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Nov 25, 2024
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Graduate Catalog 2020-21 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Master of Science in Engineering (Electrical Engineering)
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Advising: Department Chair or Graduate Committee Chair
B-236 Floyd Hall (Parkview Campus)
Program Options
The program has two options - a thesis option and a course work option. A common requirement for each option is 24 hours of core courses.
Thesis Option
The thesis option 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 College Dean. The Thesis Committee Chair must be chosen from the ECE Department faculty. In case of an interdisciplinary topic, a faculty member from any WMU department may be invited as a Thesis Committee Co-Chair.
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 33 hours of approved courses.
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Course Work Option
The program (course work option) consists of thirty-three (33) credit hours:
- At least three hours selected from Electrical Engineering Foundation courses.
- At least three hours selected from Elective Concentration Areas Foundation courses.
- A minimum of 12 hours of courses (inclusive of foundation courses and with at least 6 hours at the 6000-level) selected from one of the three concentration areas:
- Communications and Signal Processing
- Control Systems
- Electronics and Power Systems
- A minimum of nine hours of courses selected from one of the other available concentration areas including the area Computer Architecture and Digital Design.
- Foundation courses may be counted toward the 12 hours and the 9 hours requirement, respectively.
- 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.
- The master’s degree requirement is 33 graduate credit hours with the course work option. For the course work option, at least 17 credits (minimum of 50%) must be taken at the 6000-level.
Thesis Option
The program (thesis option) consists of thirty (30) credit hours:
- At least three hours selected from Electrical Engineering Core Foundation courses.
- At least three hours selected from Elective Concentration Areas Foundation courses.
- A minimum of 12 hours of courses (inclusive of foundation courses and with at least 6 hours at the 6000-level) selected from one of the following concentration areas:
- Communications and Signal Processing
- Control Systems
- Electronics and Power Systems
- Foundation courses may be counted toward the 12 hours requirement.
- Six hours of ECE 7000: Master’s Thesis
- 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.
- The master’s degree requirement is 30 hours with the thesis option. For the thesis option, at least 15 credits (minimum of 50%) must be taken at the 6000, or higher level.
Electrical Engineering Core Foundation Courses (3 hours)
Elective Concentration Areas Foundation Courses (3 hours)
Computer Architecture and Digital Design
Other courses may be used in place of these courses if PRIOR approval is obtained from the Electrical and Computing Engineering advisor and the department chair. Communications and Signal Processing
Other courses may be used in place of these courses if PRIOR approval is obtained from the Electrical and Computing Engineering advisor and the department chair. Control Systems
Other courses may be used in place of these courses if PRIOR approval is obtained from the Electrical and Computing Engineering advisor and the department chair. Electronics and Power Systems
Other courses may be used in place of these courses if PRIOR approval is obtained from the Electrical and Computing Engineering advisor and the department chair. |
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