What type of math courses will an electrical engineering major include?

Question

I know this is a somewhat vague question, because I don't specify which university and other details. But generally speaking, what are the math courses that an EE graduate will go through?

Answer 1

David F has already given you a good answer from experience. Generally engineers do applied math. So if you like discrete math, number theory, etc, you won't find too much of that in engineering.

Answer 2

My wife is an architectural/structural engineer who recently graduated from Drexel. She took a whole slew of math including calc 1,2,3 statistics, and statics (which we used to call Forier trnasforms when I went to school. You probably will take one or two less at the top end since you won't need to calculate load stresses and other structural parameters.

Answer 3

1. Calculus.  

2. Advanced Calculus.

3. Calculus in 3 dimensions.

4. Electro Magnetics. (really a physics course - using calulus in 3D to calculate antenna radiation patterns, etc.)

5.  Did I mention calculus?

6.  Probability and statistics.

7.  Numerical methods: how to get a computer to do calculus using discrete values instead of continuous functions.

8.  Digital signal processing using fourier transforms (more calculus)

9.  Microwave propagation - continuation of #4 above.

10.  Control Engineering using Laplace transforms (which involves more calculus.

Answer 4

Add differential equations and linear algebra to the above list, as those classes are required at a lot of universities.

I'd say they are equally as important as calculus, in terms of applications to electrical engineering (and you'll need to know calculus for diff e.q. anyway).