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Skills Verification List and Procedure

Alumni requesting a skills verification should read the following and provide the following information:

#1. Your verification letter should be on the appropriate letterhead. Your attorney can use the following letterhead for the letter to be signed by the department official:

#2. Transcript showing the class(es) listed (highlighted) and the grade(s) received.

#3. Within the attorney-prepared letter, provide a list of course(s) and corresponding skills. The courses and associated skills are in the table below. If your course is not on this list or the skills list is not provided, please email the faculty who taught your course (or the current faculty teaching the course) to provide the skills list for the table. 

#4.  Please submit the completed letter and transcript for review and signature by mailing eerequest@seas.ucla.edu.  SUBJECT:  Skillset verification letter request

Course NumberTitleSkills List
EC ENGR 201AVLSI Design AutomationPhysical Design, Logic Synthesis, Test and design for test, Cadence Innovus, TCL scripting, Open Access design database
EC ENGR 201CModeling of VLSI Circuits and Systems
EC ENGR 201DDesign in Nanoscale TechnologiesSystem-on-Chip (SOC) and 3D Integrated Circuit design and analysis, Semiconductor chip manufacturing and life cycle, EDA tools and flows, Digital and Analog circuit design to develop solutions for customers, Programming and scripting for writing code to support tool features, Utilizing knowledge of advanced semiconductor device to develop accurate device and simulation models.
EC ENGR M202AEmbedded SystemsEmbedded system design, PCB design and testing, Time synchronization techniques
EC ENGR M202BEnergy-Aware Computing and Cyber-Physical Systems
EC ENGR 202CNetworked Embedded Systems Design
EC ENGR 205AMatrix Analysis for Scientists and EngineersMatrix theory, Linear algebra
EC ENGR M206Machine Perception
EC ENGR M208BFunctional Analysis for Applied Mathematics and Engineering
EC ENGR M208CTopics in Functional Analysis for Applied Mathematics and Engineering
EC ENGR 209ASSpecial Topics in Circuits and Embedded SystemsPython programming, Machine Learning, AI on Chip. RESTFul backend with NodeJS, ExpressJS, and MongoDB Atlas Database
EC ENGR 209BSSeminar: Circuits and Embedded SystemsUse of lab equipment such as oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, and multimeters.
EC ENGR 210AAdaptation and Learning
EC ENGR 210BInference over Networks
EC ENGR 211ADigital Image Processing IProject and supplier management.
EC ENGR 212ATheory and Design of Digital FiltersDesign of digital filters, Use of MATLAB filter design and quantization toolboxes
EC ENGR M214ADigital Speech Processing
EC ENGR 214BAdvanced Topics in Speech Processing
EC ENGR 215AAnalog Integrated Circuit Design
EC ENGR 215BAdvanced Digital Integrated CircuitsCircuit simulation models and model parameters
Design of digital logic circuits, Design and operating mechanisms of different memories
EC ENGR 215CAnalysis and Design of RF Circuits and SystemsRadio Frequency Component Characteristics and measurement, Operation of Spectrum Analyzer
EC ENGR 215DAnalog Microsystem Design
EC ENGR 215ESignaling and SynchronizationDesign of high speed I/O circuits, Design of oscillator and clock synchronization circuits, Use of Cadence circuit simulators
EC ENGR M216ADesign of VLSI Circuits and SystemsVLSI circuit and system design with Verilog, Standard-cell based logic and physical synthesis, Static timing analysis, power and area estimation, Functional verification using ModelSim
EC ENGR 216BVLSI Signal ProcessingHigh-level synthesis of DSP algorithms, Number representation and digital arithmetic, Hardware scheduling and retiming, Architecture design space exploration
EC ENGR M216CLSI in Computer System DesignCoding, Computer System Architecture, System Level Debugging
EC ENGR M217Biomedical Imaging
EC ENGR 218Network Economics and Game Theory
EC ENGR 219Large-Scale Data Mining: Models and AlgorithmsLarge-Scale Data Mining. Classification and clustering, Supervised and unsupervised data
modeling, Recommendation systems, Collecting and cleaning large-scale data
EC ENGR 221APhysics of Semiconductor Devices IUse of oscilloscope, Spectrum analyzer to capture and analyze data. SPICE based software for circuit simulation and analysis. Failure analysis of the products, understand the circuit level design
EC ENGR 221BPhysics of Semiconductor Devices II
EC ENGR 221CMicrowave Semiconductor Devices
EC ENGR 222Integrated Circuits Fabrication Processes
EC ENGR 223Solid-State Electronics I
EC ENGR 224Solid-State Electronics II
EC ENGR 225Physics of Semiconductor Nanostructures and Devices
EC ENGR 229Seminar: Advanced Topics in Solid-State Electronics
EC ENGR 229SAdvanced Electrical Engineering Seminar
EC ENGR 230ADetection and Estimation in Communication
EC ENGR 230BDigital Communication Systems
EC ENGR 230CSignal Processing in Communications
EC ENGR 230DAlgorithms and Processing in Communication Systems
EC ENGR 231AInformation Theory
EC ENGR 231BNetwork Information Theory
EC ENGR 231EChannel Coding Theory
EC ENGR 232AStochastic Modeling with Applications to Telecommunication Systems
EC ENGR 232BQueueing Systems and Intelligent Transportation Networks
EC ENGR 232DCommunications Networking and Traffic Management for Autonomous Mobile SystemsNetworking fundamentals, Multiple access algorithms, schemes, and protocols, Mobile ad hoc networks, Cellular wireless networks
ECENGR232ELarge Scale Social and Complex Networks: Design and AlgorithmsGraph theory and representation, Power law networks & random, network models, Reinforcement learning, PageRank and shortest path, algorithms, Graph convolutional networks, Minimum spanning trees, NP problems & approximation, algorithms
EC ENGR 233 Wireless Communications System Design, Modeling, and ImplementationWireless Communication
EC ENGR 234ANetwork Coding Theory and Applications
EC ENGR 235AMathematical Foundations of Data Storage SystemsPython programming language
EC ENGR 236ALinear Programming
EC ENGR 236BConvex Optimization
EC ENGR 236COptimization Methods for Large-Scale Systems
EC ENGR M237Dynamic Programming
EC ENGR 238Multimedia Communications and Processing
EC ENGR 239ASSpecial Topics in Signals and SystemsPrograming with Raspberry pi or similar processors for
various internal projects
EC ENGR 239BSSeminar: Signals and Systems
EC ENGR M240ALinear Dynamic SystemsCollected, analyzed, and reported experimental results
Maintained and extended software implementations and collaborated with others on shared codebases, analyzed, and reported experimental results
EC ENGR M240COptimal Control
EC ENGR 241AStochastic Processes
EC ENGR M242ANonlinear Dynamic Systems
EC ENGR C243ANeural Signal Processing
EC ENGR 246Foundations of Statistical Machine Learning
EC ENGR C247Neural Networks and Deep LearningProgramming and scripting for writing code to support tool features. Understanding and implementing machine learning algorithms for circuit design and analysis. Implemented and evaluated neural network algorithms to improve Inference accuracy and efficiency. Built utilities to analyze neural networks, including visualization of weights, activations, and fine-tuning effects. Investigated and resolved issues related to model performance, including low-quality outputs and unexpected behavior.
EC ENGR M248SSeminar: Systems, Dynamics, and Control Topics
EC ENGR M250BMicroelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Fabrication
EC ENGR M252Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) Device Physics and Design
EC ENGR M255Neuroengineering
EC ENGR M257Nanoscience and Technology
EC ENGR 260AAdvanced Engineering Electrodynamics
EC ENGR 260BAdvanced Engineering Electrodynamics
EC ENGR 261Microwave and Millimeter Wave Circuits
EC ENGR 262Antenna Theory and Design
EC ENGR 263Reflector Antennas Synthesis, Analysis, and Measurement
EC ENGR 266Computational Methods for Electromagnetics
EC ENGR 270Applied Quantum Mechanics
EC ENGR 271Classical Laser Theory
EC ENGR 272Dynamics of Lasers
EC ENGR 273Nonlinear Photonics
EC ENGR 274Optical Communication and Sensing Design
EC ENGR M275Micro- and Nanoscale Biosensing for Molecular DiagnosticsDesign and evaluation of biosensors and bioelectronics systems
EC ENGR 279ASSpecial Topics in Physical and Wave ElectronicsWorking in cleanroom
EC ENGR 279BSSeminar: Physical and Wave Electronics
EC ENGR 279CSClean Green IGERT Brown-Bag Seminar
EC ENGR CM282Science, Technology, and Public Policy
EC ENGR 285APlasma Waves and Instabilities
EC ENGR 285BAdvanced Plasma Waves and Instabilities
EC ENGR M287Fusion Plasma Physics and Analysis