courses of instruction - Lafayette College

ELECTRICAL AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
nology (VAST) course, Engineering Sci
ence 225; fourteen required courses in
electrical and computer engineering and
computer science in the areas of computer
hardware: ECE 211, 212, 313; circuits and
electronics, ECE 221, 322, 323; signals and
systems, ECE 331, 332,433; and applied
physics, ECE 341,442; computer software:
Computer Science 102,103,205; three elec
tive courses in electrical and computer en
gineering chosen from 390-399, 414,415,
416,417, 425,426,427,434,435, 436,437,
438,443, 444,445,450, and 451; or two
electives from this list and one approved
computer science elective; a two-course
senior design laboratory sequence, ECE
491, 492; six courses chosen from an ap
proved list of humanities and social sci
ences, including English 110 and a First-
Year Seminar; majors also take Mathemat
ics 146,161,162,263, and 264; Physics 131
and 132; Chemistry 121,122 or Engineer
ing Science 231; and two free electives.
REQUIRED COURSES
211. Digital Circuits I. This course intro
duces digital circuit elements, analyzes
circuits consisting of these elements and
presents techniques to design minimized
circuits to perform a given task. Topics
include: combinational circuit analysis
and design, number representations and
codes, addition circuits, analysis and de
sign of synchronous and asynchronous
circuits. Lecture/discussion/laboratory.
Prerequisite or corequisite: ES 101. Offered
in fall semester. Mr. Greco
212. Digital Circuits II. This course cov
ers the design of digital systems using
programmable devices. These devices
include the microprocessor, microcontrol
ler, and field programmable gate array.
After learning the requisite hardware and
software, students use the devices to solve
a digital system design problem. The labo
ratory introduces digital devices and ends
with an individual project. Lecture/dis
cussion/laboratory. Prerequisite: ECE 211.
Offered in spring semester. Mr. Greco
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221. Basic Electric Circuit Analysis. In
troduces students to concepts, ideas, and
techniques that are fundamental to the
analysis of linear electrical circuit models.
Circuit analysis techniques are derived
from Kirchhoff's Laws and topics covered
include DC circuits, AC circuits, RC/RL
circuits, operational amplifier circuits,
and AC power calculations. Laboratory
exercises reinforce theories presented in
lectures. Lecture/laboratory. Prerequisite:
Mathematics 162. Offered in spring se
mester. Staff
313. Computer Organization. The fea
tures of a digital computer are examined
at various levels. Topics include: CPU
architecture and instruction sets (machine
level), the microprogramming level, virtu
al memory (operating system level), the
assembly language level. Lecture/discus
sion. Prerequisite: ECE 212. Offered in
spring semester. Mr. Hornfeck
322. Introduction to Solid State Devices
and Circuits. The course begins with
discussion of semiconductor devices to
obtain their volt-ampere behavior. First
order models for the devices are devel
oped and used to analyze both analog and
digital circuits. The use of computer-aided
design programs is presented. Required of
junior electrical engineering students. Lec
ture/discussion/laboratory. Prerequisite:
ECE 221 and Pre/corequisite: Mathemat
ics 264. Corequisite: ECE 331. Offered in
fall semester. Staff
323. Analysis and Design of Solid State
Circuits. The course continues to develop
the topics introduced in ECE 322 with
emphasis placed on more complex circuits
used in analog and digital applications.
Extensive use is made of simulation pro
grams as an aid in the design process.
Required of junior electrical engineering
students. Lecture/discussion/ laboratory.
Prerequisite: ECE 322. Offered in spring
semester. Staff
331. Network Analysis. Fourier, Laplace,
and Z-transforms are developed and ap
plied to the analysis of electrical circuits.