What Is Electrical Engineering?
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Electrical engineering encompasses a broad range of subdisciplines included electronics, RF, controls, signal processing, instrumentation, power, and much more. This video covers a quick overview of those fields and then goes into the electrical engineering undergrad curriculum you can expect. Note that all schools are a little different so don't take this as a guarantee, but hopefully this gives a good overview of what to expect.
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Hey everyone, yes I have done many videos on EE but the one's on "why is EE a difficult major" have seemed to scare some people in terms of the major which is never the intention of these videos. Tried a different delivery with this one to replace those, hope this gives a good overview of just what to expect. For those just coming across the channel there are many more videos on EE as I mention at this end of this video that you can find in the description. Hope you enjoy!
I start my engineering classes in the fall, I heard that the beginning ones are not so bad but I'll also be taking calc 2 in the fall, I've heard some horrible things about calculus 2, any tips?
Calc 2 is definitely a tough one. Do LOTS of practice problems. You’re gonna learn things like integration techniques but you HAVE to do lots of problems to see the full picture of how and when to do each one. You can know each technique and be totally stuck on a problem that involves it because there’s often little tricks you need to be aware of.
MajorPrep You were right. Everyone looking into it. Needed this video
Fadic 4 I'm in calc 2 right now. Something that also might be hard are sequences and series and all the convergence tests.
Love the vids!! Can you do one on Mechatronics?
This is the kind of information that a typical high school kid would need when they inevitably ask the question. 'Why are we studying this stuff'? If a teacher can then go into to this and answer questions while doing it. That is a real teacher. Most teachers actually don't know the answer.
thanks common core!
Teachers can't waste the time answering those questions. If you're curious be proactive and look it up yourself
Then you have a faulty educational system.
It's simple. Cause if you do not learn how to diagnose and or fix these systems . You will get ripped off at every shop. Only to find out that 99% of shops have no idea how an electrical system on a car or boat or even a semi works. 99% of dealers and mechanics know how to change oil. But take your car or boat or evan your motorcycle to the dealer for a no start situation. Unless you know how to diagnose or fix it. You are screwed. I found this out the hard way with my no start situation if the vessle or vehicle needs anything more than a battery replacement forget it. It will sit there untill you come pick it up with a tow truck. 99% of mechanics have no idea how an electrical circuit works in any vehicle. There for unless you can diagnose and fix your own no start you will be walking or taking the bus. Or worse yet you will be that idiot in a parking lot trying to get your car to start. And you will fail unless you learn.
And then the student reply "So if you know this stuff, why are you a teacher and not in a high paying engineering job?"
i watched this video back in 2020 before starting my first electrical engineering year, one year from now i will be getting my diploma in electrical engineering, specifically in telecommunication engineering and everything said in this video is so true thank you Zach for guiding me through my journey and goodluck for all electrical engineers enthusiasts out there!
🎉🎉🎉 congratulations bro how's the job market
You forgot crying.
I am an electrical engineer. Graduated this year with a First Class Honors from University of Nairobi. It's the best choice one could ever make. Trust me.❤️❤️❤️❤️
Am in 2nd year in electrical engineering uon too hello
That's so awesome, I'm a first year electrical engineering student. It's really hard.
What advise would you give me to make it in this field?
Yes
I'm a second year student who transferred from CS to EE, I'm even on an EE research project now! Very exciting
Hiiiii a fellow kenyann..joining eee too
general people really confuse engineers with technician
I am a computer engineer and people call me the it guy
I know right. So typical. People don't understand that engineers design the object and have to understand it at a very complex level. Technicians fix the object if it breaks down and just have to know the basic parts and have a general idea of how the object runs/functions.
I like both; design and work. I like to get my hands dirty when I design a thing.
@@omar7altawil435 computer engineering is electrical engineering but worse.
@@hwstar9416 Isn't the general consensus EE is slightly harder than CpE?
Having studied electrical engineering 25 years ago in Germany, it's good to see that this field is very stable even across countries. I had about 90% of the same classes.
and it still is this way. I study EE in germany at the moment and could relate to all of the classes he named
@@justthejust9868 Wo studierst du?
@@munireid77 TU Braunschweig
How can come and further my study in Germany with schoolarship
@@justthejust9868 is it really hard? Im applying to TUM and TU berlin
The most thing in my life I'm proud of is that I'm an ELECTRICAL ENGINEER!!
So if I do this course I will have to study all the topics that the guys listed in this video or is it specific ones?
@@Kooler_1 Depends what you want to do, im doing electrical and mechanical engineering in one
@@bigelite4557 isn't that more work load?
@@bigelite4557 I want to work in the field like apple, tesla, or one of those companies. What course do I have to do?
Congrats
As an electrical engineering student myself, your videos are extremely helpful and honestly invaluable. This is the stuff that no one tells you but is so important. These videos have really helped me narrow my focus and prepare for the future. My roommate said after watching a video, "man I really wish I knew this when I was starting out". Thank you!
Hey I'm currently a senior in high school and am thinking of majoring in EE and was wondering if you ever work with Electronics such as phones?
@@Diamond-gk1ec do it
@@Diamond-gk1ec also considering majoring in EE seems like something I'll really enjoy! Im in my junior year finishing up strong!
@@Diamond-gk1ec mechanical engineer is better..in ee you do a basically a shitton of calculations only
@@kaja9917 Can you explain more, please?
Why mechanical engineering is better than electrical engineering?
I'm back in college at 32. Looking to get an EE degree. I'm on my third semester. I have 10 years experience in graphic design. My focus is alternative energy and EV. I also bought an Arduino to practice building circuit and to do project.
Hell yeah dude! I'm 23 and I just got my associates in web development. But, I'm gonna go back to college and get an EE major. :)
Hello, i'm 19 year-old from indonesia, i'm confused right now, i'm good at mathematics, but i'm not sure if i were great at physics, can you tell me which is more important in Electrical Engineering? Mathematics or physics? sorry for my bad english, thank you..
Zulfiar Ahimsa mathematics definitely.
@@fudgebrownie289 thanks mate
Proud of you ! Live the dream baby !!
Great video! I'm an EE major I can confidently say this is a well-described summary. I would suggest a video comparing Electrical and Computer Engineering, and maybe benefits for those doing both as dual.
Mohamed Al-Bader it's done already th-cam.com/video/iIkTkNZO2no/w-d-xo.html
Lmao oops, thanks😂
How difficult is to study ?
Im currently taking up computer engineering and so for it wasn't good as i what expected im about to shift to electrical engineering hoping its a good decision.
@@diyproject2476 One of the most difficult engineering field. You must have strong analytical and abstract thinking mind
The information you’ve provided with all these videos is so helpful, please keep up the good work
Thank you for this video, its awesome! It helped me regain some motivation even if i'm already in my early stages of my major :) Love you!
You are my motivation to choose electrical engineering !!Awesome!
Did you go to uni and study EE?
Love your videos, very informative. I love it, keep up the amazing work.
Your explanation skill is really good. Thank you very much and keep up the good work.
Never watched a video that's so detailed before
Thanks for this video man! Im a 2nd year engineering and I love that EE is so broad and with one degree you can do anything and work anywhere!
Are u studying a 2year course
Great video, covered all the bases and pretty accurate across the board
This video was really really helpful. Thanks a lot. This is the kind of info that should be wide spread among high school students and freshers in tertiary institutions
Studying may suck at times but in between our dreams and success, there's surely a lot of midnight studying and coffee breaks that's going to happen.
Most of the people reading this are probably waiting for an exam to happen as well. This pandemic surely has caused others to loose their motivation. Some have lost that exam vibe and it's quite difficult to bring back our old self - the one who was always motivated to study every day.
You won't always be motivated but you can be determined to keep going no matter how hard it gets. Hard work will never disappoint you because every second of it is going to pay off.
One day, we will all be taking that exam that we have been preparing for. For now, let us focus on our goals. Keep studying and be consistent.
That license is waiting for you! ❤️
That first graph really hit me to motivate and re-think about what i do. I go to Virginia tech studying electrical engineering and it is just way too hard and im not even sure if this is the right way. I really hope if im doing it right
@@samuelp4065how did it go bro?
@@bichs_slayer6068 oh its going well. Although I chose to do for my master's degree Computer Engineering with a focus in computer vision, I had a great experience learning electrical engineering as a undergraduate.
I'm a fourth-year undergraduate Electrical and Computer Engineering student and I really wished I had this video when I started at my University or when applying for majors at my college. This video is honestly a really great overview of what was to come. Having done all these courses already, I can see the bigger picture now. But at the time of starting out, I often questioned why I was taking these courses, other than we had to. Your video is still really helpful, even now, since job interviews are coming up and I've forgotten some of the material that I am supposed to know.
Great and helpful content as always!
You Zach Star have got the best engineering degree overviews on TH-cam that I've seen by far. I really love how you break everything down in such simply terms and it is really giving me a lot of insight on what I should do in life. With that being said I'm still a little hung up on whether I should do Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering. That right now is my biggest toss up with what major I should go with.
At first I was leaning on the Computer Engineering side. However, this video is really making me lean towards the Electrical Engineering side. So I guess I need at least one more video on the types of classes that Computer Engineers take and if I see that then maybe I will be able to make a decision.
Awesome video, thank you for your work! Please do lots more electrical engineering videos
Great content as always man, I gotta start tweeting out your channel on different people's pages to get you some more traffic because these are extremely useful to college students like me or even high school students and below. I think people should know that it is very difficult but that they are capable of a lot more than they think, it's not like every engineer and scientist was a genius or even exceptionally gifted. I'm studying Electrical Engineering and plan on working for a year or two then getting my PhD in Applied Physics. I wanted to ask you if you could do a video on undergraduate research? I'm very interested in doing that in the two summers during my actual Engineering program. (I'm doing my pre-reqs and getting my AA at Community College before I transfer to Uni.) Thanks mate, keep it up!
Damn, I was unsure of wether i wanted to pursue a degree in EE or if I should switch to ME, but this video makes me exited to go into electrical. Thanks!
This sounds hard asf. Yall is insane for doin this.
hell yeah dude frying your brain is part of the adventure
someone has to do it :D
@@KungKras Just because someone has to do it doesn't mean you have to be that someone.
@@cardeajackson7644 Well, I think it's fun and interesting. So I'm gladly the one to do it :D
the hard part is finding a job
this was a really helpful video, I am looking at entering school for this degree when in the next year, and this has really excited me.
What did You end up choosing ?
How did it go bro?
Great video, some things that need to be discussed is how hard some of these classes are. If people can get passed calc 1-4 and phys 1-3. You still have fields 1 and 2, which is wild and signals and systems good luck.. Just focus and ccncentrate on studying and no negative energy, you guys got this.
thanks men. thanks to you and your videos i decided to choose my right major.
Sweet video! Thank you for the information.🙏
Thank you so much for the video! It is really informative.
This video was really well done. Thank you!
As an Eletrical ingeniering student i must say that this video was extremely accurate interms of our current an future courses. A very good video to watch for people who is interested in the electrical engineering.
I really wish to be an electrical engineer soon!! I figured that I can use my prior experience being on a competitive robotics team to help me out with it as well. I've always been interested in this field and I didn't realize there were different types of electrical engineering 😱
Thankyou, will reach you back once I finish my bachelors in electrical engineering.
Great job guys keep up the good work.
Sometimes I really want to just give up and walk away from EE, but something, no matter how hard the labs or exams are, always brings me back.
Good video! Also, all EE students at my school had to take a couple programming classes. This should be required everywhere. Having programming knowledge is imperative as it complements your skills with embedded systems, signal processing, controls, and many other engineering disciplines. EE and computer science are actually much more related than people think, I actually double majored in them because they overlapped enough.
Informative..keep up the good work
Love your video! Do more EE and EET videos please!
MajorPrep, Can you make a video on Optical Engineering, the majors you should take to specialize in it, ir a job fields and stuff?
Brilliant video, I'm switching from math to electrical engineering, due to the fact that I need a job when I finally get out of school
howd that go?
Im doing applied math and electrical engineering!
Why not from math to AI or CS?
@@Unknown-ki8yk or Data Science 👀
Thank you for your videos they are very helpful!
First year computer engineering student at Cal Poly SLO! Love these videos my dude
I went to cal poly for EE! Best of luck man!
Isn't Cal Poly one of the best looking campuses or something?
I have not heard of it being one of the best looking campuses, but I would not be surprised! I have heard that it is in one of the happiest cities in America and they have a renowned school for engineering
Yeah I never heard of it being the best looking but it was ranked the happiest city or one of the happiest cities. It's campus is awesome in my opinion though and they have a great engineering program for sure.
How was year one?
Thank you so much for this video sir !!
Very good video. Stressing WHY something is important to learn is key to understanding the subject matter. The video also does an EXCELLENT job of explaining what college is and isn't. College is meant to give you foundational knowledge in a certain area. Then you build expertise from there with further education and experience. Good job.
What a brilliant way of explaining how we academically approach electrical engineering :)
I am a highschool student who is struggling with choosing a major. Electrical Engineering was an option I had in my head. This is has been of so much help, I can't even begin to put it in words. THANKS SO MUCH FOR THIS!
I'm a 25 year old dad and I'm going into this field and this is a tremendous help as well
Well, if you're going in, get ready to solve/learn chemistry AND calculus.
@@buwanbuwaya6927chemistry?
Bro. I watched this video years ago to see wtf I was even getting myself into. I'm glad I watched this and some of your other videos going into more depth. It helped me choose what I was interested in. I'm now an EE and this video popped back up in my feed. Just came back to say thanks for the info
Same
This is an excellent video. Could you make one on electromagnetics engineering?
Great video, thanks for sharing.
Great video! really sums up what knowledge is needed for this area of study without being overly simplified like most other videos describing what EE is
Thanks for the video Zach. I'm interested in creating/designing computer devices etc. I pressume this field would be perfect for me. I'm already working in IT but interested in learning this field to branch out a bit.
Great video again! Very informative. Can you do some videos on environmental engineering as well ? :)
I'm glad this dude immediately started talking about the subfields of electrical engineering.
Wish you were around when i was in High school and contemplating what field i should major in. Your videos break down all the STEM majors for a beginner, and gives them an overview of what to expect. I would have chosen EE as my major and not Computer Science had i known the overview of both.
Why though?
Just curious
lol i'm 3 years late but like talha said before, why did you regret CS? I'm thinking of getting a degree in either CS or EE for my undergrad and im still sooo undecisive
Great channel! Hope you get more subs
I wish I knew this when taking this course...now I have complete my 1 year..only 3 more years to go thank for the info
Thanks for this information.
Great video! People who are thinking of going to EE should check this video out before making a decision
Excellent introduction tutorial 🙏
Very informative, thank you
Electrical engineering is a field of technical research and application related to electricity, electronics and electromagnetism. This field became the first important and career-related formation of it in the late 19th century after telegraph and electricity power supply entered commercialization.
Thank you Zach this is really informative wanted to get in to the field when I was younger but for one reason or another never did 👍🏼😁 this is great
Hi +MajorPrep can you do a separate video for Electronics Engineering (ECE)? Because I think it covers a different topic than Electrical Engineering. Your response will be appreciated. :)
Hey could you do some more videos on some of the sciences such as Chemistry, or Biology?
Hey bro. Please make a video on engineering physics(as a major in itself!). What are my career prospects, stuff I can learn etc???
@zachstar Your videos have given me great insight into each engineering branch and it's cons and pros. It took me a lot of time to pick between mechanical and electrical engineering, I'm a bit more than halfway done with Mech Eng and couldn't be happier. But I still am very interested in electrical engineering and it's systems implementations. I'm going to take electromechanical systems FEA as electives. That will help me dip my toes in it. But I am debating if I should get a masters in Mechatronics or go back in a few years to get an electrical engineering degree as well. I have looked everywhere and asked some advisors and professors about this, did not get much insight into my dilemma, and decided to come here to ask your opinion. What would you say is the best approach?
I wish I saw this channel before going to college.
Iam a electrical and electronics engineer (EEE) from INDIA.keep doing lot in our field
Just completed my Electrical engineering.what should I do to get an exciting carrier
Stuck in Trig... I'll keep pushing. Thanks for the awesome video!
Where you at now??
@@luisd5098 lol well I passed Trig with a B and then my videography took off and now I'm shooting videos. Didn't see it coming honestly.
@@i_am_seawolf oh sweet! So no more engineering??
I love the way he those these I haven't done any of these Crouse's as yet in college but I've done them in highschool and because off they look like they so hard ppl don't do them but there actually some what easy n he made that clear
Thank you so much!
Please do a video on engineering physics
Great video! Have you ever considered doing a podcast, id be definitely interested in listening since Im doing EE too!
Very helpful, thank you
Great content
I'm 14 years old, and I was instantly interested in electricity and electronics when I was a kid. I LOVED electrical systems and electronics.
All I can say is thank you for the video, I hope that I'll get into university with electrical engineering
Just study hard and get good grades! The fact that you know what you want to do at 14 is a great thing man.
@@johnfedorov8089 thanks dude
@@vernoneatwell5449 Are you in university or still high school bro?
That's really helpful, thanks. I think I'm going to go into avionics.
I don't know if you usually take requests, but I am going into a really niche major in the fall and I would love to know a bit more about the jobs and practical applications of it going in. If you could do one of these style video about Photonics/Optical Engineering that would be really cool!
How’d it go?
You forgot to say about the main subject -"ELECTRICAL MACHINES" ( Its about alternators ,motors and synchronous machines)
Electric machines falls under power, as it covers things such as rectifiers, transformers, and magnetic circuits which make up the inner workings of dc and ac motors
The videos are very interesting and have great lessons
This is a great and informative video. As a first year college student who is majoring in Electrical and Computer Engineering and minoring in Computer Science, what field of Electrical Engineering would you recommend to use my degrees to their fullest?
Sir please make a video on the difference between electronical engineering and electronic engineering
I love the video
Thanks ! It is an excellent explanation of Electrical Engineering.
I have been studying Maths and Physics in the last 8 years to be an E.Engineer .
Finally, it's crystal clear which area of E.E. apply all that Maths and Physics techniques/equations.
This video has removed my doubts of being an electrical engineer
After finishing my bachelor in EEE i can agree that this video shows everything what I learn in college
Hello, hope you there. I need some advice from you!! Thankyouu
The transistor example at 10:50 is showing a BJT which is current controlled unlike a MOSFET which is the voltage controlled transistor.
I see many back to Uni at different age. I am 40 with a BSc and MA in Business, with my own company but I start EE in BSc in couple of days! Exciting and scary in the same time. Some years ago I swore I would not be back to uni anymore... and here I go!! EE is the only engineering field where you dont need drawing skills. I have none! Engineers are cool - they make the world go forward!
Wow that's amazing! Congrats and good luck! I always tell myself that I will go back to school for civil and/or mechanical engineering and I'm in school right now lol
Is this true? I'm very reluctant to go into mechanical engineering because of all the drawing. If your comment is true, electrical engineering might be the one for me.
In Mechatronics I learned the basics, like Parallel, Series, AC, and DC circuits, some mathematical equations and other integral stuff.
RickitySplitz in the uk that was 10th grade physics
Again man, love your videos, especially this one since I'm an EE student haha. Just wanted to throw out some ideas for future videos. I realize that I can't remember every video you've done so I may repeat something you've already covered. Fair warning, I put down a decent amount but I love your content and the way you present topics so I know they would be great.
1. Undergraduate Research, including research in related but different fields from your major and how to get accepted for it.
2. I would LOVE for you to do a video on Game Theory and Probability and Statistics and their importance in fields of Engineering, Physics, and other domains of science. It's something I'm trying to learn the basics of on my own and is unbelievably important and relevant in every branch of society.
3. Another video on Artificial Intelligence and some of the specific problems like the alignment problem.
4. Maybe some tips on getting into Grad school, specifically, can an Engineer study physics in grad school and vice versa?
5. The emerging and increasing importance of programming and computer science across many fields of science and how you can learn some of that stuff on your own.
6. Maybe a video on Quantum Computing and what you might study to work in that field?
7. Plasma Physics, specifically what you need to study to work on Nuclear Fusion research.
8. Genetics, specifically with a view to working in research areas like CRISPR.
9. Economics.
10. Cognitive Science.
11. Nuclear Physics and Engineering. (Can't remember if you've done a video on this one or not.)
Ok that's all I can think of haha. Thanks again for the content.
Seriously appreciate this comment. Sometimes I’m trying to think of a video and I search through comments to get some ideas. I’m copying all this into my list of potential videos.
MajorPrep Awesome man, glad I could help.
@@zachstar I'm also an EE student half way through the major. I think a thorough video about Fourier series and transform could help, not only me but actually a lot of other engineering majors, since that's a topic of math.
I'm an EET major and this pretty much covers it. The only difference is EET focuses more on labs and practical application. There's also less math courses.
Hi Zach I was wondering if you could do a video over electrochemical engineering? Thank you!
Thanks for video 😍😍😍
You should make a video on what is Geomatics Engineering. :)
in my country - India - most of the electrical / clectronics engineer pivot to careers in Computer /software industry so most just take the bare minimum subjects for their Bachelors and have electives / minors in dept like CS or Data Analytics - sad state of affairs but nowadays opportunities exist but restricted to vlsi domain and govt/state run utility companies has jobs in power domain . The ones who took ECE / EEE not because of just entrance exam cutoffs and are interested generally go to US or Europe for their masters and settle there.
It is much worse for civil , mechanical and chemical engineers as there is hardl any job in their domain.
Ide love to do this, I’m just unsure if I have the capability
You sure have it man
Everyone has the capability. It’s just a matter of how much you want it, and how hard are you willing to work for it. You have to have a love for it. That Love can be developed while you’re first working at it, or at anytime rather; but you have to do what you love. That’s where your purpose comes from.
@@keyshaunmeeks8499 i failed algebra and have never done calculus. I failed my last year of physics. These are all prerequisites of getting into engineering.
You and everyone else bro. I'm a mechanical engineer. Just listen to your advisor, make a 4 year schedule plan, study the lecture a day before it's delivered, and go
If you can see it in your mind, you can bring it forth into reality. Don’t let that mindset hinder your personal progress and development, brother. After all, it is a mindset and well, you can change your mind. Much luck to you!