Degree Pathway for the Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Spring 2023 and Before
Credit Requirements
Non-Thesis Option
For students who started their program Spring 2023 and before.
| Courses | Cr. |
|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 9 |
| Technical Electives | 21 |
| Advanced Project | 3 |
| Total credit hours | 33 credits
|
| Courses | Cr. |
|---|---|
| Core Requirements | 9 |
| Technical Electives | 15 |
| Thesis | 6 |
| Graduate Seminar (EECE.6010) | 0 |
| Total credit hours | 30 credits |
| Required Courses (Choose 3 of the Following) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course # | Course Name | Cr. |
| EECE.5070 | Electromagnetic Waves and Materials | 3 |
| EECE.5080 | Quantum Electronics for Engineers | 3 |
| EECE.5090 | Linear Systems Analysis | 3 |
| EECE.5130 | Control Systems | 3 |
| EECE.5150 | Power Electronics | 3 |
| EECE.5200 | Computer-Aided Engineering Analysis | 3 |
| EECE.5430 | Introduction to Communications Theory | 3 |
| EECE.5840 | Probability and Random Processes | 3 |
| EECE.5840 | Solid State Electronics | 3 |
| Total | 9 | |
Research for Thesis Option
The research requirement may be fulfilled by completion of an MS Thesis, including registration for six credits of EECE.7430/EECE.7460 - MS Thesis Research, oral defense of the thesis and submission of the written document.
In addition to the required three core courses (9 credits), three additional courses from a concentration are recommended depending upon whether a thesis is selected or not.
| Concentration Courses (Choose 3 of the Following) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Course # | Course Name | Cr. |
| Total | 9 | |
| Information Systems (Telecommunications) | ||
| EECE.5100 | Digital Signal Processing | 3 |
| EECE.5110 | Medical Imaging Diagnosis | 3 |
| EECE.5460 | Computer Telecommunications | 3 |
| EECE.5480 | Coding and Information Theory | 3 |
| EECE.5820 | Wireless Communications | 3 |
| EECE.5860 | Stochastic Modeling in Telecommunications | 3 |
| EECE.6170 | Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Communications Networks | 3 |
| EECE.6180 | Performance of Wireless Communication Networks | 3 |
| EECE.6610 | Local Area / Computer Networking | 3 |
| EECE.6850 | Statistical Theory of Communications | 3 |
| EECE.6870 | Stochastic Estimation | 3 |
| EECE.6880 | Theoretical Acoustics | 3 |
| Information Systems (Communications Engineering) | ||
| EECE.5330 | Microwave Engineering | 3 |
| EECE.5460 | Computer Telecommunications | 3 |
| EECE.5480 | Coding and Information Theory | 3 |
| EECE.5710 | Radar Systems | 3 |
| EECE.5820 | Wireless Communications | 3 |
| EECE.5860 | Stochastic Modeling in Telecommunications | 3 |
| EECE.6170 | Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Communication Networks | 3 |
| EECE.6180 | Performance of Wireless Communications Networks | 3 |
| EECE.6610 | Local Area/Computer Networking | 3 |
| EECE.6840 | Time Series Analysis | 3 |
| EECE.6850 | Statistical Theory of Communications | 3 |
| EECE.6870 | Stochastic Estimation | 3 |
| Power and Energy Engineering | ||
| EECE.5140 | Power Systems Transmission | 3 |
| EECE.5150 | Power Electronics | 3 |
| EECE.5160 | Advanced Machine Theory | 3 |
| EECE.5250 | Power Systems Distribution | 3 |
| EECE.5280 | Alternative Energy Sources | 3 |
| EECE.5290 | Electric Vehicle Technology | 3 |
| EECE.6150 | Solid State Drives Systems | 3 |
| EECE.6160 | Computational Power Analysis | 3 |
| Opto-Electronics* | ||
| EECE.5080 | Quantum Electronics for Engineers | 3 |
| EECE.5180 | Electromagnetic Materials for Optical Engineering | 3 |
| EECE.5190 | Engineering of Submicron Machines | 3 |
| EECE.5230/4230 | Introduction to Solid State Electronics | 3 |
| EECE.5320 | Computational Electromagnetics | 3 |
| EECE.5830 | Wave Propagation in Plasmas | 3 |
| EECE.5900 | Fiber Optic Communications | 3 |
| EECE.5950 | Solid State Electronics | 3 |
| EECE.6070 | Electromagnetics of Complex Media | 3 |
| EECE.6080 | Scattering and Diffraction of EM Waves | 3 |
| EECE.6100 | Optics for Information Processing | 3 |
| PHYS.6310 | Non-Linear Optics | 3 |
| Computer Networking and Distributed Systems | ||
| EECE.5580 | World Wide Web programming | 3 |
| EECE.5830 | Network Design: Principles, Protocols, and Applications | 3 |
| EECE.5900 | Fiber Optic Communications | 3 |
| EECE.6570 | High-Speed Integrated Networks: Design and Evaluations | 3 |
| EECE.6580 | Computer Network Security | 3 |
| EECE.6590 | Distributed Systems | 3 |
| EECE.6600 | Mobile IP Networking | 3 |
| EECE.6610 | Local Area/Computer Networking | 3 |
| EECE.6660 | Storage Area Networks | 3 |
| Computing and Embedded Systems Hardware and Architecture | ||
| EECE.5020 | VLSI Design | 3 |
| EECE.5040 | VLSI Fabrication | 3 |
| EECE.5170 | MMIC Design and Fabrication | 3 |
| EECE.5500 | Advanced Digital Systems Design | 3 |
| EECE.5520 | Microprocessors II and Embedded Systems | 3 |
| EECE.5530 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| EECE.5570 | Object Oriented Design | 3 |
| EECE.5720 | Embedded Real-Time Systems | 3 |
| EECE.5740 | Advanced Logic Design | 3 |
| EECE.5750 | FPGA Logic Design Techniques | 3 |
| EECE.6500 | Advanced Computing Systems Hardware Architecture | 3 |
| EECE.6520 | Parallel and Multi-Processor Architecture | 3 |
| EECE.6560 | Fault Tolerance Systems Design | 3 |
| EEVE.6630 | Compiler Structures | 3 |
| Artificial and Machine Intelligence | ||
| EECE.5110 | Medical Imaging Diagnosis | 3 |
| EECE.5520 | Microprocessors II and Embedded Systems | 3 |
| EECE.5530 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| EECE.5540 | Voice Recognition, Processing and Computer Sound Drivers | 3 |
| EECE.5560 | Robotics | 3 |
| EECE.5570 | Object Oriented Design | 3 |
| EECE.5720 | Embedded Real-Time Systems | 3 |
| EECE.6510 | Computer Vision | 3 |
| EECE.6530 | Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning | 3 |
| EECE.7500 | Advanced Robotics and Machine Intelligence | 3 |
| Multimedia Digital Signal and Image Processing and Applications | ||
| EECE.5020 | VLSI Design | 3 |
| EECE.5100 | Digital Signal Processing | 3 |
| EECE.5110 | Medical Imaging Diagnosis | 3 |
| EECE.5210 | Real Time DSP | 3 |
| EECE.5530 | Software Engineering | 3 |
| EECE.5540 | Voice Recognition, Processing and Computer Sound Drivers | 3 |
| EECE.5720 | Embedded Real-Time Systems | 3 |
| EECE.5810 | Computer Vision and Digital Image Processing | 3 |
*Opto-Electronics is an option in cooperation with the Department of Physics, and may be pursued by students enrolled in the MS Eng in EE program. This option contains required and recommended courses designed to provide a fundamental background in optical devices and systems, as well as in optical physics and in the electro-optical properties of materials.
In addition to the required three core courses, students pursuing this option must take EECE.4680 Electro-Optics and Integrated Optics and two other courses from the above list.
Other concentrations in Electrical Engineering can be found from the clusters of courses specified as ECE certificates in the "Graduate Certificates" section.
With the approval of the Graduate Coordinator, students in the BS/MS program may use up to six credits of graduate courses with an earned grade of B or better for both graduate and undergraduate degrees.
Technical electives are Electrical and Computer Engineering graduate courses and concentration courses. Students may choose their technical electives in their area of concentration and across other areas to establish a broad knowledge base. Graduate courses in Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, and other engineering disciplines may be taken as technical electives only if they are pre-approved by the Graduate Coordinator for non-thesis option, or concurrently by the Graduate Coordinator and the student’s thesis advisor for thesis option.
The credits for Advanced Graduate Project (EECE.7330) cannot be counted toward the requirement for the thesis-option. It can be replaced with a 3-credit technical elective for the non-thesis option.
Updated 5/3/2024