Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering (MSECE)

MSECE students must complete a minimum of thirty-two semester hours of approved coursework with a minimum QPA of 3.000. Full-time students must complete either an eight semester hour Thesis or a four semester hour Project as part of their program of study. Research Assistants, Teaching Assistants, and Industrial Fellowship students must complete a Thesis. The Thesis or Project is optional for part-time students.

Research or Teaching Assistants may not change their areas of concentration without the approval of their academic or Thesis Adviser and the ECE Graduate Affairs Committee. Students who select the Thesis option must form an Examination Committee comprising the Thesis Adviser and a minimum of two full-time faculty members (or one full-time faculty member and one adviser from industry) with background relevant to the Thesis topic. The student shall present the Thesis to this Committee and to the ECE Department at-large in the form of a seminar before final approval of the Thesis will be granted. Students who choose the Project option shall select one adviser, who will be responsible for assigning the Project grade, and one other ECE faculty member. The Project shall result in a written report and a final examination comprising a poster session followed by a five-minute presentation. All Master of Science Projects will be presented at one poster session scheduled the Friday before final exam week. Project results should be of aquality that is suitable for publication or presentation at a professional conference.

The ECE Department requires that Master’s degree students who hold Research, Teaching, or Tuition Assistantships register for eight semester hours of coursework per semester, including summer mini-semesters. Students may register for ECE G664 Master’s Research (4SH) or ECE G668 Master’s Research (8SH) to fulfill the registration requirement if they have completed course work and Thesis registration requirements.

Course Requirements
All MSECE students must complete a minimum of two courses from the Required Core Courses list below. In addition, MSECE students should select an appropriate number of technical electives in consultation with their academic and/or research Adviser. A list of faculty-recommended technical electives within each research area is shown below.

	With Project	With Thesis	Part-time Study
Required Core Courses	8 SH	8 SH	8 SH
Technical Electives	20 SH	16 SH	24 SH
Project/Thesis	4 SH	8 SH	0 SH
Minimum Semester Hours Required	32 SH	32 SH	32 SH

Required Core Courses Credits ECE G200 Linear Systems Analysis 4 ECE G201 Solid State Devices 4 ECE G202 Electromagnetic Theory 1 4 ECE G203 Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations 4 ECE G204 Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 4 ECE G205 Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 4 ECE G352 Computer Architecture 4 ECE G353 VLSI Design 4