CSE 431 — CYBER-PHYSICAL SYSTEMS ENGINEERING I (CUR-058)

Summary 🟢 ✓

• Resource type: course
• Owner Unit: Cyber-Physical Systems Engineering
• College/School: Jarvis College of Computing and Digital Media
• Curriculum section: Engineering / Computer Science / CDM
• Catalog: CSE 431
• Last Verified: 2026-05-28

Course access

• Level: green (Open Enrollment)
• Rationale: No formal prerequisites listed in catalog description; open to any student meeting university registration rules.
• Prerequisites: None listed in catalog description

Verification

• Status: verified_catalog_course (✓)
• Rationale: Appears in the current official DePaul course catalog search.
• Source URL: catalog.depaul.edu/course-descriptions/cse
• Last verified: 2026-05-28

Catalog description

The first in a three-course sequence that provides a comprehensive overview of core CPS topics in an application-driven context and with an emphasis on fundamental engineering design principles of modularity and abstraction. This first course focuses on electromagnetics and circuit analysis with applications to displays, touchpads, cameras, memory, batteries, GPS, and wireless communications. Labs will be used to apply the concepts covered in class in the context of managing hardware devices and building cyber-physical system prototypes. PREREQUISITES: linear algebra and a year of college physics and CSC 407 .

Hardware relevance

Hands-on labs, fabrication, instrumentation, or physical production technology described in the official catalog course description.

Notes

Catalog course key: CSE 431. Course offerings and schedules are not verified in this pass.