The BS in Intelligent Systems Engineering program prepares students for engineering systems that integrate physical processes, computation, and control. Intelligent systems are used to manage electric grids and other infrastructures, home utilities and appliances, robots, self-driving vehicles, smart appliances, and Internet of Things (IoT).
| Program Requirements | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|
| Liberal Studies Requirements | 48 |
| Major Requirements | 140 |
| Open Electives | 4 |
| Total hours required | 192 |
Learning Outcomes
Students will be able to:
- Model a computational problem, select appropriate algorithms and data structures for a solution, justify the correctness of the algorithm, and implement an application solving the problem.
- Analyze and select an algorithm based on system effects.
- Analyze a simple physical process; develop a mathematical model that describes it and feedback control system that controls it.
- Select the hardware (e.g., sensor, actuators, controllers, etc.) and integrate feedback control algorithms to implement a cyber-physical system.
Liberal Studies Requirements
Honors program requirements can be found in the individual Colleges & Schools section of the University Catalog. Select the appropriate college or school, followed by Undergraduate Academics and scroll down.
| First Year Program | Hours | |
|---|---|---|
| Chicago Quarter | ||
| LSP 110 or LSP 111 | DISCOVER CHICAGO or EXPLORE CHICAGO | 4 |
| Focal Point | ||
| Not Required | ||
| Writing | ||
| WRD 103 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC I 1 | 4 |
| WRD 104 | COMPOSITION AND RHETORIC II 1 | 4 |
| Quantitative Reasoning | ||
| Not Required | ||
| Sophomore Year | ||
| Race, Power, and Resistance | ||
| LSP 200 | SEMINAR ON RACE, POWER, AND RESISTANCE | 4 |
| Junior Year | ||
| Experiential Learning | ||
| Required in major 1 | ||
| Senior Year | ||
| Capstone | ||
| Required in major 1 | ||
- 1
Students must earn a C- or better in this course.
Learning Domains
Arts and Literature (AL)
- 2 Courses Required
Historical Inquiry (HI)
- 2 Courses Required
Math and Computing (MC)
-
Not Required
Philosophical Inquiry (PI)
- 1 Course Required
Religious Dimensions (RD)
- 1 Course Required
Scientific Inquiry (SI)
- Not Required
Social, Cultural, and Behavioral Inquiry (SCBI)
- 2 Courses Required
Note
Specified required courses within Liberal Studies may have grade minimums (e.g. C- or better). Please consult your advisor or your college and major requirements.
Courses offered in the student's primary major cannot be taken to fulfill LSP Domain requirements. If students double major, LSP Domain courses may double count for both LSP credit and the second major. Students who choose to take an experiential learning course offered by the major may count it either as a general elective or the Experiential Learning requirement.
In meeting learning domain requirements, no more than one course that is outside the student’s major and is cross-listed with a course within the student’s major, can be applied to count for LSP domain credit. This policy does not apply to those who are pursuing a double major or earning BFA or BM degrees.
Major Requirements
Course Requirements
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| First Year | ||
| CSC 243 | PYTHON FOR PROGRAMMERS (+1 Major Elective) | 8 |
| or CSC 241 & CSC 242 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE I and INTRODUCTION TO COMPUTER SCIENCE II | |
| CSE 299 | HARDWARE PROJECTS | 4 |
| MAT 140 | DISCRETE MATHEMATICS I | 4 |
| MAT 141 | DISCRETE MATHEMATICS II | 4 |
| MAT 150 | CALCULUS I | 4 |
| MAT 151 | CALCULUS II | 4 |
| MAT 152 | CALCULUS III | 4 |
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Second Year | ||
| CSC 300 | DATA STRUCTURES I | 4 |
| CSC 301 | DATA STRUCTURES II | 4 |
| CSC 373 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS I | 4 |
| CSC 380 | FOUNDATIONS OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | 4 |
| CSE 332 | ANALOG AND DIGITAL CIRCUITS | 4 |
| CSE 333 | DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING | 4 |
| PHY 170 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS I | 4 |
| PHY 171 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS II | 4 |
| PHY 172 | UNIVERSITY PHYSICS III | 4 |
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Third Year | ||
| CSC 374 | COMPUTER SYSTEMS II | 4 |
| CSE 314 | NETWORKING FOR CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS | 4 |
| CSE 316 | CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEM SECURITY | 4 |
| CSE 351 | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS I | 4 |
| CSE 352 | EMBEDDED SYSTEMS II | 4 |
| MAT 260 | MULTIVARIABLE CALCULUS I | 4 |
| MAT 262 | LINEAR ALGEBRA | 4 |
| MAT 304 | DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS | 4 |
| WRD 204 | TECHNICAL WRITING | 4 |
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Fourth Year | ||
| MAT 351 | PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS I | 4 |
| CSC 321 | DESIGN AND ANALYSIS OF ALGORITHMS | 4 |
| CSE 361 | MATHEMATICAL FOUNDATIONS OF AUTONOMOUS SYSTEMS | 4 |
| CSE 362 | FOUNDATIONS OF CYBER-PHYSICAL COMPUTING | 4 |
| CSE 393 | CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PRACTICUM I | 4 |
| CSE 394 | CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING PRACTICUM II | 4 |
| 12 credit hours of Major Electives | 12 | |
Major Electives
Major electives may be selected from the following list of courses:
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| GENERAL BIOLOGY I FOR SCIENCE MAJORS | ||
| GENERAL BIOLOGY II FOR SCIENCE MAJORS | ||
| GENERAL BIOLOGY III FOR SCIENCE MAJORS | ||
| UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY I | ||
| UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY II | ||
| UNIVERSITY CHEMISTRY III | ||
| SOPHOMORE LAB IN APPLIED COMPUTING | ||
| RAPID PROTOTYPING TECHNOLOGIES | ||
| DIGITAL SYSTEMS | ||
| COMPUTER SYSTEM ORGANIZATION AND DESIGN | ||
| INTRODUCTION TO ROBOTICS | ||
| INTRO TO MECHATRONICS | ||
| HOST BASED SECURITY (FORMERLY CNS 378) | ||
| RESEARCH EXPERIENCE | ||
| PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS II | ||
| PROBABILITY AND STATISTICS III | ||
| ADVANCED LINEAR ALGEBRA | ||
| FOURIER ANALYSIS AND SPECIAL FUNCTIONS | ||
| MATHEMATICAL MODELING | ||
| NUMERICAL ANALYSIS I | ||
| NUMERICAL ANALYSIS II | ||
| BASIC ELECTRONICS: PRINCIPLES & TECHNIQUES | ||
| LINEAR ELECTRIC CIRCUITS | ||
| UNIVERSITY PHYSICS IV | ||
| METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS I | ||
| METHODS OF COMPUTATIONAL AND THEORETICAL PHYSICS II | ||
| ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM I | ||
| ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM II | ||
| ELECTRONICS | ||
Any 300-level CSC course | ||
Any 300-level SE course | ||
Open Electives
Open elective credit also is required to meet the minimum graduation requirement of 192 hours.
See www.cdm.depaul.edu to see sample schedule of course requirements on a year-by-year basis.
Degree Requirements
Students in this degree must meet the following requirements:
- Complete a minimum of 192 credit hours (generally 48 courses).
- Earn a grade of C- or higher in WRD 103, WRD 104, and all Major and Minor courses.
- Earn a grade of D or higher in all other Liberal Studies and Open Elective courses.
- Maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 or higher.
Program Combination Restrictions
Students pursuing the BS in Intelligent Systems Engineering are forbidden from pursuing the Minor in Computer Science.