Engineering Technology
Electrical Engineering Technology Concentration
The Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) concentration prepares graduates that can design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacturing, installation, and maintenance of electrical and electronic equipment, components, or systems for commercial, industrial, military, or medical use. EET graduates are experienced, accomplished, and self-motivated problem solvers who can work through technical challenges and present practical solutions to maintain and support industry-leading products and systems. The program prepares students to work across a variety of functional groups that are directly involved in engineering, product development, implementation, and international contract manufacturing.
The EET concentration provides an extensive background in electric circuit analysis and electronics. Students are required to study digital and analog electronics, digital computer design, analysis of electric power systems, and renewable energy.
During the first three years, students in engineering technology take electrical, mechanical, computer, and industrial courses to get a solid, multidisciplinary, systematic background in different engineering fields. Students are required to complete general and concentration engineering technology courses, technical electives, and free elective courses that permit students great latitude in tailoring the program of study to match their career goals.
Additional Information
For more information, please contact Gerry Willis at gtm23@drexel.edu or 215-895-6253.
Degree Requirements
| Humanites and Social Sciences Requirements | ||
| COM 230 | Techniques of Speaking | 3.0 |
| ENGL 101 | Composition and Rhetoric I: Inquiry and Exploratory Research | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 111 | English Composition I | |
| ENGL 102 | Composition and Rhetoric II: Advanced Research and Evidence-Based Writing | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 112 | English Composition II | |
| ENGL 103 | Composition and Rhetoric III: Themes and Genres | 3.0 |
| or ENGL 113 | English Composition III | |
| HIST 285 | Technology in Historical Perspective | 4.0 |
| PHIL 315 | Engineering Ethics | 3.0 |
| General Education Electives * | 9.0 | |
| Basic Science Requirements | ||
| Chemistry Requirements ** | 3.5-7.0 | |
| General Chemistry I and General Chemistry I | ||
| OR | ||
| General Chemistry I | ||
| Physics Requirements | ||
| PHYS 152 | Introductory Physics I | 4.0 |
| PHYS 153 | Introductory Physics II | 4.0 |
| PHYS 154 | Introductory Physics III | 4.0 |
| Mathematics Requirements *** | 3.0-6.0 | |
| Algebra, Functions, and Trigonometry | ||
| OR | ||
| Precalculus | ||
| MATH 121 | Calculus I | 4.0 |
| MATH 122 | Calculus II | 4.0 |
| STAT 201 | Introduction to Business Statistics | 4.0 |
| Engineering Technology Core | ||
| EET 102 | Introduction to Engineering Technology | 3.0 |
| EET 201 | Circuit Analysis I | 4.0 |
| EET 202 | Circuit Analysis II | 4.0 |
| EET 204 | Introduction to Nanotechnology | 3.0 |
| EET 205 | Digital Electronics | 4.0 |
| EET 208 | Introduction to Programming for Embedded Systems | 3.0 |
| EET 209 | Fundamentals of Virtual Instrumentation | 3.0 |
| EET 311 | Modeling of Engineering Systems | 4.0 |
| EET 319 | PLC Fundamentals | 4.0 |
| EET 320 | Renewable Energy Systems | 3.0 |
| EET 333 [WI] | Non-Destructive Evaluation of Materials | 4.0 |
| EET 401 | Applied Microcontrollers | 4.0 |
| INDE 240 | Technology Economics | 3.0 |
| INDE 370 | Industrial Project Management | 3.0 |
| MET 100 | Graphical Communication | 3.0 |
| MET 101 | Engineering Materials | 3.0 |
| MET 204 | Applied Quality Control | 3.0 |
| MET 205 | Robotics and Mechatronics | 3.0 |
| MET 209 | Fluid Power | 4.0 |
| MET 213 | Applied Mechanics | 4.0 |
| MHT 205 | Thermodynamics I | 3.0 |
| MHT 226 | Measurement Techniques and Instrumentation | 3.0 |
| Electrical Engineering Technology Concentration Requirements | ||
| EET 206 | Analog Electronics I | 4.0 |
| EET 313 | Signals and Systems I | 4.0 |
| EET 317 | Analog Electronics II | 4.0 |
| EET 322 | Energy Conversion | 4.0 |
| EET 323 | Electrical Systems Design | 3.0 |
| EET 324 | Power Electronics | 4.0 |
| EET 325 | Microprocessors | 3.0 |
| Electrical Engineering Technology (EET) Electives † | 6.0 | |
| Capstone Course Requirements | ||
| MET 421 [WI] | Senior Design Project I | 3.0 |
| MET 422 | Senior Design Project II | 3.0 |
| MET 423 [WI] | Senior Design Project III | 3.0 |
| Miscellaneous | ||
| COOP 101 | Career Management and Professional Development †† | 1.0 |
| CIVC 101 | Introduction to Civic Engagement | 1.0 |
| UNIV E101 | The Drexel Experience | 1.0 |
| Free electives | 9.0 | |
| Total Credits | 186.5-193.0 | |
| * | |
| ** | CHEM sequence is determined by the student's Chemistry Placement Exam score and the completion of a summer online preparatory course available based on that score. |
| *** | MATH course is determined by the student's Calculus Placement Exam score and the completion of any summer online preparatory courses available based on that score. |
| † | Select 6.0 additional credits from any BET, EET, MET, MHT or INDE courses not already required. See advisor for specific courses. |
| †† | Students not participating in co-op will not take COOP 101; 1 credit of Free Elective will be added in place of COOP 101. |
Writing-Intensive Course Requirements
In order to graduate, all students must pass three writing-intensive courses after their freshman year. Two writing-intensive courses must be in a student's major. The third can be in any discipline. Students are advised to take one writing-intensive class each year, beginning with the sophomore year, and to avoid “clustering” these courses near the end of their matriculation. Transfer students need to meet with an academic advisor to review the number of writing-intensive courses required to graduate.
A "WI" next to a course in this catalog may indicate that this course can fulfill a writing-intensive requirement. For the most up-to-date list of writing-intensive courses being offered, students should check the Writing Intensive Course List at the University Writing Program. Students scheduling their courses can also conduct a search for courses with the attribute "WI" to bring up a list of all writing-intensive courses available that term.
Sample Plan of Study
4 year, no co-op
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| CHEM 101* | 3.5 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | EET 209 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | EET 208 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| EET 102 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | MATH 122 | 4.0 | ||
| MATH 110** | 3.0 | MATH 121 | 4.0 | MET 101 | 3.0 | ||
| PHYS 152 | 4.0 | MET 100 | 3.0 | PHYS 154 | 4.0 | ||
| UNIV E101 | 1.0 | PHYS 153 | 4.0 | ||||
| 17.5 | 18 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| EET 201 | 4.0 | EET 202 | 4.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | VACATION | |
| EET 333 | 4.0 | EET 204 | 3.0 | EET 311 | 4.0 | ||
| MET 209 | 4.0 | EET 205 | 4.0 | EET 319 | 4.0 | ||
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | MET 205 | 3.0 | MET 213 | 4.0 | ||
| MHT 205 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 15 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| EET 320 | 3.0 | EET 206 | 4.0 | EET 313 | 4.0 | VACATION | |
| EET 401 | 4.0 | EET 322 | 4.0 | EET 317 | 4.0 | ||
| INDE 240 | 3.0 | EET 324 | 4.0 | EET 323 | 3.0 | ||
| MET 204 | 3.0 | PHIL 315 | 3.0 | INDE 370 | 3.0 | ||
| MHT 226 | 3.0 | Free elective | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 15 | 17 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| HIST 285 | 4.0 | MET 422 | 3.0 | EET 325 | 3.0 | ||
| MET 421 | 3.0 | Free elective | 4.0 | MET 423 | 3.0 | ||
| General Education elective*** | 3.0 | General Education elective*** | 3.0 | Free elective | 3.0 | ||
| Technical elective† | 3.0 | Technical elective† | 3.0 | General Education elective*** | 3.0 | ||
| 13 | 13 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 186.5 | |||||||
| * | CHEM course is determined by the student's Chemistry Placement Exam score and the completion of a summer online preparatory course available based on that score. |
| ** | MATH course is determined by the student's Calculus Placement Exam score and the completion of any summer online preparatory courses available based on that score. |
| *** | |
| † | Select 6.0 additional credits from any BET, EET, MET, MHT or INDE courses not already required. See advisor for specific courses. |
4 year, one co-op
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| CHEM 101* | 3.5 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | COOP 101*** | 1.0 | VACATION | |
| EET 102 | 3.0 | EET 208 | 3.0 | EET 209 | 3.0 | ||
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 110** | 3.0 | MATH 121 | 4.0 | MATH 122 | 4.0 | ||
| PHYS 152 | 4.0 | MET 100 | 3.0 | MET 101 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV E101 | 1.0 | PHYS 153 | 4.0 | PHYS 154 | 4.0 | ||
| 17.5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| EET 201 | 4.0 | EET 202 | 4.0 | COM 230 | 3.0 | EET 320 | 3.0 |
| EET 333 | 4.0 | EET 204 | 3.0 | EET 311 | 4.0 | EET 401 | 4.0 |
| MET 209 | 4.0 | EET 205 | 4.0 | EET 319 | 4.0 | INDE 240 | 3.0 |
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | MET 205 | 3.0 | MET 213 | 4.0 | MET 204 | 3.0 |
| MHT 205 | 3.0 | MHT 226 | 3.0 | ||||
| 16 | 17 | 15 | 16 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| EET 206 | 4.0 | EET 313 | 4.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| EET 322 | 4.0 | EET 317 | 4.0 | ||||
| EET 324 | 4.0 | EET 323 | 3.0 | ||||
| PHIL 315 | 3.0 | INDE 370 | 3.0 | ||||
| Free elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| MET 421 | 3.0 | MET 422 | 3.0 | EET 325 | 3.0 | ||
| HIST 285 | 4.0 | Free elective | 3.0 | MET 423 | 3.0 | ||
| General Education elective† | 3.0 | General Education elective† | 3.0 | Free elective | 3.0 | ||
| Technical elective†† | 3.0 | Technical elective†† | 3.0 | General Education elective† | 3.0 | ||
| 13 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 186.5 | |||||||
| * | CHEM course is determined by the student's Chemistry Placement Exam score and the completion of a summer online preparatory course available based on that score. |
| ** | MATH course is determined by the student's Calculus Placement Exam score and the completion of any summer online preparatory courses available based on that score. |
| *** | COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |
| † | |
| †† | Select 6.0 additional credits from any BET, EET, MET, MHT or INDE courses not already required. See advisor for specific courses. |
5 Year, 3 co-op
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| CHEM 101* | 3.5 | CIVC 101 | 1.0 | COOP 101*** | 1.0 | VACATION | |
| ENGL 101 or 111 | 3.0 | EET 208 | 3.0 | EET 209 | 3.0 | ||
| EET 102 | 3.0 | ENGL 102 or 112 | 3.0 | ENGL 103 or 113 | 3.0 | ||
| MATH 110** | 3.0 | MATH 121 | 4.0 | MATH 122 | 4.0 | ||
| PHYS 152 | 4.0 | MET 100 | 3.0 | MET 101 | 3.0 | ||
| UNIV E101 | 1.0 | PHYS 153 | 4.0 | PHYS 154 | 4.0 | ||
| 17.5 | 18 | 18 | 0 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| EET 201 | 4.0 | EET 202 | 4.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| EET 333 | 4.0 | EET 204 | 3.0 | ||||
| MET 209 | 4.0 | EET 205 | 4.0 | ||||
| STAT 201 | 4.0 | MET 205 | 3.0 | ||||
| MHT 205 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 16 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Third Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| COM 230 | 3.0 | EET 320 | 3.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| EET 311 | 4.0 | EET 401 | 4.0 | ||||
| EET 319 | 4.0 | INDE 240 | 3.0 | ||||
| MET 213 | 4.0 | MET 204 | 3.0 | ||||
| MHT 226 | 3.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fourth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| EET 206 | 4.0 | EET 313 | 4.0 | COOP EXPERIENCE | COOP EXPERIENCE | ||
| EET 322 | 4.0 | EET 317 | 4.0 | ||||
| EET 324 | 4.0 | EET 323 | 3.0 | ||||
| PHIL 315 | 3.0 | INDE 370 | 3.0 | ||||
| Free elective | 3.0 | ||||||
| 15 | 17 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| Fifth Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| HIST 285 | 4.0 | MET 422 | 3.0 | EET 325 | 3.0 | ||
| MET 421 | 3.0 | Free elective | 3.0 | MET 423 | 3.0 | ||
| General Education elective† | 3.0 | General Education elective† | 3.0 | Free elective | 3.0 | ||
| Technical elective†† | 3.0 | Technical elective†† | 3.0 | General Education elective† | 3.0 | ||
| 13 | 12 | 12 | |||||
| Total Credits 186.5 | |||||||
| * | CHEM course is determined by the student's Chemistry Placement Exam score and the completion of a summer online preparatory course available based on that score. |
| ** | MATH course is determined by the student's Calculus Placement Exam score and the completion of any summer online preparatory courses available based on that score. |
| *** | COOP 101 registration is determined by the co-op cycle assigned and may be scheduled in a different term. Select students may be eligible to take COOP 001 in place of COOP 101. |
| † | |
| †† | Select 6.0 additional credits from any BET, EET, MET, MHT or INDE courses not already required. See advisor for specific courses. |
