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Electrical Engineering Minor

Advising – Declare the EE Minor

A Minor in Electrical Engineering (EE) provides an avenue for a diverse education for students and can enhance your experience with any number of other fields. EE provides you with all the tools you need to be a leader in technology, scientific discovery, or any career of your choice. Not to mention, EE gives you some of employers’ most sought-after skillsets!

Program Information

To declare a minor in EE, you’ll need:

  • To be declared in a major (other than CE or EE!)
  • To have finished at least one full semester at U of M
  • An overall GPA of 2.0 or better
  • To have credit (either by transfer or letter grade) for at least one class in each of the following categories
    • Calculus (such as MATH 115, 116, 120, 121)
    • Calculus based physics lectures (such as PHYSICS 140 or 160) or chemistry lecture (CHEM 130)
    • Required engineering courses (such as ENGR 100, 101, 151 or EECS 180)

For more information about the structure of this program, see the guide below:

EE Minor Program Guide

Many program options and applications, including:

computer on the edge of a nickel

Circuits and Solid State

  •  Biomedical Devices
  • Electronics of Any Kind
  • Environmental Monitoring
  • Sensing Applications
  • Computers
  • Energy-Saving Devices
  • Lighting and Displays
  • High and Low Power Circuits
lasers

Electromagnetics and Optics

  • Antennas
  • Homeland Security
  • Remote Sensing
  • Weather and Environment
  • Biomedical Applications
  • Laser Applications
  • Space Applications
  • Wireless Technologies
signal & image processing and machine learning

Systems (Communications, Control, Signal Processing)

  • Energy and Power Systems
  • Musical Devices
  • Information Technology
  • Robotics
  • Electric Vehicles
  • Medical Scans
  • Networks
  • Statistics

The EE Minor is a great option for students in the following majors:

  • Engineering Majors – EE impacts all current engineering practice
  • Business – high tech entrepreneurship, technology industry
  • Life Sciences and Pre-Med – electronics, signal processing, electromagnetics for patient treatment
  • Mathematics – algorithms for a wide variety of applications
  • Physical Sciences – complex electronics and signal processing to collect and analyze data
  • Pre-Law – patents, energy, transportation, medicine