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Graduate Catalog 2009-10 
    
Graduate Catalog 2009-10 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Master of Science in Engineering (Computer)


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Advisor: John Gesink
B-236 CEAS
Parkview Campus

Program Options


The program has two options - a thesis option and a course work option.

Thesis Option
The thesis options is open to selected students interested in research or project work. Students interested in this option must petition the department chair, and each student’s thesis committee must be approved by the department chair and the graduate dean. In addition to taking at least 24 hours of approved courses, students will elect six hours of ECE 7000: Master’s Thesis and successfully defend the thesis.

Course Work Option
Students will take at least thirty-three (33) hours of approved courses.

Program Requirements


Course Work Option


The program (course work option) consists of thirty-three credit hours:

  1. At least three hours selected from Computer Engineering Core Foundation Courses.
  2. At least three hours selected from Elective Concentration Areas Foundation Courses.
  3. A minimum of twelve hours of courses selected from the Computer Architecture and Digital Design concentration area.
  4. A minimum of nine hours of courses selected from one of the four concentration areas
    -Power Electronics and Systems
    -Communications and Signal Processing
    -Control Systems
    -Circuit and System Design.
  5. The remaining elective hours of additional graduate courses may be selected from any listed ECE courses, or from the list of graduate courses approved by the department from the following disciplines: computer, electrical, other engineering disciplines, computer science, mathematics, or physics.

Thesis Option


The program (thesis option) consists of thirty credit hours:

  1. At least three hours selected from Computer Engineering Core Foundation Courses.
  2. At least three hours selected from Elective Concentration Areas Foundation Courses.
  3. A minimum of twelve hours of courses selected from the Advanced Computer Architecture and Digital Design concentration area.
  4. The remaining elective hours of additional graduate courses may be selected from any listed ECE courses, or from a list of graduate courses approved by the department from the following disciplines: computer, electrical, other engineering disciplines, computer science, mathematics, or physics
  5. Six hours of Master’s Thesis
  • ECE 7000- Master’s Thesis   Credits:  6 hours

Courses


Elective Concentration Areas Foundation Courses


Concentration Areas


Circuit and System Design


Communications and Signal Processing


Power Electronics and Systems


Other Courses


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