ECE 115 - Introduction to Electrical and Computer Engineering

Description: Credit 4U. Concepts and applications of electrical and computer engineering including:basic circuits, fundamental electromagnetics, electronic devices, sensors, control, digital logic, computer organization, programming. 

Prerequisite: Credit or concurrent registration in MATH 180.

Textbooks: Tutorials are provided on departmental website

Topics: 

  • Analysis of the operation of a cell phone
  • Analog and digital storage of information
  • Continuous and discrete signals
  • DC circuits and physical principles
  • Logic circuits, Boolean algebra
  • Electronic devices, amplifiers, sensors
  • Communication, electromagnetics, information
  • Data representation, binary arithmetic
  • Computer organization
  • Assembly language programming
  • Higher level language programming
  • Apply concepts to analog and digital communication
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