BS · 2025-2026
Computer Engineering
ECE + Computer Science (joint)
Official source · 2025-2026
General Engineering Academic Requirements (GEAR)
Official General Engineering Academic Requirements. Students follow the GEAR for their catalog year.
GEAR major requirements
BS · 191 units to graduate · GEAR p.16
Preparation for the major
- CMPSC 16
- CMPSC 24
- CMPSC 32
- CMPSC 40
- ECE 1A-1B
- ECE 5
- ECE 10A, 10AL, 10B, 10BL, 10C, 10CL
- ECE 15A
- MATH 2A-B or 3A-B, 4A-B, 6A
- PHYS 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7L
Upper-division required
- CMPSC 130A
- ECE 139 or PSTAT 120A
- ECE 152A
- ECE 154A
- ENGR 101
- CMPSC 189A-B or ECE 189A-B-C
Electives (36 units)
CMPEN electives (36-40 units). Must include at least 2 approved sequences.
CMPSC 156CMPSC 153A / ECE 153AECE 153BCMPSC 170ECE 130A-B-CECE 152BECE 154B
Typical career paths
Computer Systems EngineerEmbedded Systems EngineerVLSI DesignerSoftware Engineer
Interactive roadmap coming soon. Requirements above are from 2025-2026 official sources.