3 MATH 221 PHYS 211 MATH 231 PHYS 212 MATH 241 PHYS 213 PHYS 214 MATH 257 MATH 285 ECE 313 ECE 110 ECE 210 RHET 105 ECE 120 ECE 220 ECE 385 ECE 445 ECE 411 ECE 496/499 ENG 300 MATH 213 CS 173 ECE 340 ECE 329 ECE 486 ECE 461 ECE 342 ECE 350 ECE 330 ECE 310 ECE 391 CS 225 ECE 374 Microelectronics/Photonics Nanotechnology Circuits Electromagnetics, Optics Quantum Systems Remote Sensing Control Systems Power and Energy Bio Imaging, Acoustics Signal Processing Communications Hardware Systems Cyberphysical Systems Foundations/Theory Trust, Reliability, Security Networking, Mobile/Distributed Computing Big Data Analytics & Systems AI, Robotics, Cybernetics