All freshman-year course requirements must be completed in order to register for any ECE courses, with the exception of ECE 32700, an IUPUI General Education Core Social Sciences course.
*TCM 36000 requires a grade of C or higher in both ENG-W131 and COMM-R110
Students must have senior standing in the degree program to take ECE48700, the first of the two-course senior design sequence.
For students admitted to the School of Engineering & Technology with a declared major of Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering in Fall 2016 or later, a minimum grade of C- is required in courses listed below.
*TCM 36000 requires a grade of C or higher in both ENG-W 131 and COMM-R 110
**CSCI 36200 requires a grade of C- or higher in both CSCI 24000 and CSCI 34000.
The use of any transfer credit to fulfill a degree requirement must be approved by the Faculty in the ECE department.
ECE policy on testing: Except for general education courses chosen from the Cultural Understanding, Arts and Humanities, and Social Sciences lists, the ECE department requires that all courses used toward the degree have in-person, proctored exams. Video proctoring is not acceptable as in-person proctoring.
Pre- and corequisites for courses are strictly enforced.
The ECE Department Faculty enforces all pre- and co-requisites, including minimum grade requirements. All minimum grade requirements must be satisfied for a pre- or co-requisite to be completed. Pre- and co-requisites for courses include the specific courses listed, and all pre- and co- requisites of those listed courses.
For instance, you must have a grade of C- or higher in ECE 20100, PHYS 25100, and MATH 26100 in order to satisfy the pre-requisites for ECE 20200. A grade lower than C- in any one of those courses means that the requisites have not been satisfied, and you cannot take ECE 20200.
If you have registered for a course and do not meet the course requisites, you must drop or withdraw from the course. Enrollment in a class does not entitle a student to remain in the course without meeting ECE Department requirements, course requisites, and minimum grades.
When the term 'senior' or 'senior standing' is used by the ECE Department as a pre-requisite, or in course or degree program information, this refers to senior standing in the degree program.
All beginning students are required to complete ENGR 12500 and ENGR 19600, whether they begin in the School of Engineering and Technology or in University College. No student will be allowed to take ECE courses until all freshman-year requirements have been completed.
Transfer from Freshman Engineering to the ECE Department requires the completion of all freshman-year courses (28 credit hours), with an average GPA of 2.0.
Beginning students in NSAAC may register for the third semester while still advised by NSAAC (during the second semester). They may not continue to register for ECE courses beyond the first three semesters until they have completed all freshman-year courses and their files are moved to the ECE department, with the exception of ECE 32700 (IUPUI General Education Core course).
Transfer StudentsProcess of Moving Transfer Students from NSAAC to ECE
Start in New Student Academic Advising Center (NSAAC)
The use of any transfer credit to fulfill a degree requirement must be approved by the Faculty in the ECE department. The ECE department does not accept transfer credit for engineering required or elective courses at the 30000-level or higher, with the exception of some Purdue University courses. The ECE department will not accept transfer credit for courses that do not require proctored, in-person exams. The ECE department will not accept transfer credit for courses taken at other instutions if the transfer course conflicts with an IUPUI course.
Transfer credit used to meet any degree requirements must have equivalent course content. For example: physics may not be used for math; chemistry may not be used for ENGR 12500; etc.
NOTE: If transfer credit is used for a pre- or co-requisite course, this must be approved using the ECE Transfer Credit Approval form BEFORE that student may take the dependent course. For example, a student using transfer credit for ECE 20100 (pre-requisite course) may not enroll in ECE 20200 (dependent course) until the use of transfer credit is approved.
ECE 49600 is an independent projects course and is not to be used to make up lab and course credit deficiencies for transfer students. There will be special ECE 49500 sections as needed for this purpose.
Courses transferred from Purdue University must have an earned grade of C- or higher to be used on the ECE Department’s BSE, BSEE or BSCmpE plan of study.
For current electrical or computer engineering students, whether in the ECE Department, NSAAC, or University College, any substitution on the plan of study must be approved in advance, whether the course is taken at IUPUI or is transferred from another university. The student must submit the Student Petition for Course Substitution with supporting documents to obtain this approval.
Use of transfer credit by students in dual degree or consortium programs must be approved as described above unless there is a program-specific course equivalency table approved by the ECE chair. All course equivalency tables are subject to periodic review and updates to reflect possible changes in course content and program requirements.
Requests for faculty approval of the use of transfer credit must be submitted to the ECE academic advisor or course coordinator, using an ECE Transfer Credit Approval form (not a Course Directive form). The course coordinator and department chair will review and either approve or deny the request.
The NSAAC Advisor prepares the Petition for Course Directive (Substitution) form, attaches the ECE Transfer Credit Approval and supporting documentation, and routes to the ECE department.
Special Credit for freshman engineering courses will be accepted only if the credit is based on knowledge, credentials, or life or learning experiences acquired prior to the semester when students usually take the course (e.g., first semester of freshman year). Evidence of such knowledge, credentials, or life or learning experiences must show attainment of the course outcomes.
The ECE Department will not accept Special Credit for use on the plan of study if a student has previously attempted the course, but failed to pass or complete it.
