College: Engineering
Degree: BS
Specialized Admission: No
Address: 2525 Pottsdamer St., Suite B111, Tallahassee, FL 32310
Phone: (850) 410-6349
Email: eburgess@eng.famu.fsu.edu
*Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available at BOTH the main campus in Tallahassee, FL and the Panama City, FL campus. This program is NOT available via Online/Distance Learning.*
The Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering degree program prepares its graduates for a successful career in the interdisciplinary field of computer engineering. Computer Engineering drives improvements in the capabilities of computers and devices in fields ranging from pervasive computing to smart power systems. Computer engineers work in many industries including computer manufacturers, transportation, defense contractors, communications, manufacturing, consumer goods, financial services, biomedical, and consulting. Computer engineers can work in hardware, software, or positions that require a blend of hardware and software design abilities. Although computer engineering combines electrical engineering and computer science principles, the resulting knowledge is more than simply the blending of two fields. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) prepares students through a rigorous and broad series of technical courses that culminate in a year-long, team-oriented capstone design experience. Students in computer engineering (CpE) complete many of the required electrical engineering courses and take a series of computer science courses, as well as specialized computer engineering courses. Major technical areas of computer engineering include: networking, cybersecurity, embedded systems, digital devices, design automation, big data and machine perception. Our CpE graduates work at companies of all sizes from large multinational firms to small startup companies. Some graduates chose to attend graduate school to prepare for research or teaching careers, while others move into administrative, management or entrepreneurial positions.
ABET
The Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) requires that all students graduating from an ABET-accredited program meet certain course requirements. Completion of the A.A. degree will not meet these requirements. Prospective majors should select courses after consulting an advisor.
The following are the state-wide common prerequisites. Those in BOLD are the required prerequisites that students must complete for admission into this major at FSU in preparation for the upper division major. Those in ITALIC are strongly encouraged to be taken. Students are encouraged to complete these in the freshman and sophomore years. All may also apply to other requirements. This program will be operated using the existing common program prerequisites:
MAC X311 (4) Calculus I or MACX281 (4) Engineering Calculus I
MAC X312 Calculus II (4) or MACX282 (4) Engineering Calculus II
MAC X313 Calculus III (4) or MAC X283 (4) Engineering Calculus III
MAPX302 (3) Ordinary Differential Equations or MAP X305(3) Engineering Math I
CHM X045/X045L (4) or CHM X045C (4) General Chemistry I and Lab, or CHS X440/X440L (4) or CHM X095/X095L (4)
PHY X048/X048L (4) or PHY X048C (4) General Physics A with Lab or PHY X043 and PHY X048L
PHY X049/X049L (4) or PHY X049C (4) General Physics B with Lab or PHY X044 and PHY X049L
Note: State-wide common prerequisites are always under review. For the most current information and for acceptable alternative courses, visit the “Common Prerequisites Manual.” This is available from the “Student Services” section of http://www.flvc.org .
Pre-Engineering Program Requirements:
All students are placed in a Pre-Major Engineering code until all of the prerequisites have been completed. Students must earn a grade of "C minus" or better on the first attempt of the courses designated in our Pre-Engineering curriculum (Calculus I, Calculus II, General Physics I with calculus*, Pre-Engineering Lab) at any institution attended. One repeated attempt out of all pre-engineering courses is permitted. (* students who wish to major in Chemical or Biomedical Engineering shall replace Physics I with General Chemistry I for their Pre-Engineering sequence).
Requirements for Progression to the Upper-Division:
To be admitted, students must complete at least 52 hours of credit with an FSU GPA of a 2.00, including at least one-half of the required hours in the General Education program, including all of the Area I English and math. In addition, students must have an earned grade of 'C minus' or better in MAC2311. Students must not be in violation of the pre-engineering program requirements.
Transfer Requirements:
Students wishing to transfer into the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering must meet the following criteria:
• Must earn a grade of "C minus" or better on the first attempt of the courses designated in the Pre-Engineering curriculum (Calculus I, Calculus II, General Physics I with calculus*, Pre-Engineering Lab) at any institution attended. One repeated attempt out of all pre-engineering courses is permitted. (* students who wish to major in Chemical or Biomedical Engineering shall replace Physics I with General Chemistry I for their Pre-Engineering sequence).
• Transfer students who have one repeated attempt in the pre-engineering courses, must have already completed all pre-engineering courses (excluding Pre-Engineering Lab).
• Transfer students who will earn an AA or have more than 60 hours of transfer credit prior to enrollment at the College must have completed at least Calculus I. It is strongly preferred that AA transfer students have the majority of the pre-engineering courses completed before arriving (excluding Pre-Engineering Lab).
Major Program of Studies at FSU: (107 hours)
Unless otherwise noted, students must complete all major coursework with a final grade of C or better.
Required for Computer Engineering Majors:
Mathematics and Basic Sciences: (30 hours)
PHY 2048C, 2049C (5, 5) General Physics I and II with Labs
MAC 2311, 2312, 2313 (4, 4, 5) Calculus I, II, III
MAP 2302 (3) Ordinary Differential Equations
MAS 3105 (4) Applied Linear Algebra
General Engineering Core: (3 hours)
COP 3014 (3) Programming I
Required Computer Engineering Courses: (74 hours)
EEL 3002L (2) ECE Engineering Tools Lab
EEL 3135 (3) Signal & Linear Systems Analysis
EEL 3705 (3) Digital Logic Design
EEL 3705L (1) Digital Logic Lab
EEL 3927 (3) Engineering Design Concepts
EEL 4021 (3) Statistical Topics in E.E.
EEL 4746 (3) Micro. Based System Design
EEL 4746L (1) Micro. Based System Design Lab
EEL 4911C (3) Senior Design Project
MAD 2104 (3) Discrete Math
CHM 1045, 1045L (3,1) General Chemistry I & Lab OR BSC 2010, BSC2010L Biological Science 1 & Lab (3, 1)
COP 3353 (1) Introduction to Unix
COP 3330 (3) Object Oriented Programming
COP 4530 (3) Data Structures
EEL 3003 (3) Introduction to Electrical Engineering
EEL 4710 (3) Introduction to VHDL
EEL 4710L (1) Introduction to VHDL Lab
EEL 4713 (3) Computer Architecture
EEL 4742 (3) Advanced Microprocessor Design
EEL 4742L (1) Adv. Microprocessor Design Lab
EEL 4914C (3) CpE Senior Design Project Laboratory
CpE Core Courses (9 hours)
Select 3 courses (9) from the following: EEL 4347, EEL4759, EEL4781, EEE 4872, EEL4887, EEE 4510.
CpE Technical Electives (12 hours)
Six semester hours must be Computer Engineering (CpE) technical electives, and 6 semester hours may be CpE technical elective OR non-CpE technical electives chosen from the approved list.
Digital Literacy: (0 hours beyond major)
COP 3014 (3) Programming I meets this requirement for the major.
Oral Communication Competency: (0 hours beyond major)
Students must demonstrate the ability to orally transmit ideas and information clearly. This requirement is met by EEL 4911C Senior Design Project within the major.
Scholarship in Practice: (0 hours beyond major)
This requirement is met by EEL 4911C Senior Design Project I
Formative Experience: (0 hours beyond major)
This requirement is met by EEL 4914C Computer Engineering Design Project II
Upper Division Writing: (0 hours beyond major)
This requirement is met by EEL 3927 Engineering Design Concepts.
Minimum Program Requirements - Summary
Total Hrs. Required 128*
General Education 36*
Major Coursework 107
Minor Coursework 0
Digital Literacy 0 beyond major requirements
Oral Communication Competency 0 beyond major requirements
Electives 0
*Note: Engineering students satisfy the natural science and the mathematics area requirements of General Education through coursework in the Engineering Core. Students not prepared to begin mathematics with Calculus I (MAC 2311) will need to take additional prerequisite hours in mathematics: MAC 1105, 1114, and/or 1140. All students should take the math placement test (ALEKS) to determine proper placement.
Mapping is FSU’s academic advising and monitoring system. Academic progress is monitored each Fall and Spring semester to ensure that students are on course to earn their degree in a timely fashion. Transfer students must meet mapping guidelines to be accepted into their majors. You may view the map for this major at www.academic-guide.fsu.edu/.
1. A minimum of 45 hours at the 3000 level or above, 30 of which must be taken at this University.
2. Half of the major course semester hours must be completed in residence at this University.
3. The final 30 hours must be completed in residence at this University.
Salary Information: National Association of Colleges and Employers (www.naceweb.org) or the Occupational Outlook Handbook (www.bls.gov/ooh/home.htm) provided by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
Representative Job Titles Related to this Major: (with a BS degree) Electrical Engineer, Computer Engineer, Analog Circuit Design Engineer, Applications Engineer, Product Development Engineer, Systems Engineer (Control, Communications, Computer), Digital Circuit Design Engineer.
Representative Employers: Government, Private Business, Industry, Education.
ACADEMIC MAP (Effective Summer 2025 and after)
*Please Note: Face-to-face/in-person instruction of this program is available at BOTH the main campus in Tallahassee, FL and the Panama City, FL campus. This program is NOT available via Online/Distance Learning.*
This map is a term-by-term sample course schedule. The milestones listed to the right of each term are designed to keep you on course to graduate in four years. The Sample Schedule serves as a general guideline to help you build a full schedule each term. The General Education and Elective courses must be selected to satisfy all area diversity requirements unless your program meets these requirements with major courses. Milestones are courses and special requirements necessary for timely progress to complete a major. Missing milestones will result in one of two types of map registration stops. The first level (Degree Map Off-track) is placed following grade posting if the student has missed a milestone (course and/or GPA) for the first time in the major. If a student is in non-compliance with milestones for two (2) consecutive semesters (excluding summers), a Major Change Required stop is placed on the student's registration.
All new, incoming engineering students are placed into pre-engineering major until they have satisfied the College of Engineering prerequisite course requirements listed below. After these requirements are satisfied, students may change their major from pre- engineering to Computer Engineering
An undergraduate Computer Engineering degree requires 128 semester credit hours for graduation. A student who has decided to major in computer engineering must successfully complete the following prerequisite courses before the major can be declared: a grade of "C minus" or better in EGN-1004L First Year Engineering Laboratory; and, a grade of "C minus" or better in all instances of Calculus 1, Calculus 2, General Physics I. Students are allowed a single repeat for only one these courses.
Computer Engineering majors must earn a grade of "C" or better in all engineering courses which apply toward the degree.
EGN1004L is only offered at FSU; therefore, transfer students should take this course during the first semester enrolled at FSU.
Mapping Coordinator: Emily Burgess
Email: eburgess@eng.famu.fsu.edu
Sample Schedule and Required Milestones by Term
| Sample Schedule: Term 1 hrs |
| ENC 1101 Freshman Composition3 |
| CHM 1045 General Chemistry I and Lab OR BSC 2010 Biological Science I and Lab4 |
| MAC 2311 Calculus with Analytic Geometry I4 |
| * EGN 1004L First Year Engineering Lab1 |
| GE Core Humanities/Cultural Practice3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 1 |
| Complete ENC1101 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete MAC 1105 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 2 hrs |
| ENC 2135 Research, Genre, and Context 3 |
| MAC 2312 Calculus with Analytic Geometry II4 |
| PHY 2048C General Physics A with Lab 5 |
| COP 3014 Programming I3 |
| COP 3353 Introduction to Unix1 |
| Required Milestones: Term 2 |
| Complete ENC2135 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete MAC1140 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete MAC1114 ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Complete EGN1004L ( ≥ C minus ) |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |
| Summer hrs |
| GE Core Social Science3 |
| Ethics course3 |
| MAD 2104 Discrete Mathematics I 3 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 3 hrs |
| MAC 2313 Calculus with Analytic Geometry III5 |
| PHY 2049C General Physics B with Lab 5 |
| EEL 3705 Digital Logic Design3 |
| EEL 3705 Digital Logic Design Lab1 |
| Required Milestones: Term 3 |
| Complete MAC2311 ( ≥ C minus) |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 4 hrs |
| MAS 3105 Applied Linear Algebra4 |
| MAP 2302 Ordinary Differential Equations3 |
| EEL 4746 Microprocessor Based System Design3 |
| EEL 4746L Microprocessor Based System Design Lab1 |
| EEL 3003 Introduction to Electrical Engineering3 |
| EEL 3002L ECE Engineering Tools Lab2 |
| Required Milestones: Term 4 |
| Complete PHY2048C ( ≥ C minus) |
| Complete MAC2312 ( ≥ C minus) |
| Complete COP3014 ( ≥ C minus) |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 5 hrs |
| COP 3330 Object Oriented Programming4 |
| EEL 3135 Signal & Linear Systems Analysis3 |
| EEL 4710 Introduction to VHDL3 |
| EEL 4710L Introduction to VHDL Lab1 |
| EEL 4742 Advanced Microprocessors3 |
| EEL 4742L Advanced Microprocessors Lab1 |
| Required Milestones: Term 5 |
| Complete PHY2049C ( ≥ C minus) |
| Complete MAC2313 ( ≥ C minus) |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |
| Civic Literacy requirement |
| Sample Schedule: Term 6 hrs |
| EEL4021 Statistical Topics in E.E.3 |
| EEL 3927 Engineering Design Concepts3 |
| EEL 4713 Computer Architecture3 |
| COP 4530 Data Structures3 |
| GE Ethics or Humanities3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 6 |
| Complete EEL3003 ( ≥ C ) |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 7 hrs |
| EEL 4911C Senior Design Project3 |
| CpE Core Elective I3 |
| CpE Core Elective II3 |
| CpE Technical Elective I3 |
| CpE Technical Elective II3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 7 |
| Complete a Pre-Graduation Check |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |
| Sample Schedule: Term 8 hrs |
| EEL 4914C CpE Senior Design Project Laboratory3 |
| CpE Core Elective III3 |
| CpE or non-CpE Technical Elective I3 |
| CpE or non-CpE Technical Elective II3 |
| E-Series or Writing Course3 |
| Required Milestones: Term 8 |
| Apply for graduation in first two weeks |
| Overall GPA ≥ 2.00 |