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I agree with Olin and Mu3 answers. I'll add that you should aim not for just one kind of "high level" component, but many more basic ones.

Not every EE course is the same across the world, and many different degrees fall under the EE umbrella term, and not every one of them has the same level of electronics topics treatment.

I would start with the datsheet of very basic components, like common through hole resistors and capacitors, then proceed with jellybean diodes like 1N4148 and 1N4007 and a general indicator LED datasheet.

Maybe throw in the datasheet of a half-watt Zener diode and a photodiode. Maybe also a Schottky diode.

Then low-power BJTs (2N3904,BC550) and MOSFETs (2N7000).

After those, jellybean OPAMPS, like LM358 and TL081 (please, DO NOT talk about the uA741! :-)

At this point, the student can grok also the LM317.