Students that want to progress through their education a little faster or expand on their curriculum with cross-disciplinary material often turn to summer courses. With no more than two months of work, students can bolster their course hours and develop new professional and life skills.

Some curious students may wonder, what is a summer course in electrical engineering? Such courses may cover the principles of electrical infrastructures, from individual circuits in electronic devices to telecommunications networks and power supplies. Students may learn how electrical systems are utilized, analyzed, and optimized, and also how to model not just the system’s behavior itself but also the production and management. Courses can be broad in scope for general systems engineering or specific to a particular kind of system.

A summer course in electrical engineering can help students to develop and strengthen skills in planning and organization, which are useful in engineering but can also apply elsewhere. Risk analysis and decision making may also be learned skills, as well as skills in using mathematical and computer-aided models to help with planning and analysis.

Summer courses vary in tuition costs, largely based on how long the course is in terms of weeks or course hours. The tuition can often be less expensive than a course in the fall or winter semesters, though. Students should consult with the schools they are considering to find information on tuition and other costs.

With one of these courses, students can make their way toward any number of careers in electrical engineering. Work with electrical systems, from power to communications, is a growing field with many career options. Maintenance technicians, integrated circuit designers using CAD, and risk assessment consultants are just a few possible jobs in the student’s future. Students may also use the summer course to prepare them to continue their education in an electrical engineering degree program.

An online summer course grants flexibility to aspiring students seeking to broaden or accelerate their education. To find distance learning courses and the schools that offer them, search for your program below and contact directly the admission office of the school of your choice by filling in the lead form.