While the program includes a strong core curriculum, individual interests and specific career goals may be accommodated through electives in the humanities, social sciences, physical sciences, and technical specialties. Electives in management and accounting are also available. Specializations within the Field and Graduate Studies During the senior year, students are permitted to select technical electives either in one or more specializations. While some students enter graduate studies immediately upon graduation, many pursue advanced degrees and graduate training on a part-time basis while fully employed in industry. Electrical engineering graduates find employment in industry, government, and educational institutions.
Opportunities also exist for self-employed consultants.
Specific jobs electrical engineers are prepared to perform include hardware design, design automation, Power system design, test design, fault tolerant design, communications engineering, digital communications, artificial systems development, computer networking and Microelectronics. Representative job titles are electrical engineer, manufacturing engineer, product engineer, design engineer, system engineer and test engineer. With the continuing growth in the application and use of electrical systems, the outlook for employment in the electrical engineering field is quite good. Since the electrical industry meets the needs of our entire industrial base, this employment demand tends to follow trends in the general economy.