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Minor in Electrical and Computer Engineering

The minor in ECE requires a minimum of five technical courses. Three courses must be drawn from the set of “core courses” required of all ECE majors and two must be upper-level ECE courses.

Core courses (choose 3): ECE 110L (Fundamentals of ECE), ECE 230L (Microelectronic Devices & Circuits), 250D (Computer Architecture), 270DL (Fields & Waves), and 280L (Signals & Systems)

  • Note that ECE 110L is a prerequisite for the other core courses.
  • Students with credit for any of these courses (e.g., exact or equivalent course taken to satisfy a requirement of their major(s)) may substitute additional upper-level ECE courses. The DUS in ECE must approve such exceptions.

Upper-level courses (2): Two ECE courses at or above the 300-level

  • At most, one ECE Independent Study (supervised by an ECE faculty member) can be used toward satisfying this requirement.
  • At most, one 300-level (or above) course cross-listed between ECE and the major department can be used toward satisfying this requirement. This course may not be double-counted toward the major.

Courses that are used to fulfill the student’s major(s) may not be double-counted toward the minor. In addition, ECE courses with content substantially equivalent to courses in the student's major(s) may not be counted toward the minor.

It is expected that a student pursuing a minor in ECE will satisfy all pre-requisites for each course selected for their minor program. This will typically involve completion of courses in Math, Physics and/or Computer Science, which are pre-requisites for many of the core ECE courses.

Students interested in pursuing a Minor in ECE are advised to discuss their plan of study with the Director of Undergraduate Studies in ECE (Dr. Lisa Huettel, lisa.huettel@duke.edu).