4 Years of Electrical Engineering in 26 Minutes

Electrical Engineering curriculum, course by course, by Ali Alqaraghuli, an electrical engineering PhD student. All the electrical engineering classes are laid out in this video.
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Timestamps:
0:00 Electrical engineering curriculum introduction
1:15 First year of electrical engineering
5:05 Second year of electrical engineering
14:00 Third year of electrical engineering
23:35 Fourth year of electrical engineering
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[@alithedazzling]

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[@TmoneyProductions]

As a 5th year EE student I would highly recommend anyone that is interested to pursue this degree it may be difficult but if it was easy than everyone would do it !

[@Shannon_Robbie]

I took a few electrical and electronics courses and found it very difficult to comprehend. Probably because you can't see electricity. It's interesting though so I try to keep refreshing the info so I don't forget but it's not easy.

[@Skeptic_Von_Rahm]

I mean its not neccessarly hard, but the new concepts are tought to get along with

[@pliniomoraes2674]

@@Shannon_Robbie put some leds and you can

[@_Cfocus]

You contradicted yourself by saying "everyone" then denying it in your last sentence

[@TmoneyProductions]

@@_Cfocus touché

[@SlimMilli]

While in college my buddy/roommate got his EE degree. Watched that kid do 2-6 hours of homework every single night. He graduated in 4 years due to immense determination and hard work. Quite a sight to see really.

[@n9nedots]

This has me hyped! I’m a bit anxious because I’m starting school a little late (27 because I joined the military first). However, I’m also excited since I’m super passionate about this kind of stuff. I appreciate you taking the time to make this video!!

[@alithedazzling]

your previous experience will definitely be helpful in all areas of life, so definitely do not be anxious!! When I went through these classes I was younger so I did not have much of an appreciation for them, I feel like you definitely would appreciate them more now that you are entering at a more mature state. Best of luck!!!

[@robertjr8205]

This is inspirational for me since I’m 23 barely going transfer by next spring and feel like I’m way too behind. You got this bro! I’m finishing up my final calculus class and differential equations and physics. If I can do it, you can tho man with ease! Goodluck!

[@KewiNeves]

Hey you got this! I'm 27 aswell I'm in second year

[@kohlrabenschwanz]

@@alithedazzling lol i wonder how old somebody needs to be to enjoy calc 3 XD

[@donnyking5635]

im right there with you im a crayon eater and never gave math the attention it deserved so ive been trying to hammer down on the fundamentals before i start college

[@Larry00000]

This is memory lane for me. I graduated in 1969 where there was still much about electron tubes. We used FORTRAN which was welcomed after having to use machine language. It's good to see the statistics course.

[@iconoclast281]

1969 I was not even bone yet. I used Fortran about 10 years ago in my Final Year Chemical Engineering project to solve a system of partial differential and algebraic equations for an air separation unit. Was quite a learning curve. I used got exposed to machine language through a science expo project I did in high school.

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

Wow. Sir. Great to hear from a senior. FORTRAN is interesting language. But they did not have a mouse back then. Keyboard was only option. I want to learn FORTRAN.

[@geraldwesley]

Ain't go lie this got me a little scared of electrical engineering

[@alithedazzling]

Nah man, you will learn everything along the way, its not that bad if you find it interesting

[@geraldwesley]

@@alithedazzling I hope because that the thing am interested in

[@MohammedAhmed-dc5be]

Too late now I’m 1.5 years in

[@Lil_electrician]

@@MohammedAhmed-dc5be lmfao

[@treeross]

This got me excited for the video

[@jonnycap7974]

As a EE grad, this is such a great explanation of the degree and what all the courses teach you. I can see some comments worried about being able to make it through. I took 6 years to get my degree, but I kept pushing, made it, and it was so worth it.

[@alithedazzling]

People need to hear this -- thank you for commenting

[@maybe_its_maybelline6381]

One question I have is about internships. Because I’m planning to go back to school while working but i don’t think I’ll have the time for internships so are they really that important? Where they for you?

[@dumbdavinchi3638]

I am in second year of EE and i suffered in electromagnetics quite a lot and probably might even fail, your story gives me hope

[@maitreyajambhulkar]

Why did you took 6 years to complete your degree?

[@ChainsawChristmas]

​@@maitreyajambhulkarnot everyone can be a full time student. I'm 40 and in my junior year of EE. I had a full time job, wife, kid, bills, etc. I started at 37 to get my bachelor's in EE after getting a degree earlier in life that wasn't nearly as difficult. But, putting food on the table is far more important than taking one extra class. The world can wait.

[@maazawan7629]

From a 10 year professional, this has to be one of the best summaries out there. The guy explained every aspect in a way that would appeal to high school students and motivate them to take BEE as an education path

[@Winsky82]

BEE? dont tell me the B stands for basic? how many years until you get to advanced

[@hansa9159]

@@Winsky82 Bachelor's

[@houstongalloway6380]

That was a fantastic synopsis. Thank you. I studied EE in the 70’s and I am surprise how little has changed. Of course we didn’t have MatLab and we spent more time on the drafting board. We also had to take cross fertilization courses like ME for EE’s, Statics, Dynamics, and Thermodynamics.

[@michaelhoefler5118]

Calc I usually does limits, differentiation, and integration, while Calc II usually covers more advanced methods of integration along with sequences/series convergence/divergence and Taylor series to approximate functions.

[@joelwillis2043]

Once you take real analysis you realize it is all just limits.

[@whatever7338]

​@@joelwillis2043 Dont they like define the derivative with a limit in calc I? You should figure it out right then.

[@joelwillis2043]

@@whatever7338 "You should figure it out right then" means what?

[@jtris01]

​@Joel Willis Whatever means that when you learn the limit definition of a derivative, calculus students should realize that all of its content comprises of limits. This is in reference to your precious reply.

[@joelwillis2043]

@@jtris01 Sure but most fail to realize that series and sequences are studied as well in the context of limits. Same for integrals. Learning some point-set topology builds intuition to deal with a lot of the nuisances and allows one to form a mental framework of the material. Instead most just learn a bunch of techniques without really grasping what is going on underneath it all.

[@alithedazzling]

Clarification: At 7:12, in the Ampere-Maxwell law (4th Maxwell equation), J current density which is caused by the flow of charges. At 9:08 an OR gate is shown since any non-zero inputs from each side result in 1.

[@francislydz4234]

do you link of the table you've provided.

[@alithedazzling]

@@francislydz4234 engineering.buffalo.edu/home/academics/undergrad/advisement/flowsheets.html?plan=EE-2023

[@moscowlostin6159]

Can you please make a list of all these courses' textbooks maybe, or recommend some? As a non native English speaking country student who is going to persue a phd in America, I really want to review all my ee courses in English version, but I don't know about your mainstream textbooks😢

[@user-ev5kk6wr8b]

HAHHAAH he was struggling

[@colorx6030]

This gave me motivation to solve my Problem set in Physics (I'm still a freshman) that has a lot of integrals since I realized from this video that these integrals are still probably basic stuff if compared to the future Maths I'll be taking later on lol. Thanks! I also became really excited about Electrical Engineering because of this video.

[@Eracer]

Thank you man ! Very happy to see someone doing this and sharing with us ! BIG THANK YOU ! I am learning on my own but definitely this video helped me, as you mentioned at the start, there is a specific order to learning, which I overlooked when learning myself, still, happy to see someone else passionate about electronics ! All the best ! R

[@caseykauf6615]

Just graduated in EE and it’s interesting to see the similarities across programs. I also enjoy communications and RF and I think it’s interesting how your communications class was apart of your curriculum well as mine was an elective class. Also my calc 2 and 3 were combined and same with physics 2 and 3 which is also interesting

[@eltonnamaro5462]

Thank you for sharing. As someone with almost 5 years experience in the Mining Industry stumbling upon this has really helped me recalled what I studied back in uni. Its always good to go back to the fundamentals and formulas. These will give a clear understanding of real world application of your discipline. Thanks again. Greetings from PNG!

[@LilJollyJoker]

Not majoring in electrial engineering (majoring in computer science), but as a HS senior who took AP Physics 1 last year, and currently taking AP Calculus AB and AP Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism, it's cool to see all of this stuff actually makes sense! Just subbed too!

[@blitzer658]

hey man just wanted to drop some support on your channel you've inspired me alot you can't even imagine. Finally an engineer on youtube who actually likes what he's doing *gasp* most other youtubers give awful advice , focused on money and how hard it is and now one actually talks about it with enthusiasm thanks for sharing your experience! what other KZbinrs do you know that don't suck lol

[@alithedazzling]

Man that makes me so happy, thats why I make those videos! I appreciate the comment -- I will continue to make content that you will hopefully find useful!

[@blitzer658]

@@alithedazzling I guess a long overdue video is on "time management" The concept itself is completely ridiculous and frustrating because all the other gurus talk about it in a hyperfocused manner, it doesn't even consider A. your hobbies and interests B. opportunities C. Exploration and creativity I'm very curious to hear your thoughts about the topic I doubt you're a person who goes on a hyper strict boring schedule so how do you blanace between school work and opportunities? do you even use a planner? for me it's not that I don't know what to do it's that im literally interested in everything lol. Wonder if you have a method to your madness

[@alithedazzling]

@@blitzer658 I will absolutely make a video about this! This is actually one of my favorite topics to talk about since I really hate the gurus approach, and I think it's much simpler. You are right in that I have tons of time for hobbies and hanging out with friends/family/my cat, as well as just time relaxing/recharging. There is a method! Stay tuned

[@deadlyalpaca8548]

Exactly! 💯

[@deadlyalpaca8548]

@@alithedazzling would love to see your approach on time management as well👍🏻

[@rolandcook2556]

Calculus is really important because it allows you to understand Fourier and Laplace. These are essential for time series analysis which is critical for comms engineering and especially digital signal processing. I think people who haven’t studied EE don’t appreciate what a complex and rich branch of engineering it is.

[@panchgo5620]

This is so cool, I’m doing electrical engineering technology. Finished first year and we didn’t do any calculus but did circuits and digital principles, signals, engineering computation, RL RC and RLC, power triangle, and trigs relationship with reactive current, true current and real. It’s just mind boggling to me now that I can understand what’s being talked about. Like this is the coolest thing ever and I’m kind of geeking out

[@paulfrank8738]

Thanks for the video. I really enjoyed hearing you give a summary of all the courses. it brought back a lot of good memories. I graduated from an EE program a little over 30 years ago. Even back then, I had the same core technical courses (except Physics 3; for us it was an optional science elective called Optics). Of course micro-controller technology has come a long way, so the equivalent course to Embedded systems & Application was much more limited. We had to hand compile assembler code and type it in manually in our "Motorola 6800 trainer", so it took a long time to get it to do anything interesting. Modern micro-controllers are much more rewarding to work with. For anyone considering EE, if you find these things fun/interesting, and you're OK with doing quite a bit of math, you'll probably be successful in an EE course like this.

[@richardbloemenkamp8532]

Interesting. I studied Electrical Engineering The Netherlands at Delft University of Technology between 1993 and 1998, graduated cum laude and then followed with a PhD in electromagnetics finished 2002. The MSc degree had a lot of similarity with your classes. I think I had some more specialist classes in the 4th and 5th year, like antenna theory, radar, multiple electromagnetics classes with Finite-elements, reciprocity, transmission lines, Green's functions, inverse scattering problems etc.

[@tobias-nielsen]

Truly interesting insights! Thank you for sharing!

[@rasheed.abead09]

Love this video. it just felt like my entire EEE study life flashes before my eyes. love it ❤❤

[@liu2610]

I am finishing high school and I have been interested in Electrical Engineering since long ago. I am also graduated with some technician degree before finishing my highschool, and I just realised that I have done most of the courses for the career, lol. Of course in a lower level (we did not have the mathematical knowledge to properly go fully in-depth), but we were working a lot with amplifiers and more! I did some research in active filters. I am pretty excited to finally do all of this in the proper level. Thanks for doing this video :)

[@unknownrocha9795]

Honestly I seem intrested in EE but I don’t know if it matters but I took an auto shop class my junior and currently taking it my senior year where I have been welding and working on cars . But I’ve never been good at math you think I can be able to take this challenge?

[@liu2610]

@@unknownrocha9795 you surely can! Yet, mathematics is crucial, but I've known plenty of engineers who are not that good in math, but you have to learn the essentials. Nevertheless, it is overall doable with a weak mathematical background, you will just need to grind more, but you got this!

[@cristianluna5568]

What type of technician degree. And where can I learn? May I contact you personally to go over it?

[@LaBamba690]

The MAIN thing is, you need to be truly interested in science and at least somewhat interested in applied math to do well in electrical engineering. I say this because I saw so many students who weren't interested in science and had no curiosity about how and why the universe works like it does. These students mainly learned by rote - they never understood the big picture and mostly got by via memorization in order to pass exams. Then I saw some of these people after getting jobs and working in engineering for a few years. Most of them either quit and went to work in something completely unrelated or they ended up becoming program managers, or getting into middle management. LOL! And none of them were very happy with their jobs and often felt insecure because they felt they were a dime a dozen - and they are! So follow your passion and don't get into engineering unless science and engineering truly are your passions.

[@17rkoch]

For anyone that reads this comment and is about 2 or 5 years out of college & is a manager of some sort then you are doing well. "Got by via memorization" yeah no duh that's how you learn. I hear the music in multiple aspects of life (engineering being one of them), but I never put down my peers. Anyone who does so has no confidence in themselves. It takes a true leader to be a manager in the engineering world. "Dime a dozen" HA. Go find a P.E. who can also manage projects profitably and efficiently. The world is never just one thing, its a mix and balance of a lot of things. So go be artistic and logic, not robotic and bland.

[@pizzapizzza4607]

​@@17rkochrote memorization isnt the way to learn. Thats like saying the best way to do math is to memorize answers to every problem i stead of knowing how to solve wach problem and know hiw it works

[@alltheworldsastage4785]

​@@17rkochAssignment based assessments are better than just memorizing a bunch of informatiom, but yeah, I agree with everything else you've said.

[@17rkoch]

@@pizzapizzza4607 You learn math by muscle "memory." Going through the properties over and over again. Every time you fail hard, you'll remember what you did wrong so you don't repeat the mistake twice. There will always be fundamentals when doing engineering problems, after the fundamentals and getting into more complexity, that's when you apply what you are stating (which should be all the time i.e. critical thinking). I see where you did not understand me and I am sorry for not explaining my point more throughly. Maybe im the bigot in my first reply by not understanding what the guy meant by "full memorization." If I did that at my job, id lose my license XD.

[@17rkoch]

@@alltheworldsastage4785 Thank you for agreeing with a tid bit of what I said. I see where you disagree with what I said and I apologize for not getting my point across in a more clear way. Its important to memorize the fundamentals. Its also important to use the fundamentals and critically think what the answer is to a engineering problem (i.e. engineering design). Each project is different and require critical thinking. Never forget your fundamentals though!

[@freelunchforchildren4040]

I graduated in 1986, my classes include Control Systems Engineering & Microprocessors Development (Both Intel & Motorola), Assembly Languages . . .

[@louieavila3987]

im pursuing EE in community college rn and im so HYPED up watching this video. The thought of having to take Calculus and physics classes intrigues me so much and learning about how electricity processes through devices

[@alithedazzling]

glad you liked it! EE is tons of fun haha

[@hehericky]

Nerd

[@r_chen5898]

​@@hehericky said by a dropout

[@gvi341984]

You not going to learn anything but the personalities of instructors who think it's a good idea to teach theory math courses for engineering

[@natergatorz1310]

I’m a bit nervous to start school. Just got out of the Navy as an AT. But after you reviewed this I realize how much my A school went over a lot of these topics. Feeling more confident.

[@ct43228]

I work in Telecom as an Outside Fiber Plant Engineer (Non-Certified). I worked my way up from fixing copper twisted pair circuits and dial tone for the phone companies. I absolutely love what I do now. I have always wanted to be an actual engineer since probably middle school. What we do is more of a combination of Civil and Electrical (Coordinating and designing with other utilities). The class load looks crazy and overwhelming, thanks for posting though!

[@fernandogallardo3477]

The signals and system class important for sure. Most classes have a prerequisite for it. Controls, dsp, communications and other classes

[@joshuaokorite8701]

I am a physics graduate, I can confidently say I covered every course you mentioned. I derived endless equations without knowing their application. Today, I still want a career in electrical engineering. I quit trying to learn from my first Year, and all I wanted to do was just graduate.

[@calebtuamoheloa4539]

Great Video, Considering EE and this gave a massive insight.

[@Keith80027]

This is an excellent review of electrical engineering and the classes you have to take. Definitely do internships as they helped me out in learning about real electrical engineering, what is like to work as an electrical technician and what future work would be like. When I was hiring engineers or programmers I always want to hear about their internships as it gave me a good idea what they were interested in.

[@Flowaze]

Hey Ali, I appreciate these videos you made. They have helped me quite a lot in deciding which direction to go in as I’m a 17 year old that just graduated from highschool and will be enrolling this fall for engineering. I also just finished reading your book and it gave me so much insight and advice which I’ve never seen before. Thank you for taking the time to create such a masterpiece of work. Based on your videos, electrical engineering seems so fascinating but I’m just afraid of hearing how difficult and complex it gets and if I’ll be even able to understand the concepts or make cool projects. I’ve taken all the math (Calc 1) and Physics (junior and senior) in highschool but I’ve never actually coded before or worked with circuits before. Im not sure if that means I would be at a huge disadvantage compared to some other students who may have done this. Thank you again for all your videos, I feel like I’ve learned a lot about what to expect in Engineering and I plan on watching a lot more :)

[@alithedazzling]

Thank you so much :)

[@cadehabetz9521]

Go mechanical. Trust me

[@masonrisner7205]

@@cadehabetz9521Would you mind giving a further explanation? Thanks.

[@apollomedia7210]

Good job bro, you remember so many details about your classes. I am still in college and can't even explain my math class that I had last semester.

[@alithedazzling]

I appreciate that!

[@martinkuliza]

Thats because you didn't enjoy it Uni is a choice the discipline you choose to study is a choice School isn't a choice if you didn't enjoy uni you wouldn't be there thats' why he remembers Notice he spent time talking about the one's he liked and skipped over the one's that were average

[@apollomedia7210]

@@martinkuliza Correct. I don't love em because they are mandatory and required for GE.

[@user-yx5ts2uk4k]

I came across this video while searching for someone that does ac analysis of NMOS transistor circuits. I ended up giving up (for tonight) and watched the entire video hahaha great video, really enjoyed listening to you. Next semester I will start my specialization in computers and signal/image processing and I'm hyped about it. greeting from Israel ❤

[@riccardo2948]

Best video on the topic! Congrats man and thank you for sharing

[@alithedazzling]

Thank you so much!

[@trenji]

Man i have recently been watching a lot of your videos they are extremely helpful to me. As I watch this video I'm like wait, that looks like my exact flowsheet! I'm currently a sophomore undergrad EE at UB! It's cool to see what the flowsheet looked like from nearly 10 years ago. They did add a c/c++ class (that I'm currently taking) to take before eas 230 (MATLAB). It's probably my favorite course right now. However in signals we have been using MATLAB to look at convolutions and what not, definitely a powerful tool. It's also funny seeing this video after watching the video where you ranked the difficulty of each class, now knowing you took those classes at UB. I'm in signals, calc 3, and phy 3 rn and my least favorite is calc 3 by far!

[@alithedazzling]

Woah that's super cool! You're like the first UB student I get a comment from haha. I love UB man, I learned everything there. See if the UB Nanosat Lab is still a thing and go work on some projects there!

[@trenji]

@@alithedazzling That's awesome I am enjoying UB so far. I will look into Nanosat as I think I have heard of them still being around. As for this summer, i have no internship but I would like to learn python on my own. That would mean I learn C/C++ now, python over the summer, and MATLAB next semester. I am not too sure about what I am into specifically yet but I'm going to dive a little bit deeper into programming for now.

[@alithedazzling]

@@trenji sounds like a good plan, if you have no summer internship you can stay around at something like nanosat or another project and get experience that way. Feel free to connect w/ me on linkedin btw Ali Alqaraghuli

[@jehriko7525]

Dude I didn't have any interest or knowledge of any kind in regards to electrical engineering a week ago and then I stumbled upon your channel. This stuff is insanely cool and magical and I'm seriously considering going to college for it just because it looks so interesting!

[@alithedazzling]

very happy to hear :)

[@cuivincent9744]

Gald to saw this and it explicitely interpreted the courses settings correlated each other. And it Intuitively showed the core of course like probability and signals&system. Loooking back on what I have in school, I am regretted I can't go as far away as his age.

[@LeonardoVaz76]

Great overview Ali! Thanks for packing all this information with pretty good examples in just 26 minutes of video!

[@alithedazzling]

thank you very much!

[@danielfonseca3609]

Got my degree in EE a year ago and watched this video to relive it all in half an hour. This guy did a great job explaining everything! And if you're thinking about doing this major: it's honestly not that hard if you're interested in the material. It's a very interesting field with great job prospects

[@alithedazzling]

Very cool! What do you do now?

[@danielfonseca3609]

@alithedazzling I went back to school for an MBA and now I do electric utility consulting! Essentially applying the power classes I took to help clients add new generation plants to the grid

[@alithedazzling]

@@danielfonseca3609 very cool, sounds like a good job for mixing engineering + people!

[@urnoob5528]

not hard at all if u r experienced and interested not about the material had ee in highschool, didnt know most of the thing, but got interested in actually making stuff, u can really show ur creativity in ur circuit and all that experience makes the degree a breeze because it is basically same stuff a high school with a little more topics, but this time i understood without even trying, in highschool i basically mastered digital circuits including micros, i would say im even better at programming micros than most engineers out there, since i learnt that from programming a video game, one example i can give is that my teacher used arrays for led arrays, while i used the coordinates system and translated the output, much more flexible solution. i also did some basic analog stuff, and blew up a lot of transistors and power transistors. but man in degree, i didnt even need to try, i mastered analog circuits including actual amplifiers without video tutorials or textbooks, i used what i actually learned and knew, didnt blow up, it was like i blew up all the transistors i needed to in highschool, felt like edison, like i always had it in the back of my mind and it just clicked after going through it 2 times, that is experience, and that really just moved me into the next level which was rf circuits. in highschool, i know what a simple circuit would do, but man had i no idea any circuits that was complex, put some more transistors and connect them in strange ways and i would have no idea what it even is, in degree, i could tell u wat each small part was doing and wat that whole thing was for, that was experience, small knowledge and design knowledge adding up together over the years u know whats funny, my interest in engineering is only as a hobby, aint goin into shit that can get me killed for a job, but highschool showed me that it was interesting as i could literally create watever i want and imagine without being limited to buying available things with fixed features im aiming for game development to get that bread but, u aint need a certificate for that, but getting a certificate for a field about things that can literally explode and kill u is very reasonable, just like a doctor cant be a doctor without going through the official study and training, or it be illegal, cant be a doctor by online learnin, same cant be said for a lot of other paths. i dont need a paper to show that i can draw or make music, but a paper about engineering is very flexible and versatile for a job and i think thats good, innovation comes from cross disciplines......

[@styrishrodrigues]

I'm first year bachelor of engineering in electrical and electronics engineering ❤

[@polaristheprotoss6]

Finishing up my spring semester of freshman year in EE, there’s some differences in classes, like taking linear algebra this semester, and two semesters of senior design, but it’s interesting how similar it is! Hyped for intro to circuits and electricity and magnetism!

[@mktwatcher]

Very Helpful, Thank you for the Video and your Enthusiasm!

[@HideBuz]

It's funny because almost all of what you learned in university year 1-3 is taught in highschool physics in Germany. For our graduation exam we needed to build a radio on a breadboard and calculate fuel mass for a rocket flying to the moon.

[@wabdab3459]

To be fair, Germany has a 3-level school system, so this could be comparable to AP-classes

[@castielchieng7475]

"Congrats, you understand V=IR. NOW BUILD A RENEWABLE ENERGY GENERATOR FOR YOUR FINAL YEAR"

[@Eracer]

Romania to.. differentials, integrals, Maxwell etc all in high school..

[@wabdab3459]

@Spots Corner Huh? I never implied anything like that. Also 9 different schools is impressive

[@xmun9236]

Same here in Malta! that AM radio omg, so many sleepless nights! And those triple surface integrals :@

[@mohithmanoj8228]

nicely summerised , now I am doing my masters specialising in automation and control engineering . EE has two sides firstly the course is vast and hard but the good part is there are lots of areas for doing masters in so I never regret it .

[@diegocrnkowise3102]

I'm currently studying electrical engineering here in Brazil, more precisely at UFSCar (Federal University of São Carlos) and it's nice to see how similar the classes are and the differences as well. Here the course takes 5 years to complete, that is, 10 semesters. I'll start my 6th semester in a few weeks. The freshman and sophomore are basically the same, but we have some lab classes of what would be EE101, so we use breadboards since the 1st semester. Actually we have more lab classes in general, and the reports suck as well. Some classes are just in different order but cover exaclty the same stuff (probably use even the same books). We do not have applied electromagnetics but we have like 4 subjects regarding control systems, (in UFSCar there's no control engineering course) so we use a ton of Laplace transforms and Root Locus analysis. Here the density of classes is basically the same, with the 3rd year having the most difficult semesters, and the last years are supossed to be all about electives, doing an internship and writing your final paper. Here you can also count as an elective complementary hours such as projects like student unions or anything related to the course in the university. Nice video bro, it's a very straightforward way to summarize what EE it's like for someone thinking about what they're going to study.

[@NativeBox]

Great video!! Very helpful, taking physics 3 in a week and it’s good to know that it’s a very important class!

[@thegoat6460]

Would you say Physics 2 (Electricity and magnetism) was more interesting than Physics 1(Mechanics)? I’m starting physics 2 in a week and people say it’s a nightmare, but I’m ready.

[@alithedazzling]

Glad you found it helpful, I think you will like it!!

[@alithedazzling]

@The Goat honestly physics 2 is WAY cooler than physics 1. Don't listen to those saying its a nightmare, these people are either conditioned to complain/fear monger or lack imagination

[@thegoat6460]

@@alithedazzling Thanks for the advice. I realized a lot of people do complain a lot and over exaggerate the difficulty of most engineering coursework. Before taking Calc 2 and differential equations people said it was super hard, but the concepts were actually easy. Mechanics was more difficult, but very doable also.

[@alithedazzling]

@@thegoat6460 Yeah it's all doable, millions of people have done it, no reason why you can't

[@Ifrahshahhh]

Studying electrical engineering is quite exhausting😢😢😢😢 every semester feels like a challenge, and unfortunately, many teachers worsen the difficulty. Currently..in 4th year of my btech in EE Edit:thanks for making this video...... 🎉🎉🎉🎉..i shared this with all my EE friends

[@King-sd5vg]

Damn! This is actually super neat, I feel so lucky to have had some experience and basic knowledge in these fields ever since the start of highschool! I'm more aiming for computer science but could also do this after my computer science thing

[@sturaif]

Bro, I needed that vid 6 years ago. Just graduated in 2021.

[@Keuds]

As an EE grad, I wish I had paid more attention to content like this - knowing the important parts about a course as well as why they are (or may not be) stepping stones in one's education I'd say is imperative to getting a good education as well as applying it in the future! Many thanks for the overview Definitely get those internships while you're still in school - beat that Catch 22 experience before the job scenario

[@CTimmerman]

Chemistry is useful for batteries as well, to keep them from exploding when cells are mismatched and/or imbalanced.

[@ronaldjorgensen6839]

thank you your effort and persistence is appreciated

[@ainbrisk545]

thanks! cool overview, learned a lot

[@GetaLifeMan1234]

I remember going through this curriculum at UB. Some of these courses need an overhaul due to the instructors. I'd be pointing at EE 324, EE 336, EE 202 and a few others. The instructors were either harsh in their grading, couldn't teach after x number of years, or were there for research. The good EE classes I found to be were a few power/circuit classes and digital (Chris and Michael).

[@alithedazzling]

which year did you graduate?

[@GetaLifeMan1234]

@@alithedazzling 2018

[@alithedazzling]

@@GetaLifeMan1234 no way! me too lol

[@kenposney4600]

At 53, I went back to school to get my Associates degree in Electronics. We don't have a four-year college on Kaua'i. 7am to 7pm, while living in a tent, for three years, with my wife. It's never too late. Get a support group (students in your class that you can connect with).

[@romin8825]

Amazing video. Thanks for sharing it with us!

[@alithedazzling]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@jjr6929]

I was always curious about the curriculum for EENG.... Excellent explanation.

[@kevegonczi2835]

It is interesting that you did not have control systems. I have two mandatory control engineering courses on the same degree in Denmark in the second year. I think they are even harder than signals and systems, with laplace, fourier, root locus plots and a lot of matrix algebra, but I got the impression that that topic is the essence of engineering.

[@alithedazzling]

I agree controls is very important

[@mandarbamane4268]

In India too, Control systems is essential. Electrical guys study that for 2 semesters (I studied all in 1 semester because I'm Electronics and Telecommunication grad). There's indeed a lot of stuff in controls (Systems analysis, Root locus, Polar-Nyquist plots, Bode plot, State space analysis, etc.), but it's limited to LTI systems. I still find Signals and Systems harder, first classification, identification, Fourier series, transform, DTFT, DFT-FFT, Laplace transform, Z transform (although later it gets limited to LTI systems too), digital filters, signal processing & Digital Signal Processors etc.

[@nax1807]

dont forget ruth-hurwitz, nyquist-shannon, poles and zeros etc.

[@miguelzabala]

In my university in Venezuela, we are required to take two classes in the field of Control Engineering: "Control Systems I" and "Automation and Process Control". Additionally, we have the option to choose elective courses within the same field, such as "Control Systems II" "Digital Control", "Industrial Control", and more.

[@PressCForChicken4real]

Finishing up my second year EE courses next week. Funnily enough it would appear that we go to the same university so it was weird seeing the flowsheet as it was years ago. It's changed a bit since then but still very similar. Gotta say, your explanations were rather accurate to what I have experienced so far: Calculus - rates, and other miscellaneous tools used to solve equations Physics 108 - The EE highlight reel Circuit analysis - Reasonably challenging, but vastly useful class (get good with complex numbers and polar form though, this was the first class I had taken up to this point that regularly used them) Digital Principles - Hehe digital logic make light turn on according to this truth table Signals and systems - You absolutely were not lying, this class is and has been kicking my ass all semester. The concepts are fairly easy to grasp with some effort in my experience, but like you said; that math is pretty much a foreign language at first and still gives me massive headaches (Convolution nearly ended me at first). And you were correct as far as I know about EAS140 being the turbine project, it's since changed to EAS199 and has been structured to use the first half of the course to teach the general engineering process, and uses the second half of the class to allow you to apply that process and create a wind turbine with the highest power output using that engineering process.

[@alithedazzling]

LOL convolution ended me as well don't worry

[@tay_shivam]

I have done my electrical engineering in b.tecg i found your which is very informative for me thank you for resistance,diode , circuit breaker,😮❤😊

[@jamesroganelectronics]

Thanks for this, I'm going into 1st year EE next year and I appreciate your passion for this area of study

[@alithedazzling]

Glad it was helpful!

[@skilz8098]

Ohm's and Kirchhoff's Laws, Circuits in Series and Parallel and combinations of them, Boolean Algebra, Boolean Logic, etc... all fun stuff!

[@OSAS726]

Those are things that I like to study just for fun. You can pretty much say that I’m a geek when it comes to anything electronics, electrical or mathematical.

[@skilz8098]

@@OSAS726 Same, but I don't stop there. Magnets are cool too. They're always fun to play with. And so are optics and acoustics. Then again I did play the trumpet for over 10 years...

[@willjack5848]

Awesome video, I wish you would do more on what technical electives you took your senior year

[@alithedazzling]

So I took my fall semester off and did an internship at NASA KSC, this counted as a technical elective for me. Perhaps I can make a video about my MS level classes which were kinda like electives

[@62afshanmajgaonkar4]

I just graduated this year and now that I've seen 4 years of elec engg from your perspective, I feel like I didnt even do a degree in elec engg (these where the exact concepts and subjects I had in my syllabus). This is what I should've gained but instead all I was taught was here's this theory and solve it with this formula. Really needed this guidance back then because all I was ever stuck in was that this is not for me and how do I find something in this that works for me because I hated the fact that I had to solve stuff without actually understanding why or how. The way you're imparting wisdom is exceptional and much needed, I don't understand how your accounts so underrated. Will surely be recommending it to my network!

[@alithedazzling]

Glad you like the video! Better late than never I am glad you have this info now, will be making more videos like this for sure :)

[@NinjaBearCat14]

"This class traumatized me in a really good way" - this statement alone speaks so much to the engineering undergrad experience. Its hard, it'll kick your ass. Your friends and family will ask why you put yourself through it. It makes you change the way you think about the world; it is a profound experience from which there is no going back.

[@hi_beemo1808]

ain't gonna lie this made me feel that i'm so much ahead even tho university is an unknown subject for me

[@nickputkaradze1181]

Great! I'd love to see similar video on Master's and PhD 😁

[@alithedazzling]

Those would be a bit more difficult since they could vary entirely and and essentially are 100% electives. Unless you mean my MS and PhD courses specifically

[@nickputkaradze1181]

@@alithedazzling Yes, I would like to know more about your journey through MS and PhD. Courses you took and other stuff as well. I'm starting MS next year so I'd like to know your perspective. It'll be interesting and beneficial for other as well, probably.

[@alithedazzling]

@@nickputkaradze1181 OK, I also think those would make good videos. I will likely record them once I move to Boston (in about 10 days or so) I'll likely talk more about my MS/PhD a lot in September, stay tuned

[@adamkim7960]

I wish I saw this before I did my bachelors in EE. Your content is great and matches up with what I did. I personally don’t love it and might not have done EE if I saw your videos before.

[@georgesadler7830]

Thank you for the video.

[@ivysl4444]

added electrical engineering to my resume. thanks 🙏

[@alithedazzling]

LOL you're welcome

[@hellopomelo2]

To add on one thing: Don’t take EE/CEG if you don’t like it to begin with. I’ve just finished my 4 years and hated it. Trust me, 4 years of doing something you dont like is hell on earth

[@stargazer7644]

One day you'll get a job and find out it is 40 years of doing something you don't like.

[@urnoob5528]

@@stargazer7644 or never work a day in ur life

[@bernardobnz]

I´m doing electrotechnical and that video showed me that what im seeing is not that different from EE, awesome video

[@cosmicyoke]

2:06 first things that come to mind are magnets and electrets and their fabrication, batteries too! Remember! Chemistry was hand in hand with electricity during the infancy of electrical engineering, Faraday’s first electric motor, Alessandro Volta’s voltaic pile, semiconductor fabrication i would guess, gas discharge tubes and plasmas, maybe more things im not remembering OOO a nice arcane example is the electrolytic interrupter used for induction coils (the first transformers) which further were used for spark gap radio

[@REOsama]

As someone who just graduated Electrical Engineering, I forgot just how many subjects there were

[@atomic4650]

In Europe, the stuff that is done in freshman and sophomore is all studied at high school which is interesting.

[@ronaque....]

amazing video brother . really helpful

[@Quntes]

Signal & Systems is a freshman’s course in my university (first semester). I agree that this is a very important and also interesting course but at that time it just made me want to quit. Great video even the curriculum of my university was a bit different it still stands as a solid introduction and oversight on what to expect. 👍🏻

[@treeross]

Yeah i picked the right major. All of this sounds fun (except chemistry) and has been so far.

[@youvebeensubbedto8009]

Personally, chemistry was essential to understanding the electrical physics behind batteries

[@sessionQ]

Awesome video. Right now I’m in the process of trying to figure out which engineering major to switch into (between EE, Chemical, and Mechanical; currently I’m biomedical). This really breaks down what I’d be getting myself into 😅

[@aramboodakian9554]

I am 68 years old and a retired engineering technician. I never had the self discipline to get through engineering, but I still am intensely interested in anything electronic. Love seeing this over view it inspires me to continue study on my own.

[@xxxalphaeverythingxxx8489]

Bruh... Many of these stuff we have to learn in highschool here in India

[@ObsidianNightmares]

As an EE at the University of Minnesota (class of 2024), here's what students would generally take here: Freshman: Calc 1 & 2 Physics 1 & 2 Chem 1 EE1301 - Intro to Computing Systems: Introduction to C/C++, the lab component involves IoT experiments with a microcontroller. Includes and open ended final project Sophomore: Calc 3 & Linear Algebra and Differential Equations Physics 3 OR Chem 2 EE 2015 - Circuits, Signals, Electronics: Circuit analysis (KVL, KCL, basic OpAmp circuits, Phasors, RL LC RLC filters). Includes a lab that deals with amplifier circuits involving OpAmps EE 2115 - Digital and Analog Electronics: Builds on top of EE 2015, but adds basic MOSFET and Diode circuits, small signal analysis, etc. Lab deals with more amplifiers, but includes transistors and diodes. EE 2301 - Intro to Digital System Design: Boolean Algebra, Combinational and Sequential logic, State Machines, etc. Lab involves building circuits with 74 series logic gate IC's, some FPGA programming EE 2361 - Intro to Microcontrollers: Pure C/Assembly programming, create libraries from scratch. Heavily lab/homework based. The textbook is are the datasheets for the PIC24 microcontroller and whatever devices we interface with. Open ended group project at the end of the semester. Junior: EE 3015 - Signals & Systems: LTI systems, continuous and discrete, fourier analysis, laplace transform, z-transform. Heavy use of MATLAB. EE 3115 - Analog Electronics: Diodes, MOSFETS, amplifiers, rectifiers, IC building blocks (gain cell, current mirrors/sinks, a basic opamp), feedback/stability, high-frequency small signal analysis EE 3161 - Semiconductor Devices: Basics of semiconductor physics, how diodes work, how mosfets/BJTs work, and other devices EE 3601 - Transmission Lines Fields and Waves: Transmission lines, electrostatics, magnetostatics, wave propogation, basically a lot of vectors and equations EE 3025 - Statistical Methods for ECE: Set theory, discrete and continuous distributions, estimation, random variables EE 3101 - Signals & Circuits Lab: Simulation of various types of filters in MATLAB & Simulink EE 3951W - Junior design lab: Project based course -- in my case our goal was to increase the accuracy of the 10-bit ADC on a PIC24 microcontroller to 14-bits with noise and oversampling/averaging Senior: EE 4951W - Senior Design Project A bunch of electives

[@HoaTran-ki2qg]

After seeing this, I encourage students to take on this major, it is straight forward subject. It is not difficult to learn. Author give a broad understanding of what you will learn in school.

[@Bianchi77]

Nice information, well explained, thanks for sharing it with us :)

[@rohankishibe8259]

For the practical segment as a mechanical engineering student, for the electric education part they threw us a breadboard and asked us to make a circuit, then started giving us zeroes because we didn't even know how these things function... Let alone parallel circuit or on series, gotta love the Tunisian education...

[@user-ht1bv5xq9j]

In Kazakhstan is also the same situation, but we were lucky and we had one teacher, who was really interested in studying us 😅

[@rohankishibe8259]

@@user-ht1bv5xq9j those are the best teachers, throughout my life if you ask me who's your best and favourite teacher it was the ones that were passionate about teaching, we had a teacher like that, I wish him the best!!!

[@nhitc6832]

It took me many many years since i dropped out of college in 2012 to finally realize i'm actually interested in electronics. But i guess it's kinda late for me to go back to college. But that wont stop me from learning as much as i can online.

[@benjaminbittner6082]

I wouldnt be scared of going back!

[@markdonovan1540]

I took my Electrical and Electronic Engineering degree at Loughborough University from 1977 to 1981. It was a 4-year "thick sandwich" honours degree. This meant the first two academic years were followed by a whole year in industry (the filling in the sandwich!) before the final academic year. First year was all about bringing everyone up to speed on "the basics". The second year, things got very deep very fast, it was intense. The final year involved chosing a range of subjects to go with compulsory Engineering Mathematics and Financial Management. Depending on what you wanted to specialise in, you would do extra modules in those areas of interest and perhaps only one in the others. For the first year, the subjects studied were: Engineering Mathematics Accounting Engineering Drawing Atomic Physics Electric Circuit Theory I Transformers and motors Mechanical Engineering Electromagnetism Microelectronics In the second year, the subjects were: Engineering Mathematics Economics Thermodynamics Fluid Dynamics Electromagnetic of Field Theory Microelectronics Electrical Circuit Theory II Control Theory Signalling and Communications Theory Computing Microwaves RF Electronics Electrical Machines and Power In the final year, the option modules were as follows: Computers Controls Communications Digital Data Transmission Power Electronics RF Electronics Microelectronics Power Systems Each of these had units I and II (Unit II being the more advanced), and you could mix however you liked up to a maximum number of 8 units. The compulsory subjects were Engineering Mathematics, Finance Management and the final year project and dissertation.

[@alireza.m]

Great video man

[@alithedazzling]

thank you!

[@shrey124]

Feels like I'ev studied most of the basics while preparing for jee.

[@mandarbamane4268]

Exactly

[@of499]

Actually Electronics deal with non linear elements (none linear = none additive and none homogeneous systems). Electric circuits don't deal with electronics in the literal since. In fact, Electrical Engineer in its core is about providing Electrical power to load (Generators, Transformers, cables, capacitor banks, voltage drop, etc.) where you don't deal with electronic components. Therefore some academics distinguish it from Electronic engineering where you deal mostly with non linear components like diodes and transistors. Still I would club it all under the banner of Electrical Engineer, but knowing the context behind these terminologies is also useful. Matlab is not a programming language. How come they don't teach Electric machines (e.g. Induction Motors, Synchronous machines, transformers, etc.) as a fundamental course !!!

[@organicfarm5524]

Not necessarily....linear or non-linear, passive or active, if a system has phenomenon of electricity in it it's all under 'Electrical engineering'....the application of such systems can be in any of the field like Energy, Power, Control, Instrumentation, Computing, Telecommunications, Medicine with varying specifications. You're literally missing that electronic components are special type of electrical components which are made of semiconductors where 'electron' behave in a special way. That's why they are called 'electronic'. That doesn't mean they are any less 'electric''😂 A diode is an electronic component, it's also electric; there's no doubt about that.

[@Greg_Chase]

During EE undergrad we were presented with "space is empty" and "space is curved" in physics, which 'raised eyebrows' in class. We work at artificial gravity devices, despite the idolatry of General Relativity 'requiring' immense mass/energy. This was our first device - it relies on E x B Lorentz force: 1) horizontally-oriented lamination of thin aluminum sheets each separated by an insulator layer with a circular layout 2) RF radial/horizontal currents induced in the lamination 3) axial (centered) and vertically-oriented magnetic field up through the center of the lamination The induced, horizontal and radial RF currents (induced by eddy current coils adjacent to, but not touching the metal layers), and the vertical magnetic field leads to the Lorentz force acting on the charged particles in the metal layers (right hand rule, recall; E x B). The charged particles in the metal layers are *coherently* accelerated (oscillated) co-planar (in the same plane of) the metals lamination by the Lorentz force. We modified this first design by: 1) experimenting with the size of the foils lamination; 2) experimenting with different RF frequencies partly with a goal to create resonance/standing waves in the metal layers. Since you are on a phd track, you probably recognize that coherent Lorentz force waves of charged particles are acoustic waves in the metal (note for the uninitiated: 'acoustic' is a TYPE of wave, ie. "acoustic" and "audible" are not the same thing; all audible waves are acoustic, but very high frequency acoustic waves in matter are inaudible). Our work required a supposition regarding the constituents of free space that allow propagation of EM waves, gravity, and electric and magnetic fields. Our profs taught us "EM (electromagnetic) waves *_do not need a medium to propagate_* I suspect this is still being taught, unfortunately. William Sturgeon invented 'artificial magnetism' 200 years ago (the electromagnet). There is no reason to avoid pursuit of artificial gravity, despite the idolatry of General Relativity and other theories that have led to "learned helplessness" in most of the experimental physics community. .

[@lotgc]

I'm planning on going into EE, so this was a good look into the future. My grandpa was an electrical engineer, and he was actually a critical figure in the creation of Puerto Rico's modern power grid. I hope I can aspire to his greatness!

[@bobsimmons5274]

Regarding internships, theory teaches you how everything works... when it all works RIGHT... practice teaches you all the different ways that things can GO WRONG... and you need BOTH bodies of knowledge to be really effective.I think best mix of time is 50/50 theory / practice. Nobody can predict exactly what topics you will need to know when you graduate, so some topics they teach might seem useless..... but don't forget... this is all "just theory"... until suddenly you run into a situation where it GETS REAL...only then do you understand why they forced you to learn this stuff, because years later, the people signing your paycheck will expect you to understand it. Hang on to your textbooks, I still have books I used 50 years ago to learn this stuff, and they are still handy.

[@Idkijustlike2useYoutube]

only memories/exp i can relate this to is working on cars/electronics/musical equipment.. its true even at this noob lvl

[@karamany9870]

at 7:12, J is basically current density and not just charge.

[@alithedazzling]

That's right! Good catch

[@billyhamlen9610]

I remembered I had to take a class in automatic control and feedback systems........hated it

[@dodgecoin8965]

Thanks im taking ee major this year!!!