A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.
Program
- Award
- Electrical Engineering (MS)
- Credential class
- ceterms:MasterDegree
- CIP
- 14.1003
- Catalog edition
- 2026
- Checklist type
- degree-program
Identifiers
- IPEDS UNITID
- 196468
- CourseShelf checklist
- CK_196468_084738e6
- CollegeTransfer.Net
- Institution Transfer Profile
- Source
- CourseShelf publish 61
Requirements to complete
Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.
AI Engineering
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Choose 6 courses from the list of 4000- and 6000-level courses below, and add 4 other courses that satisfy the MS EE credit requirements
19 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “TOPICS IN EE & CE”
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “Mathematics of Machine Learning, Signals, and Control”
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
Signal Processing and Control
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements. 2. Choose one basic course such as:
0 items
2. Choose 6 courses from the list of 4000- and 6000-level courses below, and add 4 other courses that satisfy the MS EE credit requirements
14 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “Mathematics of Machine Learning, Signals, and Control”
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
EEME E6910-6919 Topics in Control
1 item
- 3.00
ELEN E6880-E6889 Topics in Signal Processing
0 items
Data-Driven Analysis and Computation
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements
0 items
2. Choose at least two courses from the following:
6 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
3. Choose at least one course from the following:
4 items
- As published: “NEUR NET & DEEP LEAR RSRCH”
- 3.00
- As published: “IoT - SYS &PHY DATA ANALYTICS”
- 3.00
4. Choose one course from the following:
0 items
A second course from # 3
6 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
Networking
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Choose one basic networking course from the following:
2 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
3. Choose one basic systems or analytical course from the following:
6 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “WIRELESS & MOBILE NETWORKING I”
- As published: “MODELING & PERFORMNCE EVALUATN”1
4. Choose three courses from the following (courses cannot be used to fulfill both this requirement and any of the above requirements): 1
19 items
- 3
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 1
- 3.00
- As published: “WIRELESS & MOBILE NETWORKING I”
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- EECS E4951Not resolved to a course
- As published: “MODELING & PERFORMNCE EVALUATN”1
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “QUEUING THEORY & APPLICATIONS”
- 3.00
5. At least two of the four courses used to fulfill requirements 3 and 4 must be 6000-level ELEN, EECS, CSEE, or EEOR courses.
0 items
Wireless and Mobile Communications
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Choose one basic circuits course from the following:
4 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- ELEN E6314Not resolved to a course
- 3.00
3. Choose two communications or networking courses such as:
12 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- ELEN E6711Not resolved to a course
- 3.00
- As published: “WIRELESS & MOBILE NETWORKING I”
- EECS E4951Not resolved to a course
- 3.00
- 3
- 3.00
- ELEN E677XNot resolved to a course
4. At least two additional approved courses in wireless communications or a related area.
0 items
Integrated Circuits and Systems
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Choose one digital course from the following:
2 items
- 3.00
- 4.5
3. Choose one analog course from the following:
6 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- ELEN E6314Not resolved to a course
- 3.00
4. Choose two additional courses such as:
0 items
Other courses from no. 2 and 3
3 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3
5. At least one additional approved course in integrated circuits and systems or a related area.
0 items
Smart Electric Energy
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Choose at least two power conversion or power systems courses from the following:
13 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “Future Energy: Economics, Systems, Policies”
- 3.00
- As published: “TPCS-ELEC & COMPUT ENGINEERING”
3. Choose at least one control or optimization course from the following:
11 items
- 3.00
- As published: “Numerical Methods for Data Analysis”
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- EECS E6908Not resolved to a course
- 3.00
4. Choose at least one nonelectric energy class course from the following:
10 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
5. Not required, but consider taking one of the following energy policy or market nontechnical elective courses (this course will fill the quota of nontechnical courses on the M.S. Checklist)
electives · 9 items
- 3.00
- As published: “Energy Analysis for Energy Efficiency”
Systems Biology and Neuroengineering
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Take both:
2 items
- 3.00
- 3
3. Choose at least one course from the following:
7 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
4. Choose at least one course from the following:
7 items
- As published: “NEUR NET & DEEP LEAR RSRCH”
- 3.00
- ELEN E608XNot resolved to a course
- 3.00
- ELEN E6261Not resolved to a course
- 3.00
Lightwave (Photonics) Engineering
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Take both: 1
2 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
3. Choose one of the following device/circuits/photonics courses such as:
6 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3
- 3.00
4. Choose at least two additional approved courses in photonics or a related area. Options also include courses outside EE such as:
12 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “LATTICE VIBES & CRYSTAL DEFCTS”
- 1
Microelectronic Devices
0 items
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
0 items
2. Choose one basic course such as:
1 item
- 3.00
3. Choose one advanced course such as:
5 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3
- 3.00
4. Choose at least two other approved courses in devices or a related area. Options also include courses outside EE such as:
12 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “LATTICE VIBES & CRYSTAL DEFCTS”
- 1
1. Satisfy M.S. degree requirements.
19 items
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “TOPICS IN EE & CE”
- 3.00
- 3.00
- As published: “Mathematics of Machine Learning, Signals, and Control”
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
- 3.00
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