Academics
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Below are listed all current courses offered by the UW Department of Electrical Engineering. Check with the EE Advising Office about which quarters any specific 400 level course is offered.
Changes or additions to this list may be made by the advising staff by editing the course database.
135 The Digital World of Multimedia (4)
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205 Introduction to Signal Conditioning (4)
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215 Fundamentals of Electrical Engineering (4)
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233 Circuit Theory (5)
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235 Continuous Time Linear Systems (5)
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271 Digital Circuits and Systems (5)
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331 Devices and Circuits I (5)
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332 Devices and Circuits II (5)
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341 Discrete Time Linear Systems (5)
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351 Energy Systems (5)
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361 Applied Electromagnetics (5)
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398 Introduction to Professional Issues (1)
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399 Special Topics in Electrical Engineering (1-5, max 5)
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401 Engineering Design by Teams: Robotics I (4)
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402 Engineering Design by Teams: Robotics II (5)
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406 Engineering Design for K-12 Outreach (3)
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415 Computer-Aided System Analysis and Design (3)
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416 Random Signals for Communications and Signal Processing (4)
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417 Modern Wireless Communications (4)
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418 Network Security and Cryptography (3)
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420 Design in Communications (4)
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423 Introduction to Synthetic Biology (3)
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424 Advanced Systems and Synthetic Biology (3)
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425 Laboratory Methods in Synthetic Biology (4)
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433 Analog Circuit Design (5)
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436 Medical Instrumentation (4)
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440 Introduction to Digital Imaging Systems (4)
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442 Digital Signals and Filtering (3)
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443 Design and Application of Digital Signal Processors (5)
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447 Control System Analysis I (4)
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448 Control Systems Sensors and Actuators (3)
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449 Design of Automatic Control Systems (4)
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452 Power Electronics Design (5)
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453 Electric Drives (5)
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454 Power System Analysis (4)
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455 Power System Dynamics and Protection (4)
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456 Computer-Aided Design In Power Systems (4)
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457 Electric Energy Distribution Systems (4)
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461 Introduction to Computer-Communication Networks (4)
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465 Fiber Optics, Devices, and Applications (4)
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467 Antennas: Analysis and Design (4)
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471 Computer Design and Organization (5)
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472 Microcomputer Systems (5)
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473 Linear Integrated Circuits (5)
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476 Digital Integrated Circuit Design (5)
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477 VLSI II (5)
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478 Design of Computer Subsystems (5)
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480 Microwave Engineering I (4)
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481 Microwave Electronic Design (4)
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482 Semiconductor Devices (4)
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484 Sensors and Sensor Systems (4)
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485 Introduction to Photonics (4)
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486 Fundamentals of Integrated Circuit Technology (3)
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490 Reading and Research (1-5, max 25)
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491 Undergraduate Seminar (1, max 2)
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499 Special Projects (2-5, max 10)
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500 Graduate Seminar (1, max 9 C/NC)
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501 Radar Remote Sensing (3)
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502 Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (4)
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503 Modelings of MEMS (4)
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505 Probability and Random Processes (4)
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506 Fundamentals of Wireless Communications (4)
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507 Communication Theory II (3)
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508 Stochastic Processes (3)
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510 Mathematical Foundations of System Theory (4)
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511 Introduction to Statistical Learning (4)
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512 Graphical Models in Pattern Recognition (4)
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514 Information Theory I (4)
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515 Information Theory II (4)
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516 Computer Speech Processing (4)
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517 Statistical Language Processing (4)
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518 Digital Signal Processing (4)
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519 Stochastic Analysis of Data from Physical Systems (4)
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520 Spectral Analysis of Time Series (4)
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523 Introduction to Synthetic Biology (3)
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524 Advanced Systems and Synthetic Biology (3)
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525 VLSI II (5)
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526 VLSI III (4)
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527 Solid-State Laboratory Techniques (4)
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528 Physics and Modeling of VLSI Fabrication (4)
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529 Semiconductor Optics (4)
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530 Wavelets: Data Analysis, Algorithms, and Theory (3)
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531 Semiconductor Devices & Device Simulation (4)
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533 Photodetectors and Photodetection (4)
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534 Power Electronics (4)
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536 Design of Analog Integrated Circuits and Systems (4)
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537 Computational Methods For Circuit Analysis and Simulation (3)
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538 Topics in Electronic Circuit Design (1-5, max 16)
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539 Advanced Topics in Solid-State Electronics (1-5, max 16)
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540 VLSI Testing (4)
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541 Automatic Layout of Integrated Circuits (4)
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542 Advanced Embedded Systems Design (5)
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543 Models of Robot Manipulation (3)
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544 Advanced Robot Manipulation (4)
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545 Intelligent Control of Autonomous Robots (4)
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546 Advanced Topics in Control System Theory (1-5, max 16)
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547 Linear Systems Theory (4)
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548 Linear Multivariable Control (3)
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549 State Estimation and Kalman Filtering (3)
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550 Nonlinear Optimal Control (3)
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551 Wind Energy (4)
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552 Power System Dynamics and Control (4)
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553 Power System Economics (4)
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554 Large Electric Energy Systems Analysis (4)
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555 Fundamentals of Intelligent Systems (4)
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559 Special Topics in Electrical Energy Systems (1-5, max 16)
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562 Artificial Intelligence For Engineers (3)
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565 Computer-Communication Networks I (4)
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566 Computer-Communication Networks II (3)
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567 Mobile Radio Networks (4)
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568 Image Processing Computer Systems (4)
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570 Manifolds and Geometry for Systems and Control (3)
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571 High Frequency Circuits and Antennas: Computation of Fields (4)
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572 Electromagnetic Theory and Applications I (4)
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573 Electromagnetic Computations and Applications I (4)
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574 Electromagnetic Computations and Applications II (4)
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575 Waves in Random Media (4)
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576 Computer Vision (3)
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577 Special Topics in Computer Vision (3)
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578 Optimization in System Sciences (3)
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579 Advanced Topics in Electromagnetics, Optics and Acoustics (1-5, max 16)
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580 Geometric Methods for Non-Linear Control Systems (3)
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581 Digital Control (3)
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582 Introduction to Discrete Event Systems (3)
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583 Nonlinear Control Systems (3)
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585 System Identification and Adaptive Control (3)
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586 Digital Video Coding Systems (4)
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587 Multimedia Compression and Networking (4)
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589 Advanced Topics in Sensors and Sensor Systems (3)
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590 Advanced Topics in Digital Computers and Systems (2-5, max 16)
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591 Robotics and Control Systems Colloquium (1, max 3)
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592 Electrical Engineering Research Survey Seminar (1, max 2)
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593 Feedforward Control (3)
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594 Robust Control (3)
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595 Advanced Topics in Communication Theory (1-5, max 16)
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596 Advanced Topics in Signal and Image Processing (2-5, max 16)
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597 Networked Dynamics Systems (3)
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599 Selected Topics in Electrical Engineering (*)
600 Independent Study Or Research (*)
700 Master's Thesis (*)
800 Doctoral Dissertation (*)
