The ME in ECE is a non-thesis-option program that enables students to enroll in classes under the guidance of graduate faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. In contrast, the ME in ECE is a non-thesis program designed to provide both industry professionals and students the opportunity to further their education and enhance their skills beyond the bachelor’s level.
A wide range of disciplinary domains are available to acquire education in ECE topics. ECE ME are designed to accommodate many such topics while ensuring that students acquire core knowledge from relevant disciplines to become effective and skillful engineer that will be able to identify and formulate a problem statement, propose and implement a solution methodology for the problem, and validate and interpret the obtained results.
The time limit for completing all degree requirements is four years from the date a student begins his/her ME program. Throughout the degree program, the ECE student should maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0. If a student’s GPA drops below the minimum, the student is put on probation and given one year to recover to the acceptable minimum GPA.
Learning Outcomes
The M.E. degree program in ECE prepares students to:
- demonstrate expertise and proficiency in the discipline’s foundational areas including electrical circuit design, signal processing, computer networking and network synchronization and timing, data analysis, and a disciplinary specialization relevant to Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE).
- create and advance the body of knowledge in Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) topics by writing and submitting scholarly papers to peer-reviewed conference proceedings and journals.
- demonstrate research skills in terms of formulating a problem statement, implementing method of research, and interpreting results.
Admissions
Requirements for admission to the Graduate School includes English proficiency.
In addition, applicants for the Master of Science program in ECE must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution in the United States or from a recognized institution in another country. A Master of Science applicant who has earned a bachelor’s in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or a closely related discipline must have a minimum G.P.A. of 3.0 on a scale of 4.0. Each application must include a personal statement describing the applicant’s interests and career objectives, plus three letters of reference. Prospective applicants may be interviewed via video-conferencing technology. All applicants should submit GRE scores; however, a waiver may be given to applicants per request of the department. Admissions will be led by the graduate program advisor, but with input from a committee of faculty in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering.
Undergraduate applicants with more than 12 hours (four courses) of deficiency are not eligible for admission. Applicants with fewer than 12 hours (4 courses) of deficiencies in electrical and computer engineering course work may be admitted conditionally to the Master of Science program, but they will be required to remove those deficiencies by taking prescribed undergraduate courses and obtaining a grade of B or better in each deficiency course as soon as possible and within the first year. A complete list of the electrical and computer engineering undergraduate deficiency courses is available from the ECE department.
Advising
Upon admission into ECE ME degree program, a student will be advised by the graduate program liaison, unless an ECE faculty member volunteers based on mutual interest for potentially advising the student on particular topic or study.
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