Electrical Engineering
Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering
Program Profile
| Name of the program degree | Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering |
| Program duration | to be completed in 4 years on a full-time basis |
| Total credits | Option 1 Single major: 120 credits Option 2 Major + minor in Robotics or Product Design or Technopreneur or another minor: 126 credits |
Program Purpose
The overall aim of the program is to nurture and develop young leaders in electrical engineering with clear direction and vision, creativity and sound personal values; who pave the way for the development of science and technology, to increase labor productivity and to benefit society.
Program Educational Objectives
The educational objectives of the Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering program are that within a few years of graduation, a majority of our graduates will demonstrate excellence in top graduate programs; or in technical and managerial leadership tracks in technology-based industries or other sectors; or pursuing entrepreneurial ventures. In these roles, they will:
- Apply basic knowledge of electrical engineering principles and in-depth knowledge of one area of concentration to solve a full range of technical and societal problems;
- Conceive, design, and realize products, systems, and services, while properly respecting economic, environmental, cultural, safety, and ethical standards or constraints;
- Be leaders with an entrepreneurial mindset, effective communicators, and informed decision makers as members of multidisciplinary teams, supporting collaborative and inclusive environments;
- Discover and apply new knowledge, and engage in life-long learning for the profession of electrical engineering;
- Engage with their communities, profession, the nation, and the world.
Student Outcomes
- An ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics;
- An ability to apply engineering design to produce solutions that meet specified needs with consideration of public health, safety, and welfare, as well as global, cultural, social, environmental, and economic factors;
- An ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences;
- An ability to recognize ethical and professional responsibilities in engineering situations and make informed judgments, which must consider the impact of engineering solutions in global, economic, environmental, and societal contexts;
- An ability to function effectively on a team whose members together provide leadership, create a collaborative and inclusive environment, establish goals, plan tasks, and meet objectives;
- An ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusions;
- An ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies;
- An entrepreneurial mindset and a recognition of the importance of traditional values, national pride and global awareness.
| No. | Curriculum Components | Number of Credits (New) | Credit Distribution (%/Total Credits) |
| I | GENERAL EDUCATION | 27 | 22% |
| I.1 | University Core Requirement | 12 | 9.8% |
| I.2 | Distributional Requirement | 12 | 9.8% |
| I.3 | Co-curricular Learning | 3 | 2.4 |
| II | PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION | 96 | 78% |
| II.1 | College Core Requirement | 41 | 33.3% |
| II.2 | Major Core Requirement | 15 | 12.2% |
| II.3 | Major Foundation Requirement | 15 | 12.2% |
| II.4 | Area of Concentration (Elective) | 12 | 9.8% |
| II.5 | Free Electives (minor*) | 7 (15*) | 5.6% |
| II.6 | Internship/Co-op (at least 480 hours) | Non-credit (640 hours) | |
| II.7 | Capstone Design | 6 | 4.9% |
| TOTAL | 123 (131*) | 100% |
* Instead of taking 7 credits of free electives, students have an option of taking 15 credits to fulfill the requirements of a minor. Free electives can be any courses offered by CECS or the other colleges at VinUniversity.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: High school chemistry
Course Description:
This course covers basic chemical concepts, such as reactivity and bonding of molecules, introductory quantum mechanics, and intermolecular forces in liquids and solids and gases. Attention will be focused on aspects and applications of chemistry most pertinent to engineering.
4 credits
Co-requisites: Differential Equations and Physics II
Course Description:
This course establishes the fundamental properties of circuits with application to modern electronics. Topics include circuit analysis methods, operational amplifiers, basic filter circuits, and elementary transistor principles. The laboratory experiments are coupled closely with the lectures.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Differential Equations, Introduction to Programming
Corequisite: Linear Algebra
Course Description:
This course teaches introduction to signal processing. Topics include frequencybased representations: Fourier analysis and synthesis; discrete-time linear systems: input/output relationships, filtering, spectral response; analog-to-digital and digital-to-analog conversion; continuous time signals and linear timeinvariant systems: frequency response and continuous-time Fourier transform.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Programming
Course Description:
This course provides a strong foundation in the principles, practices, and art of computer systems programming using the C and C++ programming languages. Students will learn procedural programming in C and how to theoretically analyse and practically implement basic data structures and algorithms. Students will transition to C++ to explore object-oriented, generic, functional, and concurrent programming before exploring advanced data structures and algorithms involving trees, tables, and graphs. Students will explore systems programming using the POSIX standard library. The course includes a series of programming assignments for students to put the principles they have learned into practice.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Programming
Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to the design and implementation of digital circuits and microprocessors. Topics include transistor network design, Boolean algebra, combinational circuits, sequential circuits, finite state machine design, processor pipelines, and memory hierarchy. Design methodology using both discrete components and hardware description languages is covered in the laboratory portion of the course.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Physics II, Differential equations, Introduction to Circuits for Electrical Engineers
Course Description:
This course covers static, quasi-static, and dynamic electromagnetic fields and waves. Topics include Maxwell’s equations (integral and differential forms), fields of charge and current distributions, boundary conditions, fields near conductors, method of images, material polarization and dielectrics; energy, work, and power in electromagnetic systems; wave propagation and polarization, waves in media (dielectrics, conductors, and anisotropic materials); reflection, transmission, and refraction at media interfaces; guided waves in transmission lines, Smith charts, transients; metallic and dielectric waveguides; radiation and antennas, antenna arrays, electric circuits for transmission and reception, aperture antennas and diffraction.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Engineering, Programming language
Course Description:
This is an interdisciplinary design project course which involves students from different engineering and computer science programs. In this course, students will engage in a holistic design approach to Intelligent Physical Systems which can perceive, reason about, and act upon their environment. This course includes topics on algorithms, sensors, actuators, power, and mechanics. Students will learn the value and trade-offs between theory, simulation, and physical implementations, and gain familiarity with rapid prototyping techniques, system debugging, teamwork, leadership skills, time management, and how to disseminate work to a broader audience through wiki-pages.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Signals and Information
Course Description:
This course focuses on developing a toolbox of techniques to process and analyse real-world signals, model them under uncertainty/noise, and make decisions about them. Highlights of the course will include sampling, filtering, multirate signal processing, intro to statistical signal processing including Wiener and Kalman filtering, and the foundations of computer vision. The course will aim to include a broad range of applications including audio/music, imaging, and data analytics. The coursework includes a design project to emphasize design experiences.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Circuits for Electrical Engineers
Course Description:
This course covers the analysis and design of control systems with emphasis on modelling, state variable representation, computer solutions, modern design principles, and laboratory techniques. Topics include Modelling and dynamic response, Root locus design method, Frequency response design methods, Statespace design.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Signals and Systems
Course Description:
This course teaches modern electric power system modelling, analysis, and computation with a focus on analysis techniques appropriate for power system modelling, analysis, and power flow computation. Topics include transmission line models, transformers and per unit system, generator models, network matrices, power flow analysis and computation, real and reactive power control, voltage control, economic dispatch.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Circuits for Electrical Engineers
Course Description:
This course provides a quantitative, practical introduction to a wide range of renewable energy systems. Topics include wind resource and turbines, Photovoltaic Cells, Solar Resource, Photovoltaic Systems, energy and financial performance of green energy projects; integration of green energy into the power grid, Demand Side Management, Economics of Energy Efficiency.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Circuits for Electrical Engineers
Course Description:
This course introduces the basic devices and circuits in modern microelectronics. Students learn not only basic structures and operations of semiconductor devices through simple models (diodes, CMOS, and BJT) but also how to analyse and design basic transistor modules in digital and analog circuits including biasing, amplifiers, filters, logic gates, and memory. The course introduces intuitive design methods to map circuit specifications to transistor topology, as well as first-order time-constant estimation. SPICE and measurement labs accompany the progress in lectures for hands-on experiences.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Digital Logic and Computer Organization
Course Description:
This course provides an introduction to the design of embedded systems, with an emphasis on understanding the interaction between hardware, software, and the physical world. Topics covered include assembly language programming, interrupts, I/O, concurrency management, scheduling, resource management, and real-time constraints.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Embedded Systems
Course Description:
This course teaches basic networking with an emphasis on the Internet. Examples of topics include the World Wide Web, Email and Peer to Peer networks, data transmission and data encoding, circuit vs. packet switching, local area network technology, routing and switching, congestion control, network security, wireless networks, and multimedia. Though the emphasis will be on the Internet, application modules on 4G/5G cellular, WiFi (802.11), and Bluetooth will be presented.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Probability and Statistics, Signals and Information
Course Description:
The course covers communication theory, transceiver algorithms that enable reliable communication, wireless channels, and modern communication standards (such as 3GPP LTE and WiFi). The students will design a working audio band communication system that relies on orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM).
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Control Systems
Course Description:
This course covers System modelling and analysis, System structural properties, Feedback system design, Optimum feedback control, Introduction to the minimum principle.
4 credits
Pre-requisites: Control Systems
Course Description:
This course introduces fundamental concepts in robotics and applications. Topics include basics of manipulators, coordinate transformation and kinematics, trajectory planning, control techniques, sensors and devices, robot applications in industrial automation.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Circuits for Electrical Engineers
Course Description:
This course teaches major power electronics concepts, from both systems and components perspectives and design considerations for switching power conversion. Topics include switching conversion and analysis, DC-DC converters, rectifiers and switched capacitor circuits, inverters, power semiconductors in converters, feedback control for converters, control modeling, and design, AC-AC conversion, resonance in converters.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Introduction to Electric Power Systems
Course Description:
This course teaches the operation of modern electric power distribution systems with the integration of renewable energy sources. Topics include the operation of distribution systems, power quality, solar power systems, wind power systems, system efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Calculus II
Taking with Linear Algebra simultaneously is not recommended.
Course Description:
This course gives an introduction to ordinary and partial differential equations. Topics include first order equations (separable, linear, homogeneous, exact); mathematical modelling (e.g., population growth, terminal velocity); qualitative methods (slope fields, phase plots, equilibria and stability); numerical methods; second order equations (method of undetermined coefficients, application to oscillations and resonance, boundary value problems and eigenvalues); and Fourier series. A substantial part of this course involves partial differential equations, such as the heat equation, the wave equation, and Laplace’s equation.
3 credits
Pre-requisites: Physics I
Course Description:
This course covers electrostatics, the behavior of matter in electric fields, DC circuits, magnetic fields, Faraday’s law, AC circuits, and electromagnetic waves.
2 credits
Pre-requisites: Physics II (Electromagnetism), Calculus II
Course Description:
This course covers the physics of oscillations and wave phenomena, including driven oscillations and resonance, mechanical waves, sound waves, electromagnetic waves, standing waves, Doppler effect, polarization, wave reflection and transmission, interference, diffraction, geometric optics and optical instruments, wave properties of particles, particles in potential wells, light emission and absorption, and quantum tunnelling.