Admission Requirements
- Students wanting to declare a major in an engineering discipline must be in good academic standing and must have a "C" (2.0) or better in each of the following courses or their equivalents: MAC 2311C, MAC 2312, PHY 2048C, and CHS 1440 or CHM 2045C.
- Students wanting to declare a major in an engineering discipline must complete a change of major in the term of completion of the final pending prerequisite course(s) listed above.
Degree Requirements
- Students in the Computer Engineering major are expected to make consistent good progress toward their degrees to remain enrolled in, or eligible for, any major in the College of Engineering & Computer Science (CECS) or the College of Optics and Photonics (COP). Therefore, any student majoring in Computer Engineering who repeats any UCF course and does not earn a grade of "C" (2.0) or better on the second attempt will be placed on Lack of Progress Probation and remain on Lack of Progress Probation as long as the student is enrolled in a CECS or COP major. If a student on Lack of Progress Probation does not receive a grade of "C" (2.0) or better by the third attempt in the same UCF course, the student will be excluded from all CECS and COP majors. Any student majoring in Computer Engineering who has accumulated 7 or more unsuccessful attempts (i.e., grades below "C" (2.0) and withdrawals) over all courses taken at UCF will be placed on Lack of Progress Probation and remain on Lack of Progress Probation as long as the student is enrolled in a CECS or COP major. If a student on Lack of Progress Probation has a tenth unsuccessful attempt over all courses taken at UCF, the student will be excluded from all CECS and COP majors.
- A student who is excluded from CECS and COP majors may seek readmission to a major in CECS or COP after at least one full year has passed since exclusion. Readmission is not automatic and is dependent upon a high probability of success after readmission. Any student who is readmitted to the Computer Engineering major will be subject to all probation conditions that applied at the time of exclusion.
This program has potential ties to professional licensure or certification in the field. For more information on how this program may prepare you in that regard, please view the licensure disclosure for the Computer Engineering, Digital Circuits Track (B.S.Cp.E.) program.
Degree Requirements
Core Requirements: Basic Level
2 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- The College of Engineering & Computer Science requires all engineering students to achieve a minimum 2.25 GPA in completing these courses, together with the courses required for the major in section 4 below, technical elective courses listed in section 5 below and with the senior design courses listed in section 6 below. Independent study courses generally do not satisfy major requirements.
- Complete the following:
- EGS1006C - Introduction to the Engineering Profession (1)
- EGN1007C - Engineering Concepts and Methods (1)
Core Requirements: Advanced Level
48 Total Credits No Rules
Engineering Core
0 Total Credits
- STA 3032 - Probability and Statistics for Engineers Credit Hours: 3 (GEP)
Courses Required for the Major
48 Total Credits
- Complete all of the following
- Complete the following:
- EGN3211 - Engineering Analysis and Computation (3)
- COT3100C - Introduction to Discrete Structures (3)
- COP3502C - Computer Science I (3)
- COP3503C - Computer Science II (3)
- COP3330 - Object Oriented Programming (3)
- EEL3926L - Junior Design (1)
- EEL3004C - Linear Circuits I (3)
- EEL3123C - Linear Circuits II (3)
- EEE3307C - Electronics I (4)
- EEE3342C - Digital Systems (3)
- EEL3801C - Computer Organization (4)
- EEL4742C - Embedded Systems (3)
- EEL4768 - Computer Architecture (3)
- EEL4781 - Computer Communication Networks (3)
Select Two:- Complete at least 2 of the following:
- EEE4346C - Hardware Security and Trusted Circuit Design (3)
- EEL4783 - Hardware Description Languages in Digital Systems Design (3)
- EEL5722C - Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) Design (3)
- EEL4798 - Massive Storage and Big Data (3)
- EEE4775 - Real-Time Systems (3)
- EEE4334 - Computer-Aided Design of VLSI (3)
Restricted Electives
15 Total Credits
- Technical electives are available in the BSCpE program to address specific student interests in a variety of technical areas such as Software Engineering. Students should consult with their academic advisor for the identification of courses that are approved technical electives and the terms when specific courses of this type are to be offered.
Technical Electives
15 Total Credits
- Earn at least 15 credits from the following types of courses: Technical elective courses are to be selected by the student from department approved courses.
Capstone Requirements
6 Total Credits
- Complete the following:
- EEL4914 - Senior Design I (3)
- EEL4915L - Senior Design II (3)
Grand Total Credits: 71
Electives
Foreign Language Requirements
Admissions
- Two years of one foreign language in high school, or one year of one foreign language in college (or equivalent proficiency exam) prior to graduation.
Graduation
Additional Requirements
- Computer engineering students must earn at least 32 hours in residence at UCF.
- 24 of the 32 Residency hours must be at the 3000-5000 level courses taken from the ECE Department at UCF and applicable to the degree program.
Required Minors
Departmental Exit Requirements
- CECS encourages all engineering students to take the Fundamentals Exam during their senior year.
University Minimum Exit Requirements
- A 2.0 UCF GPA
- 42 semester hours of upper division credit completed
- 60 semester hours earned after CLEP awarded
- 30 of the last 39 hours of course work must be completed in residency at UCF.
- A maximum of 45 hours of extension, correspondence, CLEP, Credit by Exam, and Armed Forces credits permitted.
- Complete the General Education Program, the Gordon Rule, and nine hours of Summer credit.
Total Undergraduate Credit Hours Required: 128
Additional Information
Honors In Major
Related Programs
- Computer Science (B.S.)
- Electrical Engineering
- Information Technology (B.S.)
- Mathematics - Engineering/Physics Track
- Physics (B.S.)
Certificates
Related Minors
- Intelligent Robotic Systems (IRS), Interdisciplinary Minor
- Engineering Leadership Minor
- Mathematics Minor
- Physics Minor
Advising Notes
- Each engineering student should meet regularly with an academic advisor in the major department.
- The Computer Engineering program offers the Accelerated BS/MS Program to students of high academic standing. This program allows up to twelve hours to be shared between the BS and MS degrees. See your department or the Accelerated Program section in the back of this catalog for more information.
- Each student should seek academic advisement before registering for classes each semester to minimize excess hours and to ensure that satisfactory academic progress is being maintained.
- This Computer Engineering Digital Circuits Track program has potential ties to professional licensure or certification in the field. For more information on how this program may prepare you in that regard, please visit https://apq.ucf.edu/files/Licensure-Disclosure-CECS-Computer-Engineering-BS.pdf
Transfer Notes
- Courses transferred must be formally evaluated for equivalency credit. The student must provide all supporting information with his/her petition for this evaluation
- EGS 1006C and EGN 1007C are required courses for incoming freshmen only. The credits for these two courses (one hour each) may, with prior approval of the department academic advisor, be moved to the Restricted Elective area.
Acceptable Substitutes for Transfer Courses
Program Academic Learning Compacts
- Program Academic Learning Compacts (student learning outcomes) for undergraduate programs are located at: http://www.oeas.ucf.edu/alc/academic_learning_compacts.htm
Equipment Fees
- Part-Time Student: $42 per term
- Full-Time Student: $84 per term
