EC ENGR M216A · EE M216ADesign of VLSI Circuits and Systems
Electrical and Computer Engineering · 4 units · Graduate courses (200-299)
(Same as Computer Science M258A.) Recommended: course 115C. LSI/VLSI design and application in computer systems. Fundamental design techniques that can be used to implement complex integrated systems on chips.
Letter grading.
When it runs
- Fall 2025
- Fall 2026
Scheduled, not typical — from UCLA’s Schedule of Classes, which publishes Fall 2025 through Spring 2027 and nothing before it.
Requisites
Official UCLA wording
Requisites: courses M16 or Computer Science M51A, and 115A.
BruinTree reads · Prerequisite
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Requires
Everything that has to come before this course, not just the courses named in the requisite above.
EC ENGR M216A
- EC ENGR M16Logic Design of Digital Systems
- COM SCI M51ALogic Design of Digital Systems
2 direct requisites. The whole upstream is here — 2 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.
Unlocks
What this course is a requisite for, and what those courses lead to in turn.
EC ENGR M216A
- EC ENGR 215BAdvanced Digital Integrated Circuits
- EC ENGR 215ESignaling and Synchronization
- EC ENGR M216CLSI in Computer System Design
3 courses list this as a requisite. The whole downstream is here — 3 courses over 1 level. Every course here opens its own tree.