Written, oral, and visual communication skills required by electrical and computer engineers. Prepares students for advanced communication tasks required in academic and professional settings.

Basic theory of adaptive filter design and implementation. Steepest decent, LMS algorithms, nonlinear adaptive filters, and neural networks. Analysis of performance and applications.

Basic organizational principles of the major components of a processor ? the core, memory hierarchy, I/O subsystem and basic operating system constructs that utilize them.

An introduction to electric circuit elements and electronic devices and a study of circuits containing such devices.

Basic concepts of DC and AC circuit theory and analysis.

Independent research conducted under the guidance of a faculty member.

Design of control algorithms using state-space methods, microcontroller implementation of control algorithms, and laboratory projects emphasizing motion control applications.