Electrical Engineering
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Fayetteville, AR 72701
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Future Students
Electrical Engineering at U of A
What Can I do with My Degree?
Electrical Engineers can do anything from developing new integrated circuits to helping a medical team create new devices to help save lives! The opportunities are endless!
Some examples:
- Power Plant Designer
- Substation Engineer
- Engineering Manager
- Manufacturing Engineer
- Power Electronics Designer
- Analog Circuit Designer
- Image Sensor Arrays Designer
Graduates from the University of Arkansas's EE program have gone on to work for dozens of highlevel organizations such as:
- Boeing
- Texas Instruments
- NASA
- Wolfspeed
- Northrop-Grumman
- Walmart
With a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Arkansas, you really can do anything!

Quick Facts
Department:
Electrical Engineering
Average Starting Salary:
$66,000*
Graduation Rate:
84.9%*
Internship Required:
No
*Based on most recent Career Development Center Outcomes Report
Request Information Apply NowFrequently Asked Questions
Starting your freshman year, you will be taking a lot of classes that give you the foundational tools to necessary to be successful in Electrical Engineering. These include, but are not limited to: Introduction to Engineering I and II, Calculus I and II, and Composition I and II, and a least one science electives.
During your Sophomore year, you will start taking classes in Electrical Engineering. Along with other classes, you will take the two most important classes of you undergraduate career. These two classes (Circuits I and Circuits II) are the foundation for almost all of the classes you will take for the next three years.
During your first two years, you will be taking classes with experts in the field of Electrical Engineering. After these years, you will be ready for classes which will prepare you for your career in Electrical Engineering. You will also have the option of working on undergraduate research in world-class labs.
The four-year curriculum plan lays out the entire plan of study. For a complete list of classes see the course descriptions. The Interactive Flow Chart is a visual tool to guide students through the flow of pre-, co-, and post-requisites.
As part of our commitment to you, our program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org/. As such, we have incorporated student outcomes which are aligned with the mission of ABET. It is our desire that when you graduate you will (at a minimum) have
1. an ability to identify, formulate, and solve complex engineering problems by applying principles of engineering, science, and mathematics
2. 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
3. an ability to communicate effectively with a range of audiences
4. 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
5. 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
6. an ability to develop and conduct appropriate experimentation, analyze and interpret data, and use engineering judgment to draw conclusion
7. an ability to acquire and apply new knowledge as needed, using appropriate learning strategies.
Graduating from U of A | |||
---|---|---|---|
Began |
4th year |
5th year |
6th year |
2003 |
14.3% |
50.0% |
55.6% |
2004 |
21.7% |
57.1% |
57.1% |
2005 |
30.8% |
44.0% |
52.0% |
2006 |
37.5% |
62.5% |
66.7% |
2007 |
58.3% |
75.0% |
80.0% |
2008 |
41.7% |
60.0% |
66.7% |
2009 |
60.9% |
78.3% |
81.8% |
2010 |
61.1% |
64.1% |
75.7% |
2011 |
55.6% |
80.6% |
|
2012 |
38.2% |
If you are transferring to the University of Arkansas and wish to transfer credits from another school, they must comply with the Transfer Course Equivalency Guides. In most cases, mathematics courses and humanities courses can be transferred. Physics courses only transfer if they have calculus as a prerequisite. Engineering courses only transfer if you took them in a department who's Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering is accredited through ABET (Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology), and they have calculus as a prerequisite.
These rules are general. They do not guarantee that a course will transfer. The final decision on whether a course will transfer will be made by the Associate Department Chair of the Department of Electrical Engineering.