The first-level disciplines of electrical engineering include five second-level disciplines: motors and electrical appliances, power systems and automation, high voltage and insulation technology, power electronics and electric transmission, and electrical theory and new technologies.

Electrical engineering is traditionally defined as the sum of related disciplines used to create electrical and electronic systems. This definition was originally very broad, but with the rapid development of science and technology, the current concept of electrical engineering has far exceeded the scope of the above definition. A professor at Stanford University pointed out: "Today's electrical engineering covers almost all engineering behaviors related to electronics and photons."

It is the great progress of electronic technology that has promoted the arrival of the information age based on computer networks and changed all aspects including human life and work patterns. The electrical engineering discipline of American University, also known as the Department of Electrical Engineering, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Science, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, etc., mainly focuses on computer and information technology as its research direction and focus.

Main courses

Circuit principles, analog electronics technology, digital electronics technology, microcomputer principles and applications, signals and systems, automatic control principles, motors and drag, power electronics technology, electricity Drag automatic control system, electrical control technology and PLC application.

Microcomputer control technology, power system analysis, electrical part of power plant, electrical machinery, power system automatic device principle, electrical engineering, high voltage and insulation technology, electrical engineering professional English, power system steady-state analysis, electric power System transient analysis, high voltage technology, high voltage direct current transmission technology, relay protection.