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Undergraduate Core Audit

Audience

Learners auditing a full undergraduate-level EE core

Final outcome

Covers mathematics, natural science, engineering core, laboratory practice, and capstone-style design for completeness auditing without claiming accreditation.

Stages

Stage 0: diagnostics and tools

Selection rule: Complete all 6 required courses.

Stage exit criterion: Earn at least 80% on a timed diagnostic and reproduce the acquisition, unit checks, and fitting workflow for one mechanics or electromagnetics experiment in a single repository; every plot must rebuild on another machine using only the README.

Stage 1: circuits and dynamics

Selection rule: Complete all 3 required courses; use the other 1 option only to close a specific gap.

Stage exit criterion: Derive state-space and frequency-domain models for a second-order circuit from its differential equation, then measure or simulate its step and swept-frequency responses; dominant pole, DC gain, and bandwidth must each agree with prediction within 5%.

Stage 2: probability, digital, and fields

Selection rule: Complete all 4 required courses.

Stage exit criterion: Implement a digital module driven by stochastic inputs with at least 1,000 reproducible test vectors and submit an electromagnetic model of its interconnect; logic mismatches must be zero and simulated power-balance residual must stay below 5%.

Stage 3: laboratory and fabrication

Selection rule: Complete all 3 required courses.

Stage exit criterion: Fabricate and commission a PCB containing an analog front end and digital control, preserving traceable calibration data, a test matrix of at least ten operating points, rework history, and hardware photographs; every requirement must map to test evidence.

Stage 4: concentration choices

Selection rule: Complete all 1 required course and choose 2 of 5 elective options.

Stage exit criterion: Integrate the signal-processing spine with two selected concentrations in one design review, defining at least two subsystem metrics per concentration and validating them with simulation, measurement, or public data; the final report must include interface risks and one failed iteration.

Execution rules

  • Follow each stage's selection rule: complete every required course and the stated number of electives; when complete path options are provided, choose one and finish every course in its listed order; use optional supplements only to close a specific gap.
  • Produce at least one reproducible artifact per stage and include failed attempts in the retrospective.
  • Work involving mains voltage, high voltage, RF exposure, lasers, chemicals, or fabrication equipment requires local-law compliance and qualified supervision.