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ECE Honors Program

University of Texas Austin
Austin , United States
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Bachelors
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Electrical Engineering | Mechanical Engineering | Computer Engineering
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Engineering
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English
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Program Overview

ECE Honors Program Overview

The Chandra Family Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Honors Program is designed for outstanding and highly motivated ECE undergraduate students. This program provides a rigorous, challenging, and faster-paced curriculum and environment to a cohort of students who have the background, ability, and desire to pursue a more demanding track.


Curriculum

The ECE Honors Program includes a minimum of 17 hours of ECE Honors section courses. During Honors ECE courses, students participate in hands-on labs and group projects, learning to solve complex engineering problems with real-world applications. In small classrooms of 15-20, students master foundational ECE concepts, including circuits, linear algebra, MOSFET, and thinking about problems in the linear domain.


Later curriculum incorporates hands-on programming assignments, understanding how embedded systems can solve engineering problems, and an in-depth treatment of the design and analysis of linear electric circuits. Honors students can expect an accelerated curriculum, dynamic group projects, and a depth and breadth of knowledge about the engineering field. Honors students are expected to enroll in all "H" courses they qualify for and must meet a minimum of 17 hours of H courses to graduate.


Class options include:


  • ECE 302H Introduction to Electrical Engineering: Honors
  • ECE 306H Introduction to Computer Engineering: Honors
  • ECE 107H Engineering Leadership: Honors
  • ECE 319H Introduction to Embedded Systems: Honors
  • ECE 312H Software Design and Implementation I: Honors
  • ECE 411H Circuit Theory: Honors
  • ECE 313H Linear Systems and Signals: Honors
  • ECE 351H Probability and Random Processes: Honors
  • ECE 464H Honors Senior Design Project

Admission

Prospective Freshman Applicants

Prospective freshman applicants may apply to the ECE Honors Program. All freshman applicants must have received credit for M 408C via an exam or by taking an equivalent course at another institution. Exams accepted include:


  • AP Exams
    • Mathematics AB
    • Mathematics BC
  • IB Exams
    • Mathematics (HL)
    • Mathematics: Analysis & Approaches (HL)
    • Mathematics: Applications and Interpretation (HL)
  • UT CLEP exam in Calculus

For Current UT Students

Current ECE majors can apply for admission to the Electrical and Computer Engineering Honors Program at the end of each semester. The application system will open April 15 and applications will be accepted until May 15 for students wanting to begin the program in the following Fall semester.


GPA Requirements

  • All ECE Honors students are required to maintain a minimum 3.3 GPA in all ECE coursework (both honors and non-honors coursework).
  • Current students who fall below the threshold of 3.3 will be placed on review for one long semester and will work with their ECE Honors Coordinator to stay in the honors program.
  • Students who leave the ECE Honors program will retain their major status in ECE provided they adhere to Cockrell School internal GPA requirements. These students will be allowed to re-apply to the honors program once their ECE GPA returns to a 3.3 or above.
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