electrical engineering

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Electrical engineering is a subfield of engineering that studies and researches electricity, electronics, and electromagnetism and includes system design in areas such as telecommunications, the computer sciences, and broadcasting. Electrical engineers are people who are certified in this subfield, and at minimum, have received a bachelor’s of science in engineering.

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