2021-2022
Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (accelerated masters degree option)
VCU
Community college:
Associate of Science: Engineering (Northern Virginia Community College)
Associate degree
Program description
The profession of electrical engineering touches all aspects of our lives in that electrical engineers design and fabricate devices and systems critical in applications such as computing, communications, health care, manufacturing and automation, power generation and utilization, transportation, and entertainment. An element very important to these and many other applications is the microelectronic device or system.
Electrical engineers play an ever increasing role in the design and building of major facets of today’s and tomorrow’s health care systems and medical research through the application of microelectronic instrumentation and diagnostic tools such as MRI and CAT scan systems. The field of electrical engineering truly permeates every facet of our lives and thus provides excellent employment opportunities to the general practitioner or specialist in more than 35 different subspecialties.
Career opportunities
Electrical engineers design, develop, test, and supervise the manufacture of electrical equipment. Some of this equipment includes electric motors; machinery controls, lighting, and wiring in buildings; radar and navigation systems; communications systems; and power generation, control, and transmission devices used by electric utilities. Electrical engineers specialize in areas such as communications, signal processing, and control systems or have a specialty within one of these areas—control systems or aviation electronics, for example.
Bachelor-level job titles
- Automation Engineer
- Automotive Engineer
- Control Systems Engineer
- Design Engineer
- Electrical Engineer
- Mechatronics Engineer
- Photonics Engineer
- Power Systems Engineer
- Robotics Engineer
- Solar Energy Systems Engineer
Graduate and professional level job titles
- College Professor
- Firmware Engineer
- Research & Development Engineer
- Systems Engineer/Manager
Contact information
Telephone: (804) 827-1349
Email: transferinfo@vcu.edu
VCCS Transfer Planning Checklist
Telephone: (804) 828-1222 or (800) 841-3638
Email: ugrad@vcu.edu
Apply Here.
Guaranteed transfer admission requirements
Review requirements of Engineering Admission Agreement
Completion of associate degree (A.S. in Engineering or A.S. in Science)
Minimum GPA of 3.0
All courses must be completed with a grade of "C" or better
Earn a minimum grade of "B" in all your math, science and engineering classes
Degree requirements in Bulletin
Plan of study in Bulletin
Requirements
Highest level of math required
- MATH 201 or higher
Science required
- 5+ additional science courses
Foreign language requirements
- No
Additional tuition/fees
- Yes
GPA requirements (to progress/graduate in the major)
- 2.0+ cumulative GPA, 2.0+ major GPA
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2021-2022
Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (accelerated masters degree option)
Northern Virginia Community College (Associate of Science: Engineering)
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Explore
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
- Register for SDV 100.
- Cultivate relationships with your professors.
- Meet with your academic advisor or counselor each semester.
- Use Navigate to connect with your advisor and create a program plan.
- Be prepared for academic challenges in your ENG, CHM, EGR, and MTH classes. Use tutoring resources to get ahead.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
- Volunteer for service learning or community service projects.
- Learn about the admissions process by speaking with the VCU Transfer Admissions representative at NOVA.
- Get involved with student clubs and organizations.
- Visit the VCU Transfer Admissions webpage.
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
- Attend cultural events at NOVA and/or VCU and celebrate diversity.
- Attend VCU’s annual Intercultural Festival or another community intercultural event.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Browse careers related to Electrical Engineering through the NOVA career planning system.
- Explore the community college’s iGrad’s Job Genius Search Engine to look into building a career and financial future.
- Build a LinkedIn profile.
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
- Take a career assessment through the NOVA career planning system.
- Assess your preparation for a career by completing a Gap Analysis.
- Familiarize yourself with the Career Services offered at Community College and explore VCU's Career Pathways.
- Practice independent living skills (such as money management, self-care, time management, and personal responsibility).
- Understand how you will fund your education by taking advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.
Experience
MAXIMIZE COURSE AND DEGREE PLANNING
- Meet with your academic advisor or counselor.
- Complete requirements for the associate’s degree. Earn at least a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0.
- Continue to use tutoring resources to get ahead.
- Research scholarship opportunities and explore your eligibility for the Two-Year College Transfer Grant.
- Explore the accelerated BS to MS in Electrical Engineering program.
GET CONNECTED WITH YOUR COMMUNITY
- Visit the VCU campus and attend a transfer admission session.
- Research housing for next year.
- Review VCU's College of Engineering website for course requirements and possible connections with faculty and peers.
DEVELOP CULTURAL AGILITY
- Learn about short-term, semester and year-long study abroad options at VCU.
- Get involved with service-learning opportunities.
- Continue to partner with diversity leader/ facilitator/ mentor to move towards cultural competence.
- Attend diversity-focused events on campus and in your community (i.e. international festival).
- Become familiar with OMSA at VCU.
EXPLORE CAREERS AND DEVELOP ESSENTIAL SKILLS
- Speak with employers that visit campus throughout the year.
- Acquire career related experience (e.g., job, internship, organization involvement).
- Run for leadership in your student organization.
- If your GPA is 3.5 or higher, consider applying for the VCU Honors College.
- Find out about VCU REAL and learn about REAL graduation requirement.
PREPARING FOR LIFE AFTER COLLEGE
- Use the cost calculator to estimate your tuition/fees as an upperclassman at VCU.
- Take advantage of free Financial Aid counseling.
- Conduct informational interviews or shadow someone in a field of career interest.
- Using LinkedIn, connect to at least 10 people. Check out the VCU alumni page in My Network.
- Consider who you would like to have serve as professional and academic references for future letters of recommendation.
- Explore the types of aid available at VCU.
Recommended courses
2021-2022
Electrical Engineering, Bachelor of Science (accelerated masters degree option)
Northern Virginia Community College (Associate of Science: Engineering)
| Course | Title | Equivalent course | Credits | Requirements |
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| SDV 100 (or SDV 101) | College Success Skills | UNIV 101 | 1 | Elective |
| ENG 111 | College Composition I Note: students with credit for AP English Language and Composition will only receive credit for UNIV 111 at VCU and should take ENG 112 to fulfill the VCU composition requirement. | UNIV 111-112 | 3 | General education |
| CST | May be selected from the following: CST 100, CST 110, CST 126, or CST 229. | SPCH | 3 | Elective |
| Humanities/Fine Arts | PHI 220 Ethics | PHIL 201 | 3 | Major (Ancillary) |
| MTH 263 | Calculus I (earn minimum grade of "B") | MATH 200 | 4 | Major (Ancillary) |
| Social/Behavioral Science | ECO 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (students who complete both ECO 201-202 will fulfill the ECON 205 requirement) | ECON 211 | 3 | Major (Ancillary) |
| EGR 121 | Foundations of Engineering (earn minimum grade of "B") Note: students who complete EGR 121-122 will fulfill the EGRE 101 requirement | ENGR 2XX | 2 | Elective |
| ENG 112 | College Composition II | UNIV 200 | 3 | General education |
| MTH 264 | Calculus II (earn minimum grade of “B”) | MATH 201 | 4 | Major (Ancillary) |
| PHYS 231 | University Physics I (earn minimum grade of “B”) | PHYS 207 | 5 | Major (Ancillary) |
| Technical Elective 1 | CHM 111 General Chemistry I (earn minimum grade of "B") | CHEM/Z 101 | 4 | Major (Ancillary) |
| Technical Elective 2 | EGR 122 Engineering Design (earn minimum grade of "B") Note: EGR 121 + EGR 122 = EGRE 101 | EGRE 101 | 3 | Major |
| Technical Elective 3 | EGR 251 Basic Electric Circuits I (earn minimum grade of "B") Note: students who complete both EGR 251 and 255 will fulfill the EGRE 206 requirement. | EGRE 206 | 3 | Major |
| MTH 265 | Calculus III (earn minimum grade of “B”) | MATH 307 | 4 | Major (Ancillary) |
| PHY 232 | University Physics II (earn minimum grade of “B”) | PHYS 208 | 5 | Major (Ancillary) |
| Social/Behavioral Science | ECO 202 Principles of Microeconomics (students who complete both ECO 201-202 will fulfill the ECON 205 requirement) | ECON 210 | 3 | Major (Ancillary) |
| Humanities/Fine Arts | (Select 1): CST 151 Film Appreciation I OR ENG 241 Survey of American Literature I OR ENG 242 Survey of American Literature II OR ENG 243 Survey of English Literature I OR ENG 244 Survey of English Literature II OR ENG 251 Survey of World Literature I OR ENG 252 Survey of World Literature II | VCU equivalent | 3 | General education |
| MTH 267 | Differential Equations (earn minimum grade of “B”) | MATH 301 | 3 | Major (Ancillary) |
| Technical Elective 4 | EGR 265 Digital Electronics and Logic Design (earn minimum grade of "B") | EGRE 254 | 3 | Major |
| Technical Elective 5 | EGR 255 Electric Circuits Laboratory (earn minimum grade of "B") Note: students who complete both EGR 251 and 255 will fulfill the EGRE 206 requirement. | ENGR 2XX | 1 | Elective |
| Technical Elective 6 | EGR 126 Computer Programming for Engineers (earn minimum grade of "B") | EGRE 245 | 3 | Major |
| Northern Virginia Credits Transferred to VCU | 66 | |||
| Course | Title | Credits | Requirements |
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| EGRE 207 | Electric Circuits II | 4 | Major |
| EGRE 246 | Advanced Engineering Programming | 3 | Major |
| EGRE 303 | Electronic Devices | 3 | Major |
| EGRE 306 | Introduction to Microelectronics | 4 | Major |
| EGRE 309 | Introduction to Electromagnetic Fields | 3 | Major |
| EGRE 310 | Electromagnetic Fields and Waves | 3 | Major |
| EGRE 335 | Signals and Systems | 4 | Major |
| EGRE 336 | Introduction to Communication Systems | 3 | Major |
| EGRE 337 | Statistical Information Processing | 3 | Major |
| EGRE 364 | Microcomputer Systems | 4 | Major |
| ENGR 402 + ENGR 403 | Senior Design Studio (Seminar) + Senior Design Studio (Seminar) | 2 | Major |
| EGRE | Select one of the following sequences: EGRE 404 + EGRE 405 OR EGRE 406 + EGRE 407 | 4 | Major |
| Technical electives | 18 | Major | |
| SPCH 321 | Speech for Business and the Professions | 3 | Major (Ancillary) |
| Open electives | 3 | Elective | |
| Credits completed at VCU | 64 | ||
| Bachelor's degree total | 130 | ||