In the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, the responsibility for both the undergraduate and graduate instructional programs lies with the Office of the Associate Head for Instructional and Graduate Affairs. Faculty As of Spring Semester 2001, the department has a total of 89 faculty. For instructional purposes, the department is divided into seven areas. These three functions are considered to be of equal importance in promotional and salary considerations.
Teaching is a fundamental responsibility of every faculty member.
In the broad sense, it involves more than classroom instruction. The roles and responsibilities of a faculty member with specific attention to instruction are described in the document entitled Faculty Instructional Roles and Responsibilities. The department offers two undergraduate programs, leading to the degrees of Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering and of Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering . In Fall 2000, there were 791 students in the electrical engineering program and 807 students in the computer engineering program, for a total of 1,598 undergraduate students in the department. See ABET Evaluation.