Architecture (e.g., pipelining, cache memory), Microprocessors, Memory technology and systems, Interfacing. Algorithms, Data structures, Software design methods (structured, object-oriented), Software implementation (e.g., procedural, scripting languages), Software testing.

Basic modulation/demodulation concepts (e.g., AM, FM, PCM), Fourier transforms/Fourier series, Multiplexing (e.g., time division, frequency division), Digital communications. Routing and switching, Network topologies/frameworks/models , Local area networks.

Block diagrams (feed-forward, feedback), Bode plots, Closed-loop and open-loop response, Controller performance (gain, PID), steady-state errors, Root locus, Stability, State variables. Number systems, Boolean logic, Logic gates and circuits, Logic minimization (e.g., SOP, POS, Karnaugh maps), Flip-flops and counters, Programmable logic devices and gate arrays, State machine design, Data path/controller design, Timing (diagrams, asynchronous inputs, races, hazards).

Solid-state fundamentals (e.g., tunneling, diffusion/drift current, energy bands, doping bands, p-n theory), Discrete devices (diodes, transistors, BJT, CMOS) and models and their performance, Bias circuits, Amplifiers (e.g., single-stage/common emitter, differential), Operational amplifiers (ideal, non-ideal), Instrumentation (e.g., measurements, data acquisition, transducers), Power electronics. Single phase and three phase, Transmission and distribution, Voltage regulation, Transformers, Motors and generators, Power factor (pf).

Frequency/transient response, Resonance, Laplace transforms, Transfer functions, 2-port theory. Convolution (continuous and discrete), Difference equations, Z-transforms, Sampling (e.g., aliasing, Nyquist theorem), Analog filters, Digital filters.

KCL, KVL, Series/parallel equivalent circuits, Thevenin and Norton theorems, Node and loop analysis, Waveform analysis (e.g., RMS, average, frequency, phase, wavelength), Phasors, Impedance.

Work, energy, power, heat, Charge, energy, current, voltage, power, Forces (e.g., between charges, on conductors), Work done in moving a charge in an electric field (relationship between voltage and work), Capacitance, Inductance. Maxwell equations, Electrostatics/magnetostatics (e.g., measurement of spatial relationships, vector analysis), Wave propagation, Transmission lines (high frequency), Electromagnetic compatibility.

Chemical (e.g., corrosion, ions, diffusion), Electrical (e.g., conductivity, resistivity, permittivity, magnetic permeability) , Mechanical (e.g., piezoelectric, strength), Thermal (e.g., conductivity, expansion)

Time value of money (e.g., present worth, annual worth, future worth, rate of return), Cost (e.g., incremental, average, sunk, estimating), Economic analyses (e.g., breakeven, benefit-cost, optimal economic life), Uncertainty (e.g., expected value and risk), Project selection (e.g., comparison of unequal life projects,lease/buy/make, depreciation, discounted cash flow)

Algebra and trigonometry, Complex numbers, Discrete mathematics, Analytic geometry, Calculus, Differential equations, Linear algebra, Vector analysis

Measures of central tendencies and dispersions (e.g., mean, mode, standard deviation), Probability distributions (e.g., discrete, continuous, normal, binomial), Expected value (weighted average) in decision making, Estimation for a single mean (e.g., point, confidence intervals, conditional probability). Codes of ethics (professional and technical societies), NCEES Model Law and Model Rules, Intellectual property (e.g., copyright, trade secrets, patents)