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The Major: The Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering is concerned with theory, design, development and application of computer systems and information processing techniques.

The computer engineering curriculum provides a balance among computer systems, hardware and software as well as theory and applications. Graduates can pursue graduate studies in computer science and engineering or they can choose from many different careers related to computers and their applications in high technology environments.

Opportunities for cooperative education provide students a better understanding of the industrial applications of computer and information technologies. By properly choosing electives, students can specialize in computer systems, computer communications, networking, computer vision, pattern recognition, expert systems and multi-media systems.

Computer and Information Science and Engineering Minor: This minor, administered by the Department of Computer and Information Science and Engineering, provides the academic background in the application of computers to scientific and engineering problems and to prepare students for graduate study in computer-related disciplines.

Computer engineering majors (CEN) in the CISE and ECE departments and computer and information sciences majors in the colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences and Business Administration are not eligible for this minor.

The minor requires a 2.5 GPA to apply and completion of the following courses with grades of C or better:

Note: At least three of the CIS, COT, CDA and COP courses must be taken at UF.

The department offers the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering and the Bachelor of Science in Digital Arts and Sciences. In addition, the CISE department offers a Bachelor of Science with a major in computer science through the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration with a major in computer and information sciences through the Warrington College of Business Administration. Please refer to these college sections in this catalog.

Students begin the master’s program while seniors and can double count up to 12 hours of graduate courses for both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. Seniors admitted to the program are eligible for a teaching or research assistantship.

Program admission requires satisfaction of graduate school admission requirements, a junior-senior year GPA of 3.3, senior status (4EG), completion of pre-engineering requirements and 20 credit hours of the college and department core.

• To educate undergraduate and graduate majors as well as the broader campus community in the fundamental concepts of the computing discipline,
• To create and disseminate computing knowledge and technology, and
• To use our expertise in computing to help society solve problems.

The objective of the program leading to the Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering is to provide students with a strong theoretical and practical background in computer hardware and software, along with the engineering analysis, design and implementation skills necessary to work between the two.

A computer engineer is someone with the ability to design a complete computer system from its circuits to its operating system to the algorithms that run on it. Although one can consider software and hardware separately, a computer engineer must take a more holistic approach.

If an electronic device is to be called a computer, it must produce mathematically meaningful results. Similarly, any useful theory of computing must be physically realizable. The synthesis of the theory and algorithm that must take place before any useful computing can be achieved is the job of the computer engineer, and to produce such engineers is the mission of this program.

A computer engineer will:

• Be adept at the fundamental theory and practice of computer science and electrical engineering, as it applies to computer hardware and software.
• Understand all the elements required to design a complete computer system (hardware and software).
• Understand the interaction between hardware and software.
• Have the analysis, design and implementation skills necessary to solve problems using computer engineering principles and techniques.
• Understand the ethical, legal and social issues in the discipline, and in the engineering discipline in general.

A minimum grade of C or higher is required in ENC 2210 and CIS 3020 and 3023. In addition, CISE requires all computer engineering students to maintain a cumulative, upper-division and department grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

Students who do not meet these requirements will be placed on academic probation and be required to prepare a probation contract with a CISE adviser. Students normally are given two terms in which to remove their deficit points; however, students who do not satisfy the conditions of the first term of probation may be dismissed from the department.

To remain ‘on track’ for this major a student must meet the following critical-tracking criteria. Critical-tracking courses appear in bold.

• 2.0 UF GPA required semesters 1-5
• 2.5 GPA on all critical-tracking course work for semesters 1-5
• Complete 1 of 8 tracking courses with a minimum grade of C within 2 attempts (CHM 2045, CHM 2046 or approved biological science course, MAC 2311, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, MAP 2302, PHY 2048, PHY 2049)

• Complete 1 additional course with a minimum grade of C within 2 attempts

• Complete 2 additional courses with a minimum grade of C within 2 attempts

• Complete 2 additional courses with a minimum grade of C within 2 attempts

• Complete all 8 critical-tracking courses with a minimum grade of C in each course within 2 attempts

1 Or take CHM 2051, PHY 2464, a 3000-level or higher PHY course, or a 2000-level or higher non-CHM or non-PHY course with a (P) or (B) designation.

2 Or take MAS 4105, Linear Algebra 1.

3From approved list of engineering core courses.

4 Or take EEL 3135, Discrete Time Signals.

5 Technical electives from approved list; 12 of the 18 hours must be CISE courses.

6 Or take EEL 4713C, Digital Computer Arch.

7 Or take STA 3032, Engineering Statistics, and STA 4033, Computational Statistics.

www.ece.ufl.edu

The area of computer engineering has become a major part of electrical engineering, so much so that a separate degree is offered.

Computer engineering, in a broad sense, deals with the body of knowledge that forms the theoretical and practical basis for the storage, retrieval, processing, analysis, recognition and display of information. It also includes the design and implementation of computer systems and peripheral devices for information handling and engineering applications.

The computer engineering degree provides an academic program and research environment to obtain knowledge and skills in digital hardware, microprocessors, software systems and computer applications. In the hardware courses, students study the functional behavior of integrated circuit components and the design of complex digital systems. In the software system courses, students receive hands-on operating experience in different aspects of system software and their relations to hardware facilities. Courses in computer engineering also deal with pattern processing, machine intelligence and information system design and evaluation.

Electives are taken according to individual interest to permit a student to delve more deeply into subject matter previously introduced. Students can specialize in the areas of computer system architecture, computer communications, computer network architecture, computer systems and controls, machine learning, man-machine interaction, robotics and machine intelligence. Technical electives must be taken from an approved list.

Students who want to take their technical electives in hardware would pursue the computer degree through the ECE department. Students who want to take their technical electives in software would pursue the computer degree through the CISE department.

To remain ‘on track’ for this major a student must meet the following critical-tracking criteria. Critical-tracking courses appear in bold.

• 2.0 UF GPA required semesters 1-5
• 2.5 GPA on all critical-tracking course work for semesters 1-5
• Complete 1 of 8 tracking courses with a minimum grade of C+ within 2 attempts (CHM 2045, CHM 2046 or approved biological science course, MAC 2311, MAC 2312, MAC 2313, MAP 2302, PHY 2048, PHY 2049)

• Complete 1 additional course with a minimum grade of C+ within 2 attempts

• Complete 2 additional courses with a minimum grade of C+ within 2 attempts

• Complete 2 additional courses with a minimum grade of C+ within 2 attempts

• Complete all 8 critical-tracking courses with a minimum grade of C+ in each course within 2 attempts

1 Or CHM 2046, General Chemistry 2

2 Or CIS 3022 and CIS 3023 for students with no Java programming experience.

3 Or MAS 4105, Linear Algebra

4 Any EEL-prefixed course not required for the degree except EEL 3003

5 Courses from an approved list