Master's Degree Program and Requirements
The master’s degree will be granted to degree candidates who complete a program of studies approved by a faculty advisor. The degree does not require a thesis, but students may include a thesis in their program with up to nine units for their thesis work. The program must consist of no less than 46 units. In addition, a 3.0 GPA (B average) must be earned in all coursework taken at 58ºÚÁÏÍø. Residence requirements are met by completing 37 units of the graduate program at 58ºÚÁÏÍø. A maximum of nine quarter units (six-semester units) of graduate-level coursework may be transferred from other accredited institutions at the discretion of the student’s advisor. All units applied toward the degree, including those transferred from other institutions, must be earned within six years.
Students must develop a program of studies with an academic advisor and file the approved program during their first term of enrollment at 58ºÚÁÏÍø. The program of studies must contain a minimum of 46 or more units of graduate-level engineering courses which include at least 27 units of courses offered within the department and no more than four units of engineering management courses.
The Electrical and Computer Engineering Program of Study-New Req must include the following:
- Graduate Core (minimum 8 units): See descriptions in Chapter 4 of the Graduate Bulletin, Academic Information
- Applied Mathematics (4 units)
- Electrical and Computer Engineering primary focus area (minimum 6 units). Students must select and meet the requirements of one of the six focus areas listed below.
Take either (236 or 281A) and two courses selected from (211, 232, 281B, 333)
Take three courses selected from (252, 261, 270, 387)
RF and Applied Electromagnetics
Take 201 and two courses selected from (202, 203, 204, 624, 701, 706)
Signal Processing and Machine Learning
Take 233 and two courses selected from (234, 421, 431, 520, 640, 644)
Take 501, 511, and 603
Take both 241 and 243, and one course selected from (244, 444, 446)
4. Electrical and Computer Engineering breadth: (minimum 4 units) Two other focus areas must be selected as breadth areas. For each breadth area, one of the courses specified in the list above is required.
5. Additional graduate courses recommended and approved by the graduate program advisor.