May 09, 2024  
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog & Student Handbook 
    
2023-2024 Graduate Catalog & Student Handbook

Track - Electrical and Computer Engineering


Degree Requirements

A minimum of thirty (30) hours is required for a master’s degree. Six (6) hours must be engineering core, six (6) hours must be electrical and computer engineering track core, and nine (9) hours must be electrical and computer engineering electives.

Non-thesis course-only students will complete six (6) hours of engineering management electives with a three (3) hour independent study. If a student is on the thesis pathway, they will complete three (3) hours of engineering management electives, and six (6) hours of thesis courses.  

 
Course-Only Pathway  Thesis Pathway
Engineering Core*- 6 credit hours Engineering Core*- 6 credit hours
Electrical and Computer Engineering Track Core**- 6 credit hours Electrical and Computer Engineering Track Core**- 6 credit hours
Electrical and Computer Engineering Electives***- 9 credit hours Electrical and Computer Engineering Electives***- 9 credit hours
Engineering Management Electives****- 6 credit hours Engineering Management Electives****- 3 credit hours
Independent Study*****- 3 credit hours Thesis Requirement******- 6 credit hours

**Course offering frequency subject to change**

* Engineering Core

EGN 5470 - Advanced Engineering Math (3) COP 5090 - Scientific Computation and Programming (3)   

**Electrical and Computer Engineering Track Core

EEL 5613 - Modern Control (3) EEE 5507 - Advanced Digital Signal Processing (3)  

***Electrical and Computer Engineering Electives

EEL 5245 - Power Electronics (3) , CDA 5216 - Advanced VLSI Design (3) , EEL 5457 - Advanced Optoelectronics (3) , Any graduate-level EEL courses not used to fulfill another requirement may be used to fulfill the Electrical and Computer Engineering elective requirements.

****Engineering Management Electives

EGS 5626 - Engineering Project Management (3) , FIN 5406 - Financial Decision Making (3) , ECP 5007 - Economic Analysis for Technologists (3) , MAN 6636 - Global Strategic Management & Leadership (3) , CAP 5735 - Data Visualization and Reproducible Research (3)  

*****Independent Study

EGN 5903 - Independent Study (3)   

******Thesis Requirement

EGN 5915 - Research Methods (3) , EGN 5970 - Thesis 1 (2) , EGN 5975 - Thesis 2 (1)    

Plan of Study: Course-Only Pathway


Fall 1


Spring 1


Summer 1


Plan of Study: Thesis Pathway


Fall 1


Summer 1 (optional)


Fall 2


  • Credits: 2
  • Electrical and Computer Engineering Elective
  • Engineering Management Elective

Spring 2