Teaching Introductory Electrical Engineering Course to CS Students in a Russian University

TL;DR

This paper discusses the development and teaching of an introductory electrical engineering course tailored for CS students at a Russian university, aiming to fill curriculum gaps and meet labor market needs.

Contribution

It presents a tailored electrical engineering curriculum for CS students in Russia, integrating industry demands and learning preferences, inspired by the Mead & Conway revolution.

Findings

Students gained foundational electrical engineering knowledge.

The course addressed curriculum gaps in CS-focused electrical engineering.

Potential impact on labor market readiness for electrical engineering software developers.

Abstract

This article is about the author's experience with developing and teaching an introductory electrical engineering course for students of Faculty (department) of Information Technology of a Russian university. The curriculum of this department conforms to typical computer science curricula of US engineering schools with a noticeable omission of comparable electrical engineering courses. When developing the course, I did my best to pay attention to learning preferences of the department's student body. I also hoped to contribute to a degree to meeting labor market demands for developers of electrical engineering CAD software. As for inspiration, I was enchanted with ideas of the Mead & Conway revolution, albeit indirectly related to my enterprise.