Building upon the set of abstractions that define the transition from physics
to electrical engineering, electrical engineering creates further abstractions to
FIGURE 1.1 Sequence of
courses and the abstraction layers
introduced in a possible EECS
course sequence that ultimately
results in the ability to create the
computer game “Doom,” or a
mixed-signal (containing both
analog and digital components)
microprocessor supervisory circuit
such as that shown in Figure 1.2.