Electrical Engineering - BS
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As a student in Electrical Engineering, you’ll be introduced to computing methods and foundational knowledge for building and designing circuits. You’ll learn about both theory and practice, and you’ll be encouraged to pursue technical electives in signal processing, control systems, computer engineering, and electronics and photonics. Electrical engineers develop computer processors, work in optical communications, and study signal processing. Graduates often work with semiconductors, lighting systems and electronics, and in robotics hardware and software.
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Our Department has had two Nobel Laureates
The first internet connection (Arpanet) was between UCSB, UCLA, Stanford, and University of Utah
One former ECE graduate student became a NASA astronaut
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