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Masters of Science Plan A Program

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants for the Electrical Engineering M.S. Plan A program must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for admission:

• GRE test scores
• TOEFL score of 550 or more
• Undergraduate and/or graduate cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above

COURSE REQUIRMENTS

Students must take a minimum of 27 credits in the program. Typically, this consists of 9 credits each semester. The requirements consist of:

• at least 18 credits of graduate course work - some students may need more than six courses to complete Plan A of study. Final determination is made by the student and student's advisory committee.
• students in the Information, Communication and Decision Systems area may not count any EE 320 (Independent Study) courses; students in the Electronics and Phontoics area may include no more than 3 credits of EE 320
• at least 9 credits of Master's Thesis Research, *GRAD 395
• a Master's thesis
• one (1) credit of EE 311 seminar work
• oral presentation of thesis work

The courses required of M.S. candidates depend on their area of concentration.

Information, Communication and Decision Systems:
The following courses are required of all M.S. degree candidates (Plan A) in the Information, Communication and Decision Systems area.

1. ECE 301 Introduction to Systems Theory
2. ECE 313 Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes
3. ECE 316 Digital Signal Processing
4. ECE 361 Communication Theory
5. ECE 362 Estimation and Filtering Theory

It is not necessary that the remaining courses taken be in the Information, Communication and Decision Systems, although generally they tend to be.

Electronics and Photonics:
The following courses are required of all M.S. degree candidates (Plan A) in the Electronics and Photonics area, except those pursuing the Nanotechnology track(see below.)

1. ECE 348 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
2. ECE 338 Semiconductor Devices and Models or ECE 341 MOS Devices and VLSI Fundamentals
3. ECE 339 Fundamentals of Optoelectronics or ECE 353 Fundamentals of Photonics

It is not necessary that the remaining courses taken be in the Electronics and Photonics area, although they generally tend to be.

Nanotechnology track:
The following courses are required of all M.S. degree candidates (Plan A) in the Nanotechnology track.

Select 4 or 3 from this group

1. ECE 337 VLSI FAB
2. ECE 338/ECE 351 Semiconductor Devices
3. ECE 346 Microwave Techniques/ECE 348 Electromagnetics
4. ECE 339/ECE 353/ECE 356 Optoelectronics
5. ECE 359 Advanced VLSI Systems
6. ECE 355 Optical Waveguides (or Special topics ECE 320 on Nanophotonics)

Select 2 to 3 from this Specialization

1. ECE 345 Nanotechnology-I
2. ECE 347 Nanotechnology-II
3. ECE 320 Special Topics/Independent Study in Nanotechnology
4. ECE 366 Optical Information Processing

STANDARD FOR MAINTENANCE OF ACADEMIC STATUS

Each student must maintain a 3.0 overall GPA to remain in good standing. Each student must also be registered for 9 credits or more to be considered full-time unless authorized by their academic advisor for approved research.

STANDARDS FOR ACADEMIC PROBATION

Students who drop below a 3.0 overall GPA in any semester are informed by the Graduate School and the Electrical Engineering Program that they are on academic probation. They then have one semester to raise the GPA to 3.0 or better. Failure to do so will result in academic dismissal. A student cannot earn the M.S. degree with a final GPA below 3.0

READMISSIONS REQUIREMENTS

If a student has withdrawn from the program in good standing, then they may be readmitted in the future without a formal application. If more than 5 years have elapsed, the student must obtain permission from the Dean or Program Director.

If a student has withdrawn or been dismissed because of academic probation, the student must obtain permission from the Dean before being re-admitted.

All readmitted student must satisfy the academic standard and curriculum in effect at the time of readmission.

PROGRAM COMPLETION REQUIREMENTS

To earn the Electrical Engineering M.S. (Plan A) degree, all students must:

• have at least one conference paper (not abstract) or journal paper submitted
• have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• have completed a minimum of 18 credits of coursework
• have completed a Master's thesis
• have completed one (1) credit of ECE 311 seminar work
• have completed an oral presentation of thesis work