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The master’s program in engineering in the Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) Department consists of two degrees: M.S. Engineering in Electrical Engineering (M.S. Eng in EE) and M.S. Engineering in Computer Engineering (M.S. Eng in CpE). Both engineering programs consist of the following two tracks:
Thesis track: A master’s degree will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of a total of 30 credit hours of study of which the thesis provides six credit hours. Students are strongly encouraged to undertake a master's thesis.
Non-Thesis Track: A master’s degree will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of a total of 33 credit hours of study that includes three credit hours of the advanced project course, 16.733, or any ECE graduate course.
M.S. Eng in Electrical Engineering (MS Eng in EE) Top
Applicants to the M.S. Eng program in EE must have either received a B.S. Eng in EE or equivalent degree with acceptable quality undergraduate work from an accredited college or university or will be required to take undergraduate EE courses.
Core Requirement
The objective of the core requirement is to guarantee broad analytical strength for the M.S. Eng student. To fulfill the core requirements, students must take three of the following courses that may be pertinent to their area of concentration:
16.507 Electromagnetic Waves and Materials
16.508 Quantum Electronics for Engineers
16.509 Linear Systems Analysis
16.513 Control Systems
16.515 Power Electronics
16.520 Computer-Aided Engineering Analysis
16.543 Introduction to Communications Theory
16.584 Probability and Random Processes
16.503 Solid State Electronics
Technical Electives
Students in the M.S. Eng in EE program may choose their technical electives either in their area of concentration or across other areas to establish a broad knowledge base. Students should tailor their technical elective program to meet their current and future employment needs in consultation either with the graduate coordinator or with his/her academic advisor.
Non-Thesis Option
A master’s degree will be awarded upon satisfactory completion of a total of 33 credit hours of study that includes three credit hours of the advanced project course, 16.733, or any ECE graduate course. The basic structure of the minimum 33 credit hours (CH) for the non-thesis option is as follows:
Core Requirements: 9 CH
Concentration Requirement: 12 CH
Technical Electives: 9 CH
Advanced Project/Seminar 3 CH
Credit Hours 33 CH
Thesis Option
The basic structure of the minimum 30 CH for the thesis option is as follows:
Core Requirements: 9 CH
Concentration Requirement: 9 CH
Technical Electives 6 CH
Thesis 6 CH
Credit Hours 30 CH
Concentrations
Generally a concentration is defined by a coordinated and approved sequence of at least four graduate courses. Different concentrations are possible in each of the five broad focus areas of the ECE Department. Students must develop a concentration either with the graduate coordinator or with their academic advisor. The course sequences in the concentrations serve as a starting point for establishing a program of study to meet students' educational objectives in consultation with their academic advisor. It is expected that the courses comprising the concentration will complement the work students undertake in fulfillment of the research requirement. An indication of some of these concentrations are given below and further guidance for course selection for a particular concentration can be obtained from the clusters of courses specified as certificates. To fulfill the concentration requirements, students must take at least three courses from the cluster of courses specified by a concentration.
Research Requirement
The research requirement may be fulfilled by completion of an M.S. thesis, including registration for six credits of 16.743/16.746 – M.S. Thesis Research, oral defense of the thesis and submission of the written document. Alternatively, students may complete an M.S. project, including registration for the course 16.733 – Advanced Project and submission of a written document. If students choose not to pursue the M.S. project, they may elect to complete a three-credit ECE graduate course.
MS Eng in EE in Information Systems Top
The master's degree in EE in Information Systems consists of two concentrations: telecommunications and communications engineering.
Telecommunications
In addition to the required three core courses, three courses from the following list are recommended depending upon whether a thesis is selected or not.
16.510 Digital Signal Processing
16.511 Digital Image Processing
16.546 Computer Telecommunications
16.548 Coding and Information Theory
16.549 Introduction to Intelligent Transportation Systems
16.582 Wireless Communications
16.586 Stochastic Modeling in Telecommunications
16.617 Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Communication Networks
16.618 Performance of Wireless Communications Networks
16.661 Computer and Local Area Networking
16.664 Parallel Processing
16.685 Statistical Theory of Communications
16.687 Stochastic Estimation
16.688 Theoretical Acoustics
91.555 Computer Networks
91.563 Data Communications I
91.564 Data Communications II
Communications Engineering
In addition to the required three core courses, three courses from the following list are recommended depending upon whether a thesis is selected:
16.533 Microwave Engineering
16.546 Computer Telecommunications
16.548 Coding and Information Theory
16.571 Radar Systems
16.582 Wireless Communications
16.586 Stochastic Modeling in Telecommunications
16.617 Modeling and Simulation Techniques for Communication Networks
16.618 Performance of Wireless Communications Networks
16.661 Computer and Local Area Networking
16.684 Time Series Analysis
16.685 Statistical Theory of Communications
16.687 Stochastic Estimation
91.563 Data Communications I
91.564 Data Communications II
MS Eng in EE with Opto-Electronics Option Top
The Opto-Electronics option is offered in cooperation with the Department of Physics, and may be pursued by students enrolled in the M.S. Eng in EE program. This option contains required and recommended courses designed to provide a fundamental background in optical devices and systems, as well as in optical physics and in the electro-optical properties of materials.
In addition to the required three core courses, students pursuing this option must take 16.568 Electro-Optics and Fiber Optics and two other courses from the following list:
16.508 Quantum Electronics for Engineers
16.518 Electromagnetic Materials for Optical Engineering
16.532 Computational Electromagnetics
16.583 Wave Propagation in Plasmas
16.590 Fiber Optic Communications
16.503 Solid State Electronics
16.607 Electromagnetics of Complex Media
16.608 Scattering and Diffraction of EM Waves
16.610 Optics for Information Processing
95.631 Non-Linear Optics
MS Eng in EE in Power and Energy Engineering
In addition to the required three core courses, the following courses are recommended depending upon whether a thesis is selected:
16.514 Power Systems Transmission
16.515 Power Electronics
16.516 Advanced Machine Theory
16.525 Power Systems Distribution
16.528 Alternative Energy Sources
16.529 Electric Vehicle TechnologY
16.615 Solid State Drives
16.616Computational Power Analysis
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