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Electrical Engineering
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Program Description
One of the classic and perhaps most prestigious of all engineering degrees, namely the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BS EE), is being offered at the College of Staten Island (CSI) by the Department of Engineering and Environmental Science.
The high-tech field of Electrical Engineering has historically exhibited steady growth and has been the breeding ground for modern advances in telecommunications, automation, and networking among other technologies. Students at CSI are able to enroll and pursue undergraduate studies in this prestigious program. CSI is only the second institution within CUNY and one of only a handful in the greater metropolitan area offering the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.
The BS degree in Electrical Engineering is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission's General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical Engineering.
Program Educational Objectives
Graduates of the Electrical Engineering (EE) program will be valued by the engineering community. The educational objective of our EE program is to prepare graduates to achieve success in the following areas within a few years of graduation:
Participating in the design, development and application of new products, technologies, and processes in Electrical Engineering and recognizing that the profession will constantly evolve to meet new challenges
Continuing their graduate studies and/or professional development through admission to graduate programs, participating in professional organizations, seminars, workshops, technical committees and conferences or obtaining professional recognition
Conducting themselves in a responsible, professional, and ethical manner and taking advantage of their electrical engineering education to make contributions in their chosen fields
Becoming leaders in professional activities and volunteerism that support humanity and economic development locally, nationally and globally
Participate in mentoring programs to encourage prospective engineers as well as to provide professional development guidance to existing students
Program Learning Goals
The Electrical Engineering curriculum is designed to prepare students to achieve the program (student) outcomes, which require graduates to demonstrate the ability to:
Identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
Apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors
Communicate effectively with a range of audiences
Recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts
Function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives
Develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions
Acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies
Program Career Professional Development Activities
Students are encouraged to complete the following milestones as part of their preparation for future careers or advanced education. A member of your Success Team can help you schedule these activities at the appropriate times to keep you on track for both academic and professional success.
Access your Handshake Account with Career Services
Draft a Cover Letter
Find a Mentor
Requirements
In residence at the College of Staten Island
Of the 133 credits required for the Engineering Science BS program, at least one-half of the credits completed must be in liberal arts and sciences courses. Most courses designated ENGR/ENS/ELE are non-liberal arts and sciences; those ENS courses that are cross-listed in mathematics (MTH) or physics (PHY) are liberal arts and sciences
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Students who enter the College with fewer than six credits are required to complete the non-credit College Life Unit Experience Program (CLUE) or complete a one-credit orientation course (SPD 101: Issues in College Life, or SKO 100: SEEK Freshman Orientation.) Students are expected to complete this requirement during their first semester or prior to the completion of 12 equated credits.
To satisfy this requirement students must:
Choose one of the following:
Successfully complete a one-credit freshman orientation course: SPD 101: Issues in College Life or SKO 100: SEEK Freshman Orientation (open only to SEEK students)
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Complete the five components of the non-credit College Life Unit Experiences (CLUE) program, which include: attendance at a general orientation session on such topics as the purposes of higher education, an overview of College policies and services, and an appreciation of diversity. Students should attend the orientation session prior to the beginning of classes.
ANDAttend four CLUE-certified events: two Personal Growth Experiences and two Co-curricular Experiences. Personal Growth topics include study skills, career development, self-development, substance abuse, and pluralism. Co-curricular Experiences include events offered in conjunction with the scholarly, cultural, and civic programs presented regularly at the College.
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STEM majors are allowed to replace either one TALA or one social science requirement with a STEM variant course.
This program has a CUNY STEM Waiver to specify particular courses students must complete in the Mathematical and Quantitative Reasoning, Life and Physical Sciences, Scientific World, and College Option areas. If students take other courses to satisfy these areas, they will be certified as having completed the requirements, however, it may not be possible for them to finish their degree program within the regular number of credits.
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Chemistry Advisory
One-year of high school chemistry is required prior to entry into course and course. If you have not completed one-year of high school chemistry you will be required to complete course and course prior to registering for course and course.
Mathematics Placement
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4+1 Electrical Engineering ME Double Counting Policy
Undergraduate students satisfying the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to two graduate courses (to fulfill their 400 level elective requirements) to be counted towards both their bachelor’s and master’s degree. This allows students to earn both the bachelor’s and the master’s degrees in five years. 
Students must meet the following criteria:
1. Current enrollment in bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering at College of Staten Island and successful completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits.
2. Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above.
3. Two letters of recommendation, at least one from a full-time College of Staten Island ENS faculty under whom the applicant has studied.
4. Permissions from the coordinator of the graduate program, and the department chairperson.
5. Application for admission and conditionally accepted to Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering program.
6. Graduate courses in the following list are eligible: ELE 600 (Probability and Stochastic Processes in Engineering), ELE 610 (Advanced Signal Processing), ELE 620 (Networking Systems and Protocols), ELE 630 (Semiconductor Devices), ELE 636 (Electrical Machines and Energy Systems), ELE 641 (Advanced Digital Communications),ELE 652 (Information Theory),ELE 701 (Photonic Devices), ELE 713 (Principles and Practice of Secure Networking), ELE 722 (Data Modeling and Compression), ELE 732 (Estimation, Detection, Learning and Inference), ELE 736 (Electric Power Transmission and Distribution), ELE 741 (Photonic Systems and Networks), ELE 755 (Principles and Practice of Machine Vision)
To graduate with honors in Electrical Engineering a student must meet the following requirements:
Fulfillment of all the requirements for the Electrical Engineering degree
An overall grade point average of 3.5 and a grade point average of 3.5 in the major
Outstanding achievement as demonstrated by ONE or more of the following:
a. Exceptional senior project
b. Authorship in a paper or abstract at the refereed conference or journal proceedings in the field
c. Major recognition award for undergraduate research work within the CUNY community
For the honors option to be awarded, the student needs to be nominated by faculty or apply before graduation, and honors status will be judged and awarded by a departmental committee.