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• Research Opportunities
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Degree Requirements

In order to receive a degree from UCSB, students must satisfy three sets of requirements:

	University Requirements

	•	UCSB General Catalog: UCSB course descriptions and more.

	College of Engineering Requirements

	•	College of Engineering General Education Requirements (pdf): University requirement, College of Engineering GE requirements, listing of approved GE courses, GE checklist / worksheet

	Major Requirements

	•	2008-2009"College of Engineering Announcement" (pdf): This publication includes information on admission, degree requirements, academic policies and procedures, departments, programs, courses, engineering major sheets and more...

	•	Yearly Progress Checks - Beginning Fall 2006 , freshman, sophomore, and junior year students must visit the ECE Student Office to review their yearly progress with the ECE Undergraduate Advisor.

	•	Junior Year Elective Study Plan - All students in their junior year must complete and submit an elective study plan (Senior Elective Sheet). Each year in early October, there will be a mandatory Junior Meeting to explain more about the elective study plan. All EE Sr. Elective Sheets (pdf) or CE Sr. Elective Sheets (pdf) must be turned in to the ECE Student Affairs Office (Trailer 380, Rm 101) by the end of the junior year or enrollment will be blocked.

	**	All courses, course descriptions, instructor designations, curricular and degree requirements described on this website are subject to change throughout the year. For the most current degree requirement information contact the ECE Student Affairs Office.

Student Advising

Student advising in the ECE Department is a three-tiered system consisting of a faculty advisor, an ECE Undergraduate Advisor, and a College of Engineering Advisor:

	Faculty Advisor - helps with the content level of course materials, recommendations, and planning and additional information like research opportunities and graduate school questions.

	•	Electrical Engineering Faculty Advisors: are assigned by the first letter of a student's last name.

		-	A to E: Professor Forrest Brewer - HFH, Rm 4159 / brewer@ece.ucsb.edu
		-	F to K: Professor Nadir Dagli - ESB, Rm 2231E / dagli@ece.ucsb.edu
		-	L to R: Proessor Hua Lee - HFH, Rm 3121 / hualee@ece.ucsb.edu
		-	S to Z: TBA

	•	Computer Engineering Faculty Advisors: are individually assigned to student by the ECE Student Affairs Office. For more information contact the ECE Undergraduate Advisor - ugradinfo@ece.ucsb.edu

	ECE Undergraduate Advisor - is an advisor from ECE Student Affairs Office who helps at the major level with requirements, policies, procedures yearly progress checks, EE course planning, scheduling and prerequisite changes.

	•	ECE Undergraduate Advisor -Trailer 380, Rm 101 - ugradinfo@ece.ucsb.edu or 805/893-8292

	College of Engineering Advisor - is an advisor from the College of Engineering who helps at the university level with policies and procedures, general education progress checks, academic probations and contracts, and additional information like the Education Abroad Program.

	•	College of Engineering Undergraduate Studies Office - Student Information & Advising: HFH, Rm 1006 or (805) 893-2809

Guides, Forms and Publications

Guides and More...

•	EE Course Flowchart (pdf): scheduling and prerequisite guide.

•	CE Course Flowchart (pdf): scheduling and prerequisite guide.

•	Change of Major Guides:
	-	To Electrical Engineering Blank (pdf)
	-	To Pre-Computer Engineering Blank (pdf)
	-	Pre-Computer Engineering to Computer Engineering Blank (pdf)
	-	To Computer Engineering Blank (pdf)

•	UCSB Online Student Handbook: Academic Services; Graduate Student Services; International Student Services; Resources & Services; etc...

Forms

•	EE Math/Science/Engineering Elective List (pdf)

•	Change of Major Petition (pdf)

•	Petition for Graduation Matters: to request major substitutions / exemptions (pdf)

•	Petition to Enter an ECE Course (major) (pdf)

•	Petition to Enter an ECE Course (non-major) (pdf)

*	For Additional Forms or Questions visit the ECE Student Affairs Office (Trailer 380, Rm 101) or contact the ECE Undergraduate Advisor, ugradinfo@ece.ucsb.edu, (805) 893-8292

Publications

•	UCSB General Catalog: Courses, Course Descriptions, Instructor Designations, Curricular / Degree Requirements, Deadlines, Fees

•	College of Engineering "Announcement" & Other Publications (pdf): Academic Policies and Procedures, College Organizations and Resources, Departments, Programs, Courses

•	UCSB Schedule of Classes: Course offerings and scheduling information.

Additional Helpful Links

•	College of Engineering Student Affairs Office
•	Computer Engineering Program
•	Computer Science Department
•	UCSB Career Services
•	UCSB Financial Aid
•	UCSB Registrar
•	Gold (Gaucho Online Data)
•	UCSB Disabled Students Program
•	UCSB Education Abroad Program

Information Booth



•	Information on ECE Courses	ECE Student Office Undergraduate Program Trailer 380, Room 101 805/893-8292 ugradinfo@ece.ucsb.edu
•	ADD Codes for ECE Courses
•	ECE Exceptions (Course Substitutions)
•	Non-ECE Majors Who Want to Take ECE Courses
•	CE Course Scheduling and Planning
•	CE Advisor Assignments (EE see above)
•	EE / CE Senior Elective Form (form below)
•	EE / CE Major Progress Checks
•	Changing major to ECE
•	Pre-Major to Major Advancement
•	Engineering Email Accounts
•	Faculty and Teaching Assistant Office Hours


		UCSB College of Engineering COE Undergraduate Affairs Office HFH, Rm 1006 805/893-2809 coe-info@ engineering.ucsb.edu
•	General Education Requirements
•	Graduation Requirements
•	EE / CE Degree Clearance
•	Petition for Graduation Matters
•	Late Add/Drop Exceptions
•	UCSB/COE Exceptions (course subs other than ECE)
•	Academic Probation
•	Education Abroad Program (EAP)
•	Transfer Students


			Electrical & Computer Engineering Dept Offices Harold Frank Hall
•	ECE Chair: HFH, Rm 4157	893-3821
•	Central Admin. Office: HFH, Rm 4155	893-3716



			Computer Engineering Program Harold Frank Hall
•	CE Program Director	893-5615
•	CE Program Assistant: Trailer 380, Rm 101	893-5615

Undergraduate Research Opportunities

•	2008-2009 Research Opportunities - TO BE Announced


•	Learning-Based Multimedia Lab (LBMM) - Professor Tim Cheng: The lab carries out research projects for a wide range of multimedia applications. Current research directions include video surveillance, multimedia content management and retrieval, and information filtering. More information is available: http://lbmedia.ece.ucsb.edu/ (posted 8/29/07)

•	Networked Control Laboratory - Professor João Hespanha: Research projects on mobile robotics are available. Projects will involve the cooperative control of small robots with wireless connections. Contact Dr. Hespanha at hespanha@ece.ucsb.edu (posted 8/15/07)

•	Optoelectronics Research Group - Professor John Bowers is looking for two smart, motivated undergraduates to do research in silicon photonics. Please see the group's website http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/uoeg/ for details on this research. For more information contact Christina Zumstein at christina@ece.ucsb.edu (posted 8/14/07)

•	Professor Forrest Brewer is looking for a student with interest in embedded processing and HW/SW system implementation on FPGA and MEMS test systems. Contact Dr. Brewer at forrest@ece.ucsb.edu (posted 8/14/07)

•	High Frequency Electronics Group - Professor Mark Rodwell: The group designs and builds high speed transistors and designs high speed integrated circuits. Research projects are available for talented and highly motivated undergraduate candidates. More details can be found at http://www.ece.ucsb.edu/Faculty/rodwell/ (posted 8/14/07)

ECE Contacts

ECE Department

	Dr. Jerry Gibson ECE Chair			Rm 4157 Harold Frank Hall

	Pam Bateman Assistant to the Chair	pam@ ece.ucsb.edu	(805) 893-3821	Rm 4157 Harold Frank Hal

ECE Student Affairs Office

	Dr. João Hespanha ECE Vice Chair ECE Graduate Advisor	hespanha@ ece.ucsb.edu	(805) 893-7042	Rm 5157 Harold Frank Hall

	TBA EE Undergraduate Curriculum Chair	tba@ ece.ucsb.edu	(805) 893-XXXX	RmXXX XXXX

	Val DeVeyra ECE Student Affairs Mgr	val@ ece.ucsb.edu	(805) 893-2269	Rm 101 Trailer 697

	Jaima Dillard ECE Undergraduate Advisor	jaima@ ece.ucsb.edu	(805) 893-8292	Rm 101 Trailer 380

	Erika Klukovich Grad Admissions Coordinator	erika@ ece.ucsb.edu	(805) 893-3114	Rm 101 Trailer 380

Map and Mailing Address

	ECE Department Directions and Map

	Electrical & Computer Engineering Department Student Affairs Office University of California Santa Barbara, CA 93106-9560