* Four Year Course Plan for students entering the 2018-2019 academic year
The College of Engineering has put together a basic course guideline to help Computer Engineering students accumulate the required units necessary for graduation. The table below is the most current academic year and is a plan that does not take into consideration advanced placement coursework, course availability, etc.
* NOTE: It is the responsibility of the student to review the four-year-plan according to his/her year of entrance. The ECE Student Affairs Office has copies of the past Four Year Course Plans in the College of Engineering publications "Announcement" (academic year 2018-19 and past) and " 'GEAR' - General Education Academic Requirements" (academic year 2018-19 and past).
REQUIREMENTS: Students should refer to the 2018-19 College of Engineering "GEAR" Computer Engineering Major Course Requirements (pg 48) for a close-up look at the required 191 units of coursework for the preparation of the major (75 units); upper division major (68 units); math, science, engineering (4); and university and general education (44 units) requirements.
COURSE SCHEDULES: The following areas have websites with course schedules for each quarter: Computer Science Department, Electrical and Computer Engineering Department, and the Writing Program. Prospective students can refer to the online UCSB General Catalog / Schedule of Classes and current students can refer to GOLD for course descriptions and schedules.
ADDITIONAL CATALOGS: College of Engineering "GEAR" and UCSB General Catalog.
Freshman Year
| FALL | Units | WINTER | Units | SPRING | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHEM 1A or 2A |
3 | MATH / SCIENCE or ENGR Elective | 4 | CMPSC 16 | 4 |
| CHEM 1AL or 2AC |
2 | ECE 1A | 1 | ECE 1B | 1 |
| MATH 3A | 4 | MATH 3B | 4 | MATH 4A | 4 |
| GE Elective or CMPSC 8 * |
4 | PHYS 1 | 4 | PHYS 2 | 4 |
| WRIT 1E or 2E |
4 | WRIT 2E or 50E |
4 | WRIT 50E or GE Elective |
4 |
| TOTAL | 17 | 17 | 17 |
* CMPSC 8 is recommended only for students who do not have prior programming experience, as programming experience is a prerequisite for CMPSC 16
- CMPSC 8 may be used to satisfy the Math, Science, Engineering Elective requirement
Sophomore Year
| FALL | Units | WINTER | Units | SPRING | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMPSC 24 | 4 | CMPSC 40 | 5 | CMPSC 32 | 4 |
| ECE 10A ECE 10AL |
3 2 |
ECE 10B ECE 10BL |
3 2 |
ECE 10C ECE 10CL |
3 2 |
| MATH 4B | 4 | ECE 15A | 4 | ECE 152A | 5 |
| PHYS 3 | 3 | PHYS 4 | 3 | ECE 139 or PSTAT 120A * |
4 |
| PHYS 3L | 1 | PHYS 4L | 1 | ||
| TOTAL | 17 | 18 | 18 |
* PSTAT 120A is offered each quarter. ECE 139 is offered only in the Spring quarter, and is better suited for future upper division electives for the CE major.
Junior Year
| FALL | Units | WINTER | Units | SPRING | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECE 154A | 4 | CMPSC 130A | 4 | CMPEN Elective | 8 |
| GE or Free Electives |
4 | CMPEN Elective | 4 | GE or Free Elective |
4 |
| CMPEN Elective | 8 | GE or Free Electives |
8 | ||
| TOTAL | 16 | 16 | 8 |
Senior Year
| FALL | Units | WINTER | Units | SPRING | Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CMPEN Electives * | 12 | CMPEN Electives * | 8 | CMPEN Electives * | 8 |
| Free Elective | 4 | ENGR 101** | 3 | GE or Free Elective | 4 |
| Free Elective | 4 | ||||
| TOTAL | 16 | 15 | 12 |
* CMPEN electives include Senior Sequence Courses and the Senior Capstone Project (189A/B/C)
** ENGR 101 may be taken any quarter of the Senior year