Welcome to the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering!
In 1941, the Board of Visitors authorized the establishment of a Department of Electrical Engineering at The Citadel. Because World War II intervened, the first electrical engineering degrees were awarded to the class of 1948. Today, the Bachelor of Science in Engineering program is offered through two pathways. The traditional daytime pathway is available to members of the South Carolina Corps of Cadets, veteran students and active-duty students. The evening degree completion pathway is designed for transfer students who wish to complete their undergraduate degree in a flexible, non-cadet format. The department also offers graduate programs, including the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, which provides students with advanced engineering knowledge, cutting-edge technical training and professional development opportunities in the field.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering department employs small classes and hands-on laboratories taught by full-time faculty to provide an environment highly conducive to both learning and to the development of close student-faculty relationships. As our department has evolved over the years, our goal is to provide students a rigorous curriculum containing theoretical and practical engineering concepts. Our engineering design is embedded throughout the curriculum to develop the student’s ability to address practical engineering problems. Fully equipped laboratories, classrooms and faculty offices, housed mainly on the third floor of Grimsley Hall, serve the active research in electrical and computer engineering.
I encourage you to explore the electrical and computer engineering department and our website about class choices, research opportunities and degree completion. If you are interested in attending The Citadel, I invite you to contact me.
The Electrical Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Electrical Engineering.
The Computer Engineering program is accredited by the Engineering Accreditation Commission of ABET, http://www.abet.org, under the commission’s General Criteria and Program Criteria for Computer Engineering.
Contact Us
Mark McKinney, PhD, PE
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department Head
The Citadel
171 Moultrie Street Charleston, SC 29409
mark.mckinney@citadel.edu
(843) 953-4897