Electrical Engineering

The College of Engineering is jointly managed by Florida State University and Florida A & M University. Full-time daytime courses are offered by full-time resident faculty and through interactive television and web-based distance learning. The Florida State University Panama City Electrical and Computer Engineering program offers two majors (in Electrical or Computer) leading to the Bachelor of Science. The program is fully accredited by ABET, Inc. and fully recognized by the Professional Engineering Boards. The ECE program provides all required courses in a face-to-face instructional environment utilizing the state-of-the-art laboratories, classrooms and educational facilities available at FSU Panama City. The ECE program at FSU Panama City is designed with the students’ success in mind. With class sizes averaging fewer than 12, students benefit from a personal teaching environment and individual attention. Both full and part time schedules are available. A faculty adviser will work with students to create a program of study that meets each student’s unique needs. A Master's degree program is also offered. The electrical engineering major is a broad-based program emphasizing all aspects of the profession’s practice, including Circuits, Controls, Digital Communications, Electromagnetic Fields, and Power Systems.

Numerous scholarships including the $7,500/year National Science Foundation and other forms of financial aids are available to ECE students. Recent studies indicate electrical and computer engineering are the best paying undergraduate majors in the United States. Local and National Opportunity, growth, and security are excellent . Average starting salary for our ECE graduates typically is around $55k. Choose Florida State University Panama City for a nationally recognized degree in this high demand field of study.

Florida State University Panama City Advising

Katherine Kamback
Academic Advisor
kkamback@pc.fsu.edu• Phone: (850)770-2263

Dr. Jerome Barnes, Electrical and Computer Engineering
Florida State University Panama City
Holley Academic Center, A211-S
(850) 770-2261, wbarnes@pc.fsu.edu

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering Degree Requirements

The Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering requires 127 semester credit hours for graduation.  This includes:

General Education (24 semester hours): FSU Panama City Electrical and Computer Engineering undergraduate applicants have to meet FSU Liberal Studies (Gordon Rule, history, social science, literature, arts & humanities, foreign language, and CLAST) requirements to be admitted to the program.  These courses are not offered at the FSU Panama City Campus (FSU-PC) and must be completed at Gulf Coast State College (GCSC), Chipola College, or another institution.  An AA degree from a Florida public college or university satisfies the General Education requirements.

Engineering Core (23 semester hours): The engineering core consists of General Chemistry with Lab (CHM-1045, 3 hours, CHM-1045L, 1 hour), Physics I and II with Lab (10 hours, PHY-2048C and PHY-2049C) which must be taken at other institutions such as GCSC.  [FSU’s PHY-2048C = GCSC’s PHY-2048 plus PHY-2048L; FSU’s PHY-2049C = GCSC’s PHY-2049 plus PHY-2049L.]  The remaining core courses, Engineering Mechanics (4 hours, EGM-3512), Thermodynamics (2 hours, EML-3100), and Programming I (3 hours, COP-3014) are taken at FSU-PC.  EGN-1004L 1^st yr Engr. Lab (1 hr) is waived with pre-engr. AA.

Math Core (20 semester hours): The math core consists of Calculus (with Analytic Geometry) I and II (4 hours each, MAC-2311, 2312), Calculus III (5 hours, MAC-2313) and Differential Equations (3 hours, MAP 2302) taken at other institutions such as GCSC, and Linear Algebra (4 hours, MAS 3105) taken at FSU-PC.

Required Electrical Engineering Courses (38 semester hours): These courses are:

Technical Electives (22 semester hours): All Electrical Engineering students are required to complete 21 hours of technical electives and one hour of laboratory elective.  Four of the following six "Tier 2" courses must be included within these technical electives:  EEL-4710 Intro. to FPLD's, EEL-4351 SS Electronic Devices, EEL-4652 Controls, EEL-4510 Digital Signal Processing, EEL-3473 Electromagnetic Fields II, and EEL-3216 Fundamentals of Power Systems.  Three hours may be taken in a technical area outside of electrical engineering from approved list (MAA 4402, Complex Variables is one).

Suggested Course Sequence

FSU Multicultural Requirement:  In the past these GCSC courses have satisfied FSU’s multicultural requirement:  AML 2600,  LIT 2380,  REL 2121,  REL 2300,  or SYG 2010.  (See FSU-PC Admissions and Records for details).  FSU-PC also offers courses meeting this requirement.

FSU Oral Competency is satisfied by the combination of EEL 4911C and EEL 4915C (Senior Design I and II).

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Questions regarding the electrical or computer engineering program may be sent to:

Dr. Jerome Barnes, Electrical Engineering Department
Florida State University Panama City
HAC A211S
850 770.2261 - wbarnes@pc.fsu.edu -  Fax: 850.872.2083

Dr. Geoffrey Brooks, Electrical Engineering Department
Florida State University Panama City
HAC A211R
850.770.2247 - gbrooks@pc.fsu.edu - Fax 850.872.2083

Dr. Clayton Hughes, Electrical Engineering Department
Florida State University Panama City
HAC A211Q
850 770.2254 - chughes@pc.fsu.edu - Fax: 850.872.2083 

For admission information contact the FSU Panama City Campus Office of Admissions and Records, (850) 772-2160 or visit www.pc.fsu.edu