Electrical Engineering
Electrical engineering programs focus on distribution, equipment and control of the use of electricity. Start a program today to get your electrical engineering career off the ground.
Electrical engineering is the branch of engineering that specifically focuses on the distribution, equipment and control of the use of electricity. Electrical engineers develop and manufacture electrical equipment, usually with a team of other engineers. They say variety is the spice of job satisfaction and in an electrical engineering career there is no shortage of variety. One day you could be working on a giant electric power generator and the next you could be working on a wireless phone transmitter. Areas of specialty within electrical engineering include circuit research and design, optoelectronics, communications systems, microelectronics and electromagnetics.
Courses will teach you all about designing and developing electrical technologies that are safe, reliable and sustainable. Electrical engineers accounted for 319,200 jobs in 2008 and the average salary is $89,000.
Similar areas of study to Electrical Engineering include mechanical engineering and industrial instrumentation.