Students complete two courses in electrical engineering fundamentals, and are introduced to key engineering subjects outside the electrical and computer engineering field. The junior year is focused on courses in your specialization. Electrical engineering students will take courses in electronics, digital signal processing, electromagnetics, and digital logic and microprocessors. Computer engineering students will also take the digital logic and microprocessors courses, along with computer science courses and a follow-up digital design course. The senior year is the year when students choose electives which lead to jobs in particular sub-areas of electrical and computer engineering.
Electrical engineers have a required communications course plus five technical electives.
Computer engineers have courses in software engineering with java and networks plus three electives. The fifth year master of engineering option provides both electrical and computer engineering students with the opportunity to complete a master's degree with a year, and sometimes less, of extra time commitment. It is tightly integrated with the fourth year of the undergraduate program to permit a quick completion of this important professional step. The group of students who achieved this impressive performance on an important nationally- normed test were a representative sample of the senior class. These results suggest that the Mercer EE program is solid both within and without its electrical engineering components.