Electrical Engineering Online, BS

Admission Requirements

Admission Criteria for the Upper-Division Electrical Engineering Online Program

Qualified transfer students not currently matriculated at Stony Brook University who have indicated their interest in the major on their application, and have completed the required prerequisite courses for the EEO program, may apply to this upper-division (final two years of the Bachelor’s degree) program through the SUNY application.

The following are minimum admission requirements:

1. A minimum 3.0 cumulative grade point average in the following courses, with no grade in any of them below C, from regionally accredited institutions or recognized by the Program on Noncollegiate Sponsored Instruction of the State of New York and recorded on official transcripts:
   • College Calculus I
   • College Calculus II
   • College Calculus III
   • Introduction to Differential Equations
2. A minimum grade of C in the following General Education Course from the Stony Brook Curriculum (SBC):
   ​WRT Write Effectively in English: an English composition course judged to be equivalent to WRT 102  (U.S. equivalent writing course)

Acceptance into the Major

Pre-majors are placed into the Area of Interest (AOI) program and to be eligible for the degree, they must be admitted to and declare the major. The requirements and application process for matriculation are detailed below. Students admitted to other programs follow the same admissions process as students in the AOI program.

**Note: Students pursuing a Bachelor of Eningeering may not apply for a double major in the Electrical Engineering Online program. Students with a minor in Electrical Engineering may not pursue the Electrical Engineering Online program.

Intellectual honesty and academic integrity are cornerstones of academic and scholarly work. The department may table any applications for major/minor admission until academic judiciary matters are resolved. An academic judiciary matter will be identified by a grade of “Q” in the instance of a first offense.

Applications for major admission are reviewed twice per year and must be received by January 5 for Spring admission and June 5 for Fall admission. Students who submit their application on time will be admitted if they meet the following requirements:

• Completion of at least 9 credits of mathematics, physics, and electrical engineering online courses required for the major (excluding EEO 300  and EEO 302 ),
• Earned a G.P.A. of 3.00 or higher in all mathematics, physics, and engineering courses (excluding EEO 300  and EEO 302 ) applicable to major requirements with no more than one grade less than C.

Students must complete these requirements no later than one year after they enroll in the first course that applies towards major entry. Students must apply for admission by the application deadline immediately following completion of the above requirements, but no later than the one year limit. Admission of AOI students and other CEAS students who apply late will follow the process of Non-CEAS Students and Double Major Applicants below.

Requirements for the Major

The major in Electrical Engineering Online leads to the Bachelor of Science degree. Completion of the major requires approximately 66 credits. In addition to the following major requirements, students must also complete the Stony Brook Curriculum general degree requirements.

Note: Requirements and courses marked with an (*) are typically completed via transfer credit prior to matriculation.

SBC Courses

SBC Courses

This table illustrates major courses that can also be used to fulfill SBC requirements. (See Note 1 & Note 2)

Note 1: Some course information may be subject to change. Please contact your major advisor for additional consultation.

Note 2: For majors that require study in a related area or completion of a minor, visit the respective program’s “Major SBC Courses” page to view expanded SBC options. 

Note 3: Denotes any course in which students can choose from more than one option. These may include, but are not limited to, major electives, concentration/track/specialization courses, or calculus/physics/chemistry sequences.

Note 4: CEAS majors, the Athletic Training major, the Respiratory Care major, and the Clinical Laboratory Sciences major are exempt from the LANG learning objective. Students enrolled in the major in Social Work are exempt from the LANG learning objective, but are required to enroll in and pass with a letter grade of C or higher the first semester of an elementary foreign language course numbered 111, or satisfy through alternate methods.

Note 5: Students are responsible for completing the general education requirements published in the Bulletin that was current as of the first semester of matriculation (or rematriculation). The following student groups must satisfy the DIV learning objective as part of their degree requirements:

• Freshmen who matriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later
• Transfer students who matriculate in the Spring of 2020 or later
• Students who rematriculate in the Fall of 2019 or later

Sample Course Sequence