Program: Electrical Engineering, Minor - Sonoma State University

Apr 01, 2025

2021-2022 General Catalog

The Department offers a minor program in EE to provide an opportunity to any non-EE major student interested in gaining ability and training in the field of Electrical Engineering. Students interested in receiving a minor in Electrical Engineering require 10 units to 40 units depending upon the student’s major field of study and the units available as free electives in the major that can be used by the EE minor program. The EE minor requirements are as follows.

Course Requirements

To minor in Electrical Engineering, students must complete 23 units of Electrical Engineering courses: 14 units of core courses and 9 units of electives and 17 units of support courses in Mathematics, Physics as follows:

Core Courses (14 Units):

EE 110 - Introduction to Engineering and Laboratory Experience Unit(s): 1
EE 112 - Fundamentals of Digital Logic Design Unit(s): 1
ES 210 - Digital Circuits and Logic Design Unit(s): 4
EE 220 - Electric Circuits Unit(s): 3
EE 221 - Electric Circuits Laboratory Unit(s): 1
EE 230 - Electronics I Unit(s): 3
EE 231 - Electronics I Laboratory Unit(s): 1

Electives From The Following List (9 units):

EE 310 - Microprocessors and System Design Unit(s): 3
EE 310L - Microprocessors & System Design Lab Unit(s): 1
EE 314 - Advanced Programming, Modeling, and Simulation Unit(s): 4
EE 330 - Electronics II Unit(s): 2
EE 400 - Linear Systems Theory Unit(s): 3
EE 430 - Electromagnetic Theory and Applications Unit(s): 3
EE 432 - Physical Electronics Unit(s): 3
EE 442 - Analog and Digital Communications Unit(s): 3
EE 442L - Analog and Digital Communications Lab Unit(s): 1
EE 445 - Photonics Unit(s): 3
EE 465 - Introduction to Networking and Network Management Unit(s): 2
EE 465L - Intro. to Networking and Network Management Lab Unit(s): 1

Support Courses

Additional support courses may be needed depending upon the electives chosen. For example, EE 400 - Linear Systems Theory requires a prerequisite of MATH 241 - Linear Algebra with Applications in Differential Equations and EE 314 requires a prerequisite of CS 115 .

PHYS 114 - Introduction to Physics I Unit(s): 4
PHYS 214 - Introduction to Physics II Unit(s): 4
PHYS 116 - Introductory Laboratory Experience Unit(s): 1
MATH 161 - Differential and Integral Calculus I Unit(s): 4
MATH 211 - Differential and Integral Calculus II Unit(s): 4

Units

Total units without support courses: 23

Total units including support courses: 40

Grade Requirement

The student must complete each course applied towards minor or major in Electrical Engineering with a grade of C or higher.

Pathway Examples

Examples of the pathways to minor in EE by the students majoring in Chemistry, Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics disciplines are posted on the department website at the url www.sonoma.edu/engineering/bsee/ee_minor.html. The interested students should contact ES Department for advising and developing a plan of study.