Graduate Study in Electrical Engineering
Introduction
The Department of Electrical Engineering offers graduate programs in electrical engineering with the following areas of emphasis:
Offered Graduate Courses
Electrical Engineering Graduate Faculty Members
The Master of Science (MS) and Master of Engineering (MEng) graduate degrees are awarded and administered by the College of Engineering and Applied Science, and the Vice-Chancellor of the Graduate School of University of Colorado Denver in cooperation with the Department of Electrical Engineering.
Master of Science (MS) Degree Program
The Department of Electrical Engineering requires a candidate to complete within a 7-year period an approved program of student consisting of at least 30 semester hours, maintaining a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
Students can earn a Master of Engineering degree in electrical engineering by taking up to half the courses in other areas of engineering, as well as in management, public policy, environmental sciences, or computer science.
There is no specific curriculum for the MS degree except for a breadth requirement, and the student, with the assistance of his/her Advisory Committee, is free to choose that combination of courses. Skill-based programming language courses will not count toward the total graduate credits needed for the MSEE degree. Students must see their graduate or masters thesis advisor to register for any course outside the UCD Electrical Engineering Department, which is to count toward their MSEE credit requirements.
The program offers two plans: Plan One, Thesis and Plan Two, Master's Project. In each plan, the student must complete 30 graduate credit hours. To satisfy the breadth requirement, the student is required to take two courses outside the area of specialization. A minimum of 21 credit hours must be from UCD Electrical Engineering Department. Students in the M.S.E.E. program may take one (1) Independent Study course for a maximum of 3 credit hours toward their degree.
* Plan One, Thesis, requires a minimum of 24 credit hours of graduate course work and 6 credit hours of master's thesis work.
* Plan Two, Master's Project, requires a minimum of 27 credit hours of graduate course work and 3 credit hours of master's project work.
Master of Engineering (MEng) Degree Program
A qualified student may enroll in the graduate program of the Department of Electrical Engineering to pursue the Master of Engineering degree. This program is broad based and is designed especially for that person who wants to further their education in electrical engineering, such as engineering administration, where course work in business management would logically supplement engineering studies.
A minimum of 30 semester hours of academic work acceptable to the Advisory Committee (within the rules established by the College of Engineering and Applied Science) will be required for Master of Engineering deree. At least 15 of these hours must be in electrical engineering courses at the 5000 level or above, and must be taken in the UCD Department of Electrical Engineering. As many as 15 credit hours can be taken outside of engineering, including 3 credit hours of a Master of Engineering project. The project should cover some area of creative investigation performed by the student and may relate directly to their professional work and must be defended orally before the Advisory Committee.
Students may earn up to a maximum of 9 credit hours required for the degree through the Center for Advanced Training in Engineering and Computer Science (CATECS) videotape program or from another accredited institution including CATECS. These credit hours cannot be part of the 15 credit hours required from the UCD Electrical Engineering Department.
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) Degree Program
A PhD in Electrical Engineering is available through the University of Colorado at Boulder, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. UCD graduate faculty may serve as research advisors by individual arrangement.
Admission to Graduate Study in Electrical Engineering
Prospective students with questions may contact members of the Electrical Engineering Graduate Committee by calling the department office at 303-556-2872.
Applicants who are U.S. citizens or permanent residents should request an application through the Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Colorado Denver, 110UCD, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364; telephone: 303-556-2872; facsimile: 303-556-2383. Applicants who are not citizens or permanent residents of The United States should make application through the University of Colorado Denver, Office of International Education, 185UCD, P.O. Box 173364, Denver, CO 80217-3364, U.S.A.; telephone: 303-315-2231; facsimile: 303-315-2246.
All applicants for admission need to submit complete credentials as outlined in the instruction sheet that accompanies the application materials. Three letters of recommendation are required, at least two of which should be from university faculty familiar with the student's scholarship.
To be accepted as a "regular" degree student, applicants should have a 2.75 grade point average on a 4.0 scale. Applicants with an average below 2.75 and above 2.5 will be considered as "provisional" degree students.
For those undergraduate students with degrees in science and non-electrical engineering wishing to pursue graduate study in the Department of Electrical Engineering there is no restriction or constraint in being admitted into the Electrical Engineering graduate programs. However, they must fulfill any pre-requisite course requirements assigned to any graduate course in the department. Students with an undergraduate degree in areas other than electrical engineering must also see their graduate instructor to receive approval before registering for a class in electrical engineering.
Students are expected to plan a program of study in consultation with their departmental advisor(s), during the first semester of study, and submit for approval to the Department. The MSEE major advisor must be a full-time, UCD Electrical Engineering Department, graduate faculty member.
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