POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY 2005-2007

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL
AND COMPUTER ENGINEERING
Head: H. Jonathan Chao
Through innovations in telephones, electric
power systems, rapid transit, radio,
television, medical electronics, computers,
microelectronics, the Internet and wireless
communications, electrical and
computer engineers contributed more to
the quality of 20th century life than any
other profession. The first half of the present
century will be equally exciting.
The Department of Electrical and
Computer Engineering is well respected
throughout the world for its major contributions
to the profession and its tradition
of excellence in teaching and research.
Polytechnic electrical and computer engineering
graduates are prominent in university
faculties, industrial labs and
company boardrooms spanning the entire
range of the electrical, electronic and information-technology
industries.
The department enters the 21st century
with strong teaching and research programs
in the most exciting fields in the
information age: the Internet, wireless communications,
computers, multimedia signal
processing, robotics, automatic control and
electric power generation.
In the intimate Polytechnic environment,
undergraduates benefit from frequent
access to faculty members and
laboratories at the forefront of innovation.
The acclaimed Electrical and Computer
Engineering Distinguished Lecture series
brings the world’s technology leaders to the
MetroTech campus on a weekly basis to
present their latest advances and discuss
them with students and faculty.
MISSION STATEMENT
The mission of the Department of Electrical
and Computer Engineering is to perform
teaching and research that maximizes the
value of a Polytechnic University degree.
The educational program couples knowledge
of electro technology with design and analytic
skills to develop creative leaders in
their profession. The research places the
Polytechnic community at the forefront of
Information Age technology and maintains
the University’s high status in the technical,
business and government communities.
DEGREES OFFERED
The Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering offers the following degree
and certificate programs. Separate sections
of this catalog present the objectives,
requirements, advising resources and
courses for the individual programs.
Bachelor of Science*
• Computer Engineering**
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrical and Computer Engineering
Master of Science
• Computer Engineering**
• Electrical Engineering
• Electrophysics
• Systems Engineering
• Telecommunication Networks**
Master of Engineering
• Interdisciplinary Studies in Engineering
(Wireless Innovation***)
Doctor of Philosophy
• Electrical Engineering
Graduate Certificates
• Computer Engineering**
• Image Processing
• Telecommunication Network
Management
• Wireless Communications
*Accredited by the Accreditation Board for
Engineering and Technology (ABET).
**Offered in cooperation with the Department of
Computer and Information Science.
***Offered in cooperation with the Department of
Management and the Department of Computer and
Information Science.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Dibner/CATT Bldg., Room 200
Polytechnic University
Five MetroTech Center
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Tel: 718-260-3590
Fax: 718-260-3906
E-mail: ee@poly.edu
Web: www.ece.poly.edu
GRADUATE CERTIFICATE
PROGRAMS
The department offers Advanced Certificate
Programs on themes of current interest.
The programs recognize students for successful
completion of four or five graduate
courses focused in areas of interest to
working engineers. More details about
these programs are available below in the
sections about related degree programs.
Courses completed for an advanced certificate
are applicable toward a master’s
degree in a related field. The department’s
Graduate Manual and Web site should be
consulted for the latest list of these programs
that follow current trends in technology.
SPECIAL UNDERGRADUATE
OPTIONS
BS/MS Honors Option: there are seven
options for qualified students to jointly
earn two degrees following an accelerated
schedule: (1) BS/MS Electrical
Engineering/Electrical Engineering, (2)
BS/MS Electrical Engineering/Computer
Engineering, (3) BS/MS Electrical
Engineering/Telecommunications
Networks, (4) BS/MS Computer
Engineering/Electrical Engineering, (5)
BS/MS Computer Engineering/Computer
Science, (6) BS/MS Computer
Engineering/ Computer Engineering, and
(7) BS/MS Computer Engineering/Telecommunication
Networks. The program
is available to exceptional undergraduate
students, enabling them to earn both the
bachelor’s and master’s degrees in as
little as four years of study.
Dual Major Electrical Engineering/
Computer Engineering: Bachelor of
Science Program (142 credits)
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