Electrical and Computer Engineering
Bachelor of Science
Quick Facts
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AMONG THE BEST
Undergraduate Computer Science
Programs in the Nation
- U.S. News & World Report, 2021
Top 3%
Online Bachelor's
Program in the Nation
- U.S. News & World Report, 2025
Faster, safer computing and communications. Better health care. More energy-efficient systems. These are what the University of Arizona Online Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering is all about.
Earning your bachelor's online means you will learn from the same experts and receive the same student-centered curriculum as your on-campus peers, including one-on-one attention from professors and advisers. And, thanks to longstanding partnerships with companies such as Raytheon, Intel, Microsoft, NASA, Pixar and more, this degree gives you an edge in the job market as well. Most Arizona Electrical and Computer Engineering students receive job offers before they graduate. Others move on to become entrepreneurs or successful grad students. An online bachelor's degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering will open new doors and power up your future.
*Residents of some U.S. Territories may not be eligible. Please see our Eligibility & State Authorization page for more information.
The curriculum for this program includes:
This course will cover the fundamentals of C, complexity and efficiency analysis, numerical precision and representations, introduction to data structures, structured program design and applications to solving engineering problems.
This course will cover electric circuits in the frequency domain, how to use sinusoidal steady-state, Laplace and Fourier methods, single-phase and three-phase power, time domain methods and convolution, transformed networks, natural frequencies, poles and zeros, two-port network parameters and Fourier series analysis.
This course is an introduction to microcontroller organization, hardware interfacing, and system design. Topics include, but are not limited to: C Programming for Microcontrollers, Memory Organization and Addressing Modes, Interrupts, Timers, Parallel and Serial Interfacing, Analog-to-Digital Conversion, Overview of Common Peripheral Components, Event-driven Software Development, and Motor Control. In addition, students will be provided the opportunity to build and utilize the PIC24F platform.
Outcomes
Skills
Earning your Bachelor of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering will build core skills, including:
- Biomedical devices
- Cybersecurity
- Electronic engineering
- Problem solving
- Research
- Robotics
- Simulation
- Technical support
- Wireless technology
Potential Career Paths
Graduates of the BS in Electrical and Computer Engineering program will be prepared to pursue the following careers:
