Undergraduates.

Sample Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Program with an Economics Dual Major [with Advanced Math Placement]

• Departmental Requirements for an Economics Major (BS level): Ten courses in Economics, which must include the core courses ECON 51D, 55D, 105D, 110D and 139D. The remaining courses must be at the 100-level or above, excluding ECON 151, 182, 183 and 888. These requirements are reflected in the above sample program. It is suggested that students wishing to pursue a second major in Economics discuss their specific program with the Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS) in Economics and with their ECE faculty adviser.

  This sample program does not include any Free Electives (any Duke course counting toward the BSE degree beyond those courses required for the dual major). Free electives and increased flexibility for Study Abroad, for example, could result from additional AP credit in mathematics (for MATH 32, Calculus II), from AP credit for the SS-H course shown (see the SS-H Note below), from additional program overload (5 or more courses in a semester), or from summer courses. Overload is not recommended for the First Year.

• SS-H: Social Sciences & Humanities electives: Because at least two of the five ECON courses are in the Social Sciences (SS) area of knowledge, two of the three remaining required SS-H courses must be distributed among at least two of the three knowledge areas Arts, Literatures, and Performance (ALP); Civilizations (CZ); and Foreign Languages (FL). If appropriate for a student's goals, one or two of those three courses could be ECON courses chosen from the set belong to both SS and CZ areas -- for example, ECON 132, 136, 138, 140 & 150 -- and counted as CZ courses. It is strongly recommended that students discuss their selection of upper-level ECON courses with the DUS in Economics and the SS-H requirements with their ECE Faculty Adviser or the ECE DUS.

  It is assumed that by a combination of ECON courses in the CZ area and up to two AP SS-H credits only one explicit SS-H course must be taken. This appears in the sample program as SS-H. If there are AP credits in the ALP area, even this SS-H course might not be required, in which case a Free Elective could be elected or the course load in one of the 5-course semesters reduced.

• WRITING 20: University Writing Program, required in first year.
• CHEM 21L: AP credit CHEM 19 is also acceptable.
• PHYSICS 61L & 62L: Matriculating students who have AP credit for PHYSICS 61L (but not 62L) take PHYSICS 62L; those who have AP credit for PHYSICS 61L and 62L take PHYSICS 63L; and international students who have credit for the equivalent of PHYSICS 51L & 52L take PHYSICS 143L.
• STA 113 is recommended but students may substitute MATH 135 or ECE 255.
• ECE Concentration Electives: Four courses selected from the set approved for the ECE program. Courses must be selected from at least two areas, and at least two courses must be from the same area.
• ECE Elective: Any ECE course at the 100 level or above except ECE 148L, which latter course may be taken as as a general Elective.
• ECON Elective: Any ECON course at the 100 level or above, excluding ECON 151, 182, 183, and 888.
• Approved Design Elective: Approved Electrical Engineering Design Elective, required in Junior or Senior year. Currently ECE 123, 135, 154, 164, 251 and 261 are approved. The same course may not be used as a Concentration Elective and count as a required Design Elective or ECE Elective
• Independent Study: Accepted for up to two of the Elective ECE Courses and for any of the Free Electives, but not for any other required course in the ECE Program.