ECE X79K ECE 179K, 279K, 379K, 479K Topics in Electrical Engineering 1-4 Hours
1,2,3,4 Lecture Hours 0 Lab Hours
For each semester hour of credit earned, one lecture hour a week for one semester.
Pre/Corequisites: Upper-division standing, Electrical and Computer Engineering 312 (or Electrical Engineering 312), 312H (or Electrical Engineering 312H), 313 (or Electrical Engineering 313), or 313H with a grade of at least C-, and consent of instructor.
Grading: Student Option
Repeatable for credit: May be repeated for credit when the topics vary.
Academic Level: Upper Division
Topic 1: Conference Course. Electrical and Computer Engineering 179K (Topic 1) and Electrical Engineering 179K (Topic 1) may not both be counted.
Topic 15: Information Theory. Examine measures of information; noiseless coding and data compression; discrete memoryless channels and channel capacity; broadcast channels; and error-correcting codes. Electrical and Computer Engineering 179K (Topic 15) and Electrical Engineering 179K (Topic 15) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: The following with a grade of at least C- in each: Mathematics 340L; and Biomedical Engineering 343, Electrical and Computer Engineering 313 (or Electrical Engineering 313), or 313H; and Biomedical Engineering 335, Electrical and Computer Engineering 351K (or Electrical Engineering 351K), 351H, or Mathematics 362K.
Topic 20: Computer Architecture: Personal Computer Design. Explore commercial general-purpose processors, memory architecture, buses, storage devices, graphics subsystems, I/O devices and peripherals, audio subsystems, operating systems, benchmarking, manufacturing, and testing of personal computer systems. Electrical and Computer Engineering 179K (Topic 20) and Electrical Engineering 179K (Topic 20) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 460N (or Electrical Engineering 460N) with a grade of at least C-.
Topic 21: Information and Cryptography. Explore information theory; construction of codes; cryptography, including security and randomized encryption; Kolmogorov complexity; statistics, including large deviations, nonparametrics, and information inequalities; Vapnik-Cervonenkis methods for learning theory. Electrical and Computer Engineering 179K (Topic 21) and Electrical Engineering 179K (Topic 21) may not both be counted. Additional prerequisite: The following with a grade of at least C- in each: Mathematics 340L; and Biomedical Engineering 343, Electrical and Computer Engineering 313 (or Electrical Engineering 313), or 313H; and Biomedical Engineering 335, Electrical and Computer Engineering 351K (or Electrical Engineering 351K), 351H, or Mathematics 362K.
Topic 23: Software Evolution. Explore software design principles; program differencing techniques; program transformation languages and tools; and analysis, testing, debugging and visualization methods for evolving software. Only one of the following may be counted: Electrical and Computer Engineering 379K (Topic 23), Electrical Engineering 379K (Topic: Software Evolution), 379K (Topic 23). Additional prerequisite: Electrical and Computer Engineering 461L (or Electrical Engineering 461L) with a grade of at least C-, or an equivalent computer science course with a grade of at least C-.