BS · 2025-2026
Electrical Engineering
Electrical & Computer Engineering
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 · 189 units to graduate · GEAR p.20
Preparation for the major
- CHEM 1A or 2A or ECE 6
- CMPSC 9 or CMPSC 16
- ECE 3
- ECE 5
- ECE 10A, 10AL, 10B, 10BL, 10C, 10CL
- ECE 15A
- MATH 2A-B or 3A-B, 4A-B, 6A-B
- PHYS 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7L
- ECE 130A-B
- ECE 139
Upper-division required
- ECE 134
- ECE 152A
- ECE 153A or ECE 153B
- ECE 188A-B-C
- ENGR 101
Electives (36 units)
Must include an approved depth sequence (track). See ECE Department Student Office.
ECE 120A-BECE 122A-BECE 137A-BECE 147A-B-CECE 154A-BECE 157A-B-CECE 162A-B-C
Typical career paths
RF / Wireless EngineerHardware EngineerFirmware EngineerASIC / VLSI DesignerPower Electronics EngineerSignal Processing Engineer
Interactive roadmap coming soon. Requirements above are from 2025-2026 official sources.