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Graduate Record 2016-2017 
    
Graduate Record 2016-2017 [ARCHIVED RECORD]

Electrical Engineering


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Electrical Engineering (ece.virginia.edu) is an exciting field involving the design, fabrication, and measurement of devices and systems for applications ranging from information sciences to healthcare. Careers in Electrical Engineering are diverse, including the design of devices and circuits, the automation and adaptive control of complex systems, and the manipulation and processing of images and signals for a variety of applications within information sciences, homeland defense, health-care and environmental monitoring systems. Areas of study and research opportunities are available in the areas of automatic controls, digital systems, VLSI circuit design, design automation, solid state devices, microsystems, microfabrication, nanotechnology, communications,  microwave systems, signal processing, and reliable system design and analysis. 

Required credits, degree requirements and course requirements

The Electircal Engineering program offers the Master of Engineering (ME), Master of Science (MS), and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in electrical engineering. The selection of a degree program depends upon the interest and background of each individual.

 

The ME degree requires 30 credits of graded coursework including:

• 1 credit of ECE 6505: ECE Seminar (only offered in the Fall semester)

• 30 credits of graded coursework -­‐ may include 3 – 6 credits of ECE 6995/ECE 7995–Master’s Project - ‐  A minimum of 18 credits must carry ECE designation -­‐ 3 credits of mathematics at, or above, 5000-­‐  level  are required and may be taken from APMA, MATH, ECE 6711, ECE 7438, MAE 6410and SYS 6005

• No more than 9 credits of 5000-­‐level courses are permitted.

• No more than 6 credits of 5000-­‐level courses may be in the ECE Dept.

• No more than 3 credits of Independent Study (e.g. ECE 6993, ECE 7993) are permitted For both MS and ME degrees, undergraduate articulation courses may be required of students with other than the traditional ECE background. Final Examination

 

The MS degree requires 24 credits of graded coursework including:

• 1 credit of ECE 6505: ECE Seminar (only offered in the Fall semester)

• 24 credits of graded coursework -­‐ A minimum of 12 credits must carry ECE designation -­‐ 3 credits of mathematics at, or above, 5000-­‐ level are required and may be taken from APMA, MATH, ECE 6711, ECE 7438, MAE 6410 and SYS 6005

• 6 credits of ECE 8999 – Thesis

• No more than 9 credits of 5000-­‐level courses are permitted

• No more than 6 credits of 5000-­‐level courses may be in the ECE Dept

• No more than 3 credits of Independent Study (e.g. ECE 6993, ECE 7993) are permitted

In addition, 6 credits of a Master’s thesis and a graduate seminar course are required.

 

The Ph.D. degree requires 12 credits of graded coursework beyond a Master’s degree and 24 credits of Dissertation research credits towards the completion of a thesis. The student must pass a Comprehensive Qualifying Exam and compete and succesfully defend a Doctoral Dissertation.

Financial aid is available to qualified graduate students in the form of graduate research or teaching assistantships and fellowships.

The department also offers a part-time program in which an employed engineer is able to work toward a Master’s degree in electrical engineering with a minimum of absence from work. A minimum of two-thirds (and possibly all) of the master’s degree requirements can be completed through courses offered by the University of Virginia Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (CGEP). These courses are also available to those who wish to increase their knowledge of electrical engineering but do not wish to enroll in a formal degree program.

 

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