Electrical Engineering - Master of Engineering

Requirements and Options for M.E.E.E. Degree

The Program Educational Objectives for the Master of Engineering Program in Electrical Engineering are:

1. That graduates successfully apply advanced skills and techniques in one or more areas of emphasis.
2. That graduates obtain relevant, productive employment with the private sector or in government and/or pursue additional advanced degrees.

The M.E.E.E. is a coursework-only option for obtaining a master's degree.  The requirement is a total of 30 credits of graduate course work, including passing with a grade of B- or better three Graduate Core Courses (or two Graduate Core Courses and one Graduate Breadth Elective) from three different areas of specialization.  No oral exam is required for the MEEE.

Credits of E E 590 Selected Topics are limited to a total of 6. Other limitations and requirements that apply to all master’s degrees are described elsewhere in this catalog.

Graduate Core Courses and Breadth Electives

The MEEE program requires students to take two graduate core courses from two different areas of emphasis. In addition, either a third graduate core course OR one graduate breadth elective must be taken from a third area of emphasis. If a student wishes to pursue a Ph.D., the third class should come from the core class list as preparation for the Ph.D. qualifying exam. The graduate core courses, specialty areas and credits are listed below for the Graduate Core Courses and the Graduate Breadth Electives.

Graduate Core Courses

Course List

Prefix	Title	Credits
Graduate Core Courses (choose 2 to 3) from different areas		6-10
Electromagnetics
E E 515	Electromagnetic Theory I	3
Microelectronics/VLSI
E E 523	Analog VLSI Design	3
Photonics
E E 528	Fundamentals of Photonics	4
or E E 529	Lasers and Applications
Electric Energy Systems
E E 543	Power Systems III	3
Digital Signal Processing
E E 545	Digital Signal Processing II	3
Computer Engineering
E E 564	Advanced Computer Architecture I	3
Communications
E E 571	Random Signal Analysis	3
Total Credits		6-10

Graduate Breadth Electives

Course List

Prefix	Title	Credits
Graduate Breadth Electives (choose 0 to 1) 1		0-3
Microelectronics/VLSI
E E 512	ASIC Design	3
Electric Energy Systems
E E 537	Power Electronics	3
Electromagnetics
E E 541	Antennas and Radiation	4
Digital Signal Processing
E E 585	Telemetering Systems	3
Communications
E E 581	Digital Communication Systems I	3
Total Credits		0-3

1	The selected Graduate Breadth Elecive must be from a different area of emphasis than the two Graduate Core Courses.  Alternately, a third Graduate Core Course may be selected.

Included Prefixes

Graduate course work credits from the following prefixes are permitted for the MSEE degree.  If a graduate course outside this list of prefixes logically fits into the MSEE program, see your graduate advisor about requesting an exception.

Course List

Prefix	Title	Credits
College of Agriculture/Consumer/Environmental Sciences
AEEC
ENVS
GENE
College of Arts and Sciences
ASTR
BCHE
BIOL
C S
CHEM
GEOL
GPHY
LING
MATH
MOLB
PHYS
STAT
College of Business
ECON
MGMT
College of Engineering
A E
A EN
CHME
E E
ENVE
I E
M E
SUR

Excluded Courses

Credits from the following courses do not count toward an MEEE degree:

Course List

Prefix	Title	Credits
C S 451	C++ Programming	3
C S 452	Java Programming	3
C S 453	Python Programming I	3
C S 458	R Programming I	3
C S 460	Computer Science I Transition	3
C S 462	Object Oriented Programming Transition	3
C S 463	Introduction to Data Structures Transition	3
C S 464	Machine Programming and Organization Transition	3
C S 465	Discrete Math for Computer Science Transition	3
C S 466	Compilers and Automata Transition	3
C S 468	Software Development Transition	3
C S 469	Data Structure and Algorithms Transition	3
E E 490	Selected Topics	1-3