Graduate Program
The Department of Electrical Engineering offers both a Masters degree and a graduate certificate.
Masters Degree
The Department of Electrical Engineering offers a Masters of Science degree in engineering with a concentration in Electrical Engineering. Students complete a series of eight graduate courses and a Thesis. Beginning in Fall 2009, a two-hour seminar requirement will be added. In this seminar students will be exposed to research-related topics, including ongoing faculty research projects and thesis writing tutorials.
Graduate Program Course Requirements
| Category | Courses |
| Math Requirement (3 hrs) | MATH 502 - Transform Methods |
| Core Courses (9 hrs) | EGEE 501 - Stochastic Processes EGEE 502 - Linear System EGEE 503 - Digital Signal Processing |
| Specialty Courses (18 hrs) | See list below. |
| Thesis (6 hrs) | EGEE 599 - Thesis |
| Total (30 hrs) |
Electrical Engineering Specialty Courses
Course descriptions can be found in the Graduate Course Catalog.
EGEE 511 - Communications II
EGEE 513 - VLSI
EGEE 552 - Power System Operations
EGEE 562 - Power System Protection
EGEE 570 - Computer Applications
The following undergraduate courses are approved for graduate credit. Graduate students taking these courses would be expected to complete additional, or more involved, assignments.
ENEE 478 - Sampled Data and Nonlinear Control Systems
ENEE 472 - Power System Analysis and Design
In addition to the courses listed above, faculty offer special topics courses related to their area of research. Listed as EGEE 591, these courses can range in topic from Digital Power Protection Relays to Reconfigurable Computer Hardware.
Funding
A variety of funding sources are available for qualified students, including graduate research and teaching assistantships and scholarships. An application for an assistantship may be obtained from the Graduate School website. Also available from the Graduate School are Opportunity Scholarships targeted to first-generation graduate students; persons who are the first in the family to attend graduate school.
Certificate Program
Upon completion of four graduate courses, qualified students can earn a certificate in Power Systems Management.
Certificate Requirements*
ENGM 554 - Technical Project Management
ENGM 558 - Advanced Engineering Economy
EGEE 552 - Power System Operations
EGEE 562 - Power System Protection
*With approval of the graduate program coordinator, students may take a 500-level course in the similar area of interest to substitute one of the courses in the certificate program if the course is not offered during the period of study.
More information is available from the Engineering Management program.
