{"id":561484,"date":"2021-08-23T13:14:18","date_gmt":"2021-08-23T17:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/ece\/?page_id=561484"},"modified":"2026-04-29T10:01:08","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T14:01:08","slug":"study-focus-areas-for-undergraduates","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/engineering.jhu.edu\/ece\/academics\/undergraduate-studies\/degree-options\/study-focus-areas-for-undergraduates\/","title":{"rendered":"Study Focus Areas for Undergraduates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) offers classes in many different intellectual areas within ECE&#8217;s fields. Here, elective classes are organized into overlapping focus areas to help students plan their courses of study. Specializing in a focus area is optional, and students are encouraged to work with their academic advisor to tailor a program to their individual interests. Note that not all courses listed are guaranteed to be taught every year.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\">Required Courses for ECE Undergraduate Students<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Required Courses<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; height: 696px;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Course Number<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Term<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\"><strong>Course Name<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">520.123<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Computational Models for ECE<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">520.142<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Digital System Fundamentals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">520.214<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Signals and Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">520.219<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Electromagnetics [EE only]<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">520.225<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Advanced Digital Systems <em>[CE only, choose one of 520.225 or 601.229]<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">520.230<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Mastering Electronics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">520.231<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Mastering Electronics Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">601.220<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">F\/S\/Su<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Intermediate Programming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">601.226<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">F\/S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Data Structures <em>[CE only]<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 25px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">601.229<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">F\/S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; height: 25px; text-align: center;\">Computer Systems Fundamentals <em>[CE only, choose one of 520.225 or 601.229]<\/em><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"height: 365px;\">\n<td style=\"width: 33.1437%; text-align: center; height: 365px;\"><strong>EN.661.315<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>EN.660.310<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>EN.660.463<\/p>\n<p>or<\/p>\n<p>EN.660.455<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.0014%; text-align: center; height: 365px;\"><strong>F\/S\/Su<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Spring 2024<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fall<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Fall<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.7127%; text-align: center; height: 365px;\"><strong><em>Culture of the Engineering Profession <\/em><\/strong><strong><em>(preferred course)<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cases in Workplace Ethics<\/p>\n<p>Engineering Management &amp; Leadership<\/p>\n<p>Reimagining the City in the Face of Climate Change<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 24pt;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">ECE Focus Areas for Undergraduate Studies<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #000080;\">Area 1: Computing Systems<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Term<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.216<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to VLSI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.344<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Digital Signal Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.349<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Microprocessor Lab I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.353<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Control Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.412<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Learning for Signal Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.417<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Computation for Engineers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.418<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Modern Convex Optimization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.424<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">FPGA Synthesis Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.440<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Intelligence on Embedded Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Information Theory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.448<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Electronics Design Laboratory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.450<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Advanced Micro-Processor Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.485<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Advanced Semiconductor Devices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.414<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Computer Networks<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.415<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Databases<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.418<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Operating Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.420<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Parallel Programming<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.421<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F\/S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Object Oriented Software Engineering<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.428<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Compilers and Interpreters<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.433<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F\/S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Algorithms<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.476<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Learning: Data to Models<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Area 2: Integrated Circuits and Microsystems<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Term<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.216<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to VLSI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.302<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Internet of Things Project Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.240<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Mechatronics<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.349<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Microprocessor Lab I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.424<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">FPGA Synthesis Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.440<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Intelligence on Embedded Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.448<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Electronics Design Laboratory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.450<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Advanced Micro-Processor Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.491<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">CAD Design of Digital VLSI<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.492<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Mixed Signal VLSI Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">530.495<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Microfabrication Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.414<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Computer Networking Fundamentals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.418<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Operating Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Area 3: Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Term<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.302<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Internet of Things Project Lab<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.315<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Bio-Inspired Processing of Audio-Visual Signals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.344<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Digital Signal Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.353<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Control Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.385<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Signals, Systems &amp; Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.412<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Learning for Signal Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.414<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Image Processing &amp; Analysis<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.415<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Image Processing &amp; Analysis II<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.417<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Computation for Engineers<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.418<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Modern Convex for Optimization<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.438<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Deep Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.440<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Intelligence on Embedded Systems<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.445<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Audio Signal Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.447<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Information Theory<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.454<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Control Systems Design<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.465<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Perception<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.471<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F\/S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Speech Technologies Reading Group<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.454<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Augmented Reality<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.464<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F\/S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Artificial Intelligence<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">601.465<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Natural Language Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000080;\"><strong>Area 4: Medical Imaging<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Number<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Term<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Course Name<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.150<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Light, Image, and Vision<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.220<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Electromagnetic Waves<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.315<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Bio-Inspired Processing of Audio-Visual Signals<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.344<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Digital Signal Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.385<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Signals, Systems &amp; Learning<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.403<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Introduction to Optical Instruments<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.405<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">S<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Advanced Optical and Optoelectronic Instruments and Devices<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.412<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Machine Learning for Signal Processing<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">520.414<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">F<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; text-align: center;\">Image Processing and Analysis I<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 33.3333%; 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