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M.S. Degree Program - Plan B

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

Applicants for the Electrical Engineering Plan B program must meet the following criteria in order to be considered for admission:

• GRE test scores (All applicants are encouraged to submit test scores from the General Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE). Applicants who do not have a B.S or M.S degree from an American university are required to submit the GRE (General) scores. These test scores are required of all applicants with undergraduate degree from international universities.)
• Minimum score of 550 (written test) or 213 (computer-based) on TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
• 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 core curriculum is required of all students and consists of:

• At least 27 credits (9 courses) of graduate work,
• One credit of ECE 311 seminar work for full-time on-campus students [Information, Communication and Decision Systems area only],
• Passing a comprehensive M.S. examination,
• No more than 6 credits of ECE 320 (Independent Study) may be taken. For students specializing in Information, Communication and Decision Systems, no more than 3 credits of ECE 320 may be taken.

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 B) 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 area, although generally they tend to be.

Electronics and Photonics:
The following courses are required of all M.S. degree candidates (Plan B) in the Electronics and Photonics area.

1. ECE 348 Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
2. ECE 338 Semiconductor Devices and Models
3. ECE 339 Fundamentals of Optoelectronics or ECE 353 Fundamentals of Photonics or ECE 356 Optoelectronic Devices

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

Nanotechnology track:
9 courses from the following list are required of all M.S. degree candidates (Plan B) in the Nanotechnology track.

Select 4 or 5 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 366 Optical Information Processing

Select 2 or 1 from this group

6. ECE 359 Advanced VLSI Systems
7. ECE 355 Optical Waveguides (or Special topics ECE 320 on Nanophotonics)
8. ECE 350 Advanced Optoelectronics

Select 3 from this Specialization

9. ECE 345 Nanotechnology-I
10. ECE 347 Nanotechnology-II
11. Chem 394 Special Topics in Polymer /MMAT 322 Material Characterization
12. ECE 320 Special Topics/Independent Study in Nanotechnology

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 B) degree, all students must:

• have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or above
• have completed a minimum of 27 credits of graduate course work
• have passed a comprehensive M.S. examination based upon the core course work