Undergraduate Bulletin

Spring 2025

Major SBC Courses for the BE in Electrical Engineering

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements (See Note 1 & Note 2)

SBC Category

Required Major Courses

Optional Major Courses (See Note 3)

ARTS    
GLO    
HUM    
LANG (see Note 4)    
QPS AMS 151, AMS 161  
SBS    
SNW PHY 131, PHY 132 CHE 131, CHE 152
TECH ESE 118, ESE 123  
USA    
WRT    
STAS ESE 301  
EXP+ ESE 440 (partial fulfillment), ESE 441 (partial fulfillment) ESE 475, ESE 476, ESE 488
HFA+    
SBS+ ESE 440 (partial fulfillment), ESE 441 (partial fulfillment)  
STEM+ ESE 440 (partial fulfillment), ESE 441 (partial fulfillment) AMS 210, AMS 261, AMS 301, AMS 361, BIO 202, BIO 203, MAT 203, MAT 211, MAT 303, PHY 251
CER ESE 440 (partial fulfillment), ESE 441 (partial fulfillment)  
DIV (see Note 5)    
ESI ESE 440 (partial fulfillment), ESE 441 (partial fulfillment)  
SPK ESE 440 (partial fulfillment), ESE 441 (partial fulfillment)  
WRTD ESE 440 (partial fulfillment), ESE 441 (partial fulfillment)  

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program's "Major SBC Courses" page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods (see Communicate in a Human Language Other than English--LANG).

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

  • Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
  • Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
  • Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later