Mechatronics Minor (Engineering)

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Mechatronics is the synergistic combination of mechanical and electrical engineering, computer science, and information technology, which includes control systems as well as numerical methods used to design products with built-in intelligence. This minor is designed with the above in mind and geared toward mechanical, biomedical, and civil engineering majors. The minor consists of six courses. It is not open to students majoring in electrical or computer engineering.

All courses must be taken at the University of Hartford and must be taken for a letter grade. A grade point average of 2.33 (C+) must be achieved in the minor.

Course Requirements for the Minor in Mechatronics

ECE 231 - Digital System Logic 3 credit(s) AND
ECE 232 - Digital Laboratory 1 credit(s)
ECE 210 - Introduction to Electrical Engineering 3 credit(s)
OR
ECE 213 - Electric Circuit Analysis I 3 credit(s) AND
ECE 215 - Circuits Laboratory I 1 credit(s)
OR
ECE 255 - Fundamentals of Circuits and Electronics 4 credit(s) *
ECE 360 - Circuits and Electronics 4 credit(s) * (Students that earn credit for ECE 255 cannot take ECE 360.)
OR
ECE 361 - Electronics Fundamentals 3 credit(s) AND
ECE 363 - Electronics Laboratory I 1 credit(s)
ECE 341 - Discrete and Continuous Systems 3 credit(s)
ECE 382 - Sensors, Transducers, and Data Acquisition 3 credit(s)
OR
ME 405 - Mechatronics System Design 3 credit(s)

Two of the following courses:

ECE 440 - Digital Signal Processing 3 credit(s)
ECE 442 - Continuous Control Systems 3 credit(s)
ECE 445 - Automated System Implementation 3 credit(s)
ES 440 - Automatic Control System Analysis 3 credit(s)

Additional Information

* Students taking both ECE 255 and ECE 360 will receive credit in the minor for only one of these choices.