Undergraduate Courses
Information about ECE Department courses, including fees, grading options, and cross-listed classes, can be found in the University of Arizona Catalog, under Course Descriptions. Details specific to Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science & Engineering and Software Engineering courses can be found in their respective sections.
ECE Courses
ECE 101: Programming I
Enrollment Requirements: Math 112, 120R, 122B, or 125, or placement at the level of Math 120R.
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ECE 201: Programming II
Enrollment Requirements: ECE 101
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ECE 207: Elements of Electrical Engineering
Enrollment Requirements: Prerequisite or concurrently enrolled in: MATH 122B or MATH 125.
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ECE 220: Basic Circuits
Enrollment Requirements: MATH 129 and (PHYS 241 or PHYS 251 or PHYS 261H)
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ECE 274A: Digital Logic
Enrollment Requirements: ECE 101. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in MATH 129.
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ECE 304A: Design of Electronic Circuits
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 351C.
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ECE 304C: Theory of Computation
Enrollment Requirements: Engineering. ECE 201.
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ECE 310: Applications of Engineering Mathematics
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 101 and MATH 254.
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ECE 311: Engineering Ethics and Contemporary Issues
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE majors only.
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ECE 320A: Circuit Theory
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major or minor: ECE. MATH 254 and ECE 220.
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ECE 330B: Computational Techniques
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. MATH 223 and MATH 254 and PHYS 143 and PHYS 241 and ECE 101.
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ECE 340A: Introduction to Communications
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 320A.
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ECE 351C: Electronic Circuits
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 320A.
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ECE 352: Device Electronics
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. Prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in ECE 351C.
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ECE 369A: Fundamentals of Computer Organization
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 101 and ECE 274A.
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ECE 372A: Microprocessor Organization
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 201 (ECE 207 or 220) and ECE 274A (concurrent enrollment in ECE 201 okay).
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ECE 373: Object-Oriented Software Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 201.
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ECE 381A: Introductory Electromagnetics
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. MATH 223 and ECE 220.
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ECE 401C: Data Management
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE or CSE. Prerequisite ECE 201 and prerequisite or concurrent enrollment in CSC 355.
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ECE 402C: Operating System Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Majors: CSE or ECE. ECE 201 with a grade of C or better.
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ECE 403A: Mathematical Methods for Optics & Photonics
Enrollment Requirements: Major: OSE. Advanced Standing: Engineering. MATH 322. Concurrent with OPTI 403A.
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ECE 403C: Algorithms Design and Analysis for Engineering Applications
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE 201 and CSC 355.
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ECE 404: Optical Spectroscopy of Materials
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Concurrent with MSE 404.
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ECE 405C: Advanced Data Structures
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE 201 and ECE 401C.
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ECE 406C: Compiler Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE 201 and ECE 304C.
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ECE 407: Digital VLSI Systems Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 274A and ECE 351C.
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ECE 408: Agent-Based Simulation
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 175.
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ECE 411: Numeric Modeling of Physics & Biological Systems
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE.
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ECE 413: Web Development and the Internet of Things
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE 201.
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ECE 414A: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering.
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ECE 417: Measurement and Data Analysis in Biomedical Engineering
Enrollment Requirements: Senior status only. Concurrent with BME 417.
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ECE 425: Introduction to Deep Learning: An Engineering Perspective
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE 201, ECE 310, MATH 125 or MATH 122B.
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ECE 429: Digital Signal Processing
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 340A.
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ECE 430: Optical Communication Systems
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Concurrent with OPTI 430.
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ECE 434: Electrical and Optical Properties of Materials
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering.
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ECE 435A: Digital Communications Systems
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 340A.
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ECE 441A: Automatic Control
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 320A.
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ECE 442: Digital Control Systems
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 320A.
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ECE 450: Analog Integrated Circuits
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 351C.
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ECE 451A: Introduction to Physical Electronics
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 381A.
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ECE 455: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Processing
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing in Engineering. MATH 254 and ECE 275 and (ECE 207 or ECE 220) and ECE 310.
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ECE 456: Optoelectronics
Enrollment Requirements: ECE 381A
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ECE 459: Fundamentals Of Optics For Electrical Engineers
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 381A.
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ECE 462: Computer Architecture and Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 369A.
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ECE 463C: Introduction to Extended Reality (XR)
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE 201 and ECE 310.
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ECE 466: Knowledge-System Engineering
Enrollment Requirements: Major: ECE. Advanced Standing: Engineering.
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ECE 467: Computer Graphics and CAD
Enrollment Requirements: Major: ECE. Advanced Standing: Engineering.
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ECE 471: Fundamentals of Information and Network Security
Enrollment Requirements: ECE 201 and ECE 310.
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ECE 472: Design, Modeling, and Simulation for High Technology Systems in Medicine
Enrollment Requirements: Recommendations and additional information: Mastery of material in the areas of electrical and computer engineering, or mechanical engineering, or biomedical engineering at the level commensurate with senior/junior level standing.
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ECE 473: Software Engineering Concepts
Enrollment Requirements: Major: ECE. ECE 373.
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ECE 474A: Computer-Aided Logic Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 201 and ECE 274A.
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ECE 478: Fundamentals of Computer Networks
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 201 and ECE 310.
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ECE 479: Principles of Artificial Intelligence
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 373.
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ECE 484: Antenna Theory and Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 381A
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ECE 486: Microwave Engineering I: Passive Circuit Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 381A.
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ECE 488: Microwave Engineering II: Active Circuit Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. Major: ECE. ECE 486.
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SFWE Courses
SFWE 101: Introduction to Software Engineering
Enrollment Requirements: MATH 122B or MATH 125
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SFWE 201: Software Engineering Sophomore Colloquium
Enrollment Requirements: SFWE 101
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SFWE 301: Software Requirements Analysis and Test
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing and ECE 201
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SFWE 303: Data Persistence
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. ECE 275 or ECE 201.
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SFWE 401: Software Assurance & Security
Enrollment Requirements: ECE 201
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SFWE 402: DevSecOps
Enrollment Requirements: ECE 201 recommended prior to enrollment.
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SFWE 403: Software Project Management
Enrollment Requirements: SFWE 301
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SFWE 405 - Software Architecture and Design
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: SFWE 301 or CSC 355 or CSC 345.
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SFWE 407: Foundations of Software Engineering
Enrollment Requirements: SFWE 301
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SFWE 409 Principles of Cloud Computing
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering and (ECE 369A or CSC 252).
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SFWE 410: Cloud-Native
Enrollment Requirements: Advanced Standing: Engineering. SFWE 406 or SFWE 302.
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SFWE 411: Software for Industrial Control Systems
Enrollment Requirements: ECE 201, SFWE 401
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SFWE 491: Software Engineering Preceptor
Enrollment Requirements: Department consent is required to enroll in this course.
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