The information in this pamphlet can help you with planning your education and career. Description of the Field Electrical Engineering is the profession concerned with systems that generate, transmit, process, and measure useful information.
Advanced technology pervades our lives in such areas as communications, electronics and computers.
Take electives in areas related to your career goals and interdisciplinary areas such as physics, medicine, and other engineering majors. Enroll in cooperative education programs to gain valuable work experience. Arrange for an additional internship or part-time job in the field. Others choose to pursue graduate studies in electrical engineering with career goals in academic or industrial research, education, medicine, business or law. This brochure is published by the VCU Career Development Council in cooperation with academic departments.