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Exceptional undergraduate students can enroll in the combined bachelor's/master's program, earning a BS and MS in Electrical Engineering more quickly by completing at least 139 credits. Electrical engineering is a cornerstone of contemporary technology, revolutionizing all aspects of daily life. Professionals in this field engage in research, development, design, production, and management of diverse devices and systems, such as dependable, secure, and fast communication networks, self-driving cars, robotics, multi-agent systems, nano-scale integrated circuits, and sensors crucial for the internet-of-things. Additional electrical engineering innovations encompass smartphones, tablets, and other advanced computing devices, along with wearable tech like health-tracking bands, biomedical systems including prosthetic devices, and brain-computer interfaces. The electrical engineering curriculum provides a wide range of courses, equipping students for various career paths. Practical design and simulation are integral to the program, with labs and projects embedded in multiple courses. The program concludes with a year-long senior design project, allowing each student to collaborate in a team to design, innovate, and construct a working hardware system, applying learned concepts.