Undergraduate Degrees
Choose Electrical & Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering
The department offers three Bachelor of Science degrees – Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering and Software Engineering including online options.
BS in Electrical & Computer Engineering
The ECE curriculum allows students to focus on particular interests, such as the following:
- Autonomous systems and robotics
- Biomedical technologies
- Circuits, microelectronics and VLSI
- Communications, coding and information theory
- Computer architecture and cloud computing
- Optics, photonics and THz devices and systems
- Signal, image and video processing
- Software engineering and embedded systems
- Wireless networking, security and system
BS in Computer Science & Engineering
Computer science engineers create computing technologies that shape our interconnected world. They are in high demand across industries and government, focusing in areas such as:
- Artificial intelligence
- Machine learning
- Human–computer interaction
- Cybersecurity
- Quantum computing
- Bioinformatics
- Robotics
- Virtual reality
- Big data analytics
- Network sciences
- Web and mobile applications
With an interdisciplinary curriculum and intensive real-world design, the University of Arizona BS in computer science and engineering prepares students for some of the world’s top technology jobs.
BS in Software Engineering
Software engineers build the technological infrastructure for our increasingly connected world. They are in high demand across industries and government, working in areas such as:
- Aerospace and space exploration
- Natural and fabricated environments
- Automation and connectivity
- Human and intelligent systems
- Data, computing and networking
The University of Arizona BS in software engineering program covers large-scale product development and intensive real-world design preparing students for some of the most coveted technology jobs.
Online BS Option
ECE has online BS options for transfer students and is working toward providing all electrical and computer engineering courses online.
Accelerated Master's Program
The U of A Graduate College gives exceptional ECE students the option of earning a bachelor's degree and master's degree in as few as five years. See ECE Accelerated Master's Program for more information.
Curriculum
Though students interested in electrical engineering tend to focus on power systems, signal processing and telecommunications, while computer engineering students concentrate on the design of software, computer chips and robotics, for example, the two areas are well integrated.
Four-Year Degree Plans
The College of Engineering's four-year degree plans provide the advised sequence of courses for a BS in electrical and computer engineering.
Flow Charts
ECE course flow charts, available as PDFs, help students plan around their particular interests.