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ASSOCIATE IN SCIENCES DEGREE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Offered at Richland College in conjunction with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA)
Degree Code: AS.UTA.ELEC.ENGR.11
This is an "Articulated" degree with the University of Texas at Arlington (UTA).
Students who complete this degree with a GPA of 2.50 with no grade below that of "C" and who meet all admissions requirements at University of Texas at Arlington (UTA) will be accepted into UTA's Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering program. Students should follow this plan only if they wish to transfer to UTA in Electrical Engineering. Students wishing to transfer to another university should not assume this entire plan will transfer.
In order to be eligible to receive this AS degree in Electrical Engineering, a student must:
Complete a minimum of 60 credit hours indicated in this plan;
Earn a grade of "C" or better in English 1301 and the selected college-level mathematics course;
Note that a course cannot be transferred to UTA with a grade lower than "C";
Receive a GPA (2) of at least 2.00 ("C") [NOTE: UTA guarantees admission with a 2.50 GPA with no grade below a "C" provided the student has met other admissions requirements];
Complete at least 25% of the credit hours required for graduation through instruction at Richland College.
Students who transfer to the Univeristy of Texas at Arlington (UTA) will not be core complete if he/she complete this degree. This degree does notinclude all Core course requirements.
Students who plan to transfer must work closely with an advisor/counselor.
Course Requirements for the AS Degree in Electrical Engineering
Credit Hours
TIER 1 - CORE FOUNDATIONS
CRITICAL READING AND WRITING Select EACH of the following: ENGL 1301 (a grade of "C" or better required) CB010 HIST 1301
CB060
6
QUANTITATIVE REASONING Select the following: CB020
(A grade of "C" or better required) MATH 2413
Note: This course will not satisfy the Core requirement.
4
TIER 2 - CORE DOMAINS
QUALITATIVE REASONING, LITERACY AND RESEARCH Select the following: CB010 ENGL 1302
CRITICAL ISSUES IN THE STATE-FEDERAL RELATIONSHIP Select the following: CB070 GOVT 2306
3
CORE-RELATED CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AS DEGREE
36
ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING REQUIRED COURSES
Select EACH of the following: ENGR 1201 Introduction to Engineering ENGR 1172 Introduction to Experimental Techniques ENGR 2300 Applied Linear Algebra ENGR 2301 Engineering Mechanics I - Statics ENGR 2302 Engineering Mechanics II - Dynamics ENGR 2405 Electrical Circuits I MATH 2414 Calculus II MATH 2415 Calculus III
Note: Students must take both ENGR 1201 and ENGR 1172 to receive credit for UTA EE 1102.
24
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS FOR THIS AS DEGREE
60
Additional courses required to be accepted into the UTA Electrical Engineering program, students must complete the following courses:
Select EACH of the following: CHEM 1411 General Chemistry I CHEM 1412 General Chemistry II ENGR 2304 Programming for Engineers MATH 2420 Differential Equations
15
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS TRANSFERABLE TO UTA FOR THIS PROGRAM