College of Engineering

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Master's : Boston

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The Master of Science in Electrical and Computer Engineering aims to teach students to develop efficient systems that contribute to business, safety, health, and entertainment.

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2 Years
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Overview

Northeastern’s MS program in Electrical and Computer Engineering offers the opportunity to pursue cutting-edge learning and research in the following areas: computer architecture, parallel computing, fault tolerance, performance analysis and modeling, security, embedded systems, VLSI, algorithms, data mining, testing, machine learning, machine vision and software engineering, signal and image processing, biomedical signal processing and brain-computer interface, pattern recognition, adaptive signal processing, wireless and underwater communications, information theory and coding, robust and distributed control, optics, photonics, acoustics, and magnetics sensors, radio frequency chip design, digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits; low-power very-large-scale integration, modeling and analysis of large scale power grids during normal operation and under faults, dc-dc converters, inverters, rectifiers, and ac-ac converters, as well as modulation techniques used in power electronics.

This MS in Electrical and Computer Engineering program offers concentrations in communications, control, and signal processing; computer systems and software; computer networks and security; computer vision, machine learning, and algorithms; electromagnetics, plasma, and optics; microsystems, materials, and devices; and power systems.

  • Concentration 1: Communications, Control, and Signal Processing
  • Concentration 2: Computer Systems and Software
  • Concentration 3: Computer Networks and Security
  • Concentration 4: Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Algorithms
  • Concentration 5: Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics
  • Concentration 6: Microsystems, Materials, and Devices
  • Concentration 7: Power Systems

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Unique Features

  • The MS in Electrical & Computer Engineering can be combined with a Gordon Engineering Leadership certificate
  • Specialize in one of five concentrations
  • Select a thesis or course-only track

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A graduate degree, certificate, or bootcamp from Northeastern—a top-40 university—can accelerate your career through rigorous academic coursework and hands-on professional experience in the area of your interest. Apply now—and take your career to the next level.

Program Costs

$50.2K *
Tuition
$2.8K
Avg Institutional Aid
5%
% Receiving Aid

Finance Your Education We offer a variety of resources, including scholarships and assistantships.

How to Apply Learn more about the application process and requirements.

Requirements

  • Completed online application form
  • $75 application fee
  • Two letters of recommendation
  • Transcripts from all institutions attended
  • Official GRE scores
  • Statement of Purpose
  • Resume
  • TOEFL or IELTS for international applicants

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Admissions Dates

Applications received after the stated deadline dates will be accepted and processed when complete as quickly as possible; however it may not be possible to have a decision rendered in time for the applicant to begin taking classes for the desired term if admitted.

Applications submitted by the referenced dates will receive full consideration for the referenced term. Applications received after the above referenced dates will be considered on a case-by-case basis.

Fall Semester Entry
Spring Semester Entry
Funding/Early Action Deadline for domestic and international applicants: January 21
Deadline for international applicants (outside the U.S.): May 15
Deadline for international applicants (inside the U.S.): July 1
Deadline for domestic applicants: August 1
Deadline for regional campus applicants: August 15
Deadline for international applicants: September 15
Deadline for domestic applicants: November 15
Deadline for regional campus applicants: December 15
Curriculum

Concentrations

Choose one from the following:

Concentration in Communications, Control, and Signal Processing

Complete one of the following options:

Course Work Option

Depth Courses

Complete 20 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below:

Elective

Complete 4 additional semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below:

Thesis Option

Thesis

EECE 7990 - Thesis 
4.00 - 8.00 

Depth Courses

Complete 12 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 4 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below:
Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 8 additional semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below: 

Course Lists

Depth Courses

(Note: ECEE 5698 may be taken twice, once on the topic Mobile Robotics and once on the topic Principles of Assistive Robotics. EECE 7398 may also be taken twice, once on the topic Probabilistic System Modeling and Analysis and once on the topic Big Data and Sparsity in Control, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing.)

EECE 5576 - Wireless Communication Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5580 - Classical Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5610 - Digital Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5626 - Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5664 - Biomedical Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5666 - Digital Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7200 - Linear Systems Analysis 
4.00 
EECE 7204 - Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 
4.00 
EECE 7211 - Nonlinear Control 
4.00 
EECE 7213 - System Identification and Adaptive Control 
4.00 
EECE 7214 - Optimal and Robust Control 
4.00 
EECE 7310 - Modern Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7311 - Two Dimensional Signal and Image Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7312 - Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7323 - Numerical Optimization Methods 
4.00 
EECE 7332 - Error Correcting Codes 
4.00 
EECE 7400 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering 
1.00 - 4.00 
EECE 7335 - Detection and Estimation Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7336 - Digital Communications 
4.00 
EECE 7337 - Information Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7263 - Humanoid Robotics 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 

Breadth Courses

EECE 5606 - Micro- and Nanofabrication 
4.00 
EECE 5627 - Arithmetic and Circuit Design for Inexact Computing with Nanoscaled CMOS 
4.00 
EECE 5639 - Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 5640 - High-Performance Computing 
4.00 
EECE 5642 - Data Visualization 
4.00 
EECE 5643 - Simulation and Performance Evaluation 
4.00 
EECE 5647 - Nanophotonics 
4.00 
EECE 5648 - Biomedical Optics 
4.00 
EECE 5649 - Design of Analog Integrated Circuits with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Technology 
4.00 
EECE 5680 - Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 5684 - Power Electronics 
4.00 
EECE 5686 - Electrical Machines 
4.00 
EECE 5688 - Analysis of Unbalanced Power Grids 
4.00 
EECE 5694 - Electromagnetic Photonic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 5695 - Radio-Frequency and Optical Antennas 
4.00 
EECE 5696 - Energy Harvesting Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5697 - Acoustics and Sensing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7105 - Optics for Engineers 
4.00 
EECE 7201 - Solid State Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7202 - Electromagnetic Theory 1 
4.00 
EECE 7203 - Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations 
4.00 
EECE 7205 - Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7220 - Power System Analysis 2 
4.00 
EECE 7221 - Power System Operation and Control 
4.00 
EECE 7224 - Power Systems State Estimation 
4.00 
EECE 7226 - Modeling and Simulation of Power System Transients 
4.00 
EECE 7238 - Special Topics in Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 7239 - Special Topics in Power Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7240 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7243 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication 
4.00 
EECE 7244 - Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 
4.00 
EECE 7245 - Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7246 - Design and Analysis of Digital Integrated Circuits 
4.00 
EECE 7247 - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7270 - Electromagnetic Theory 2 
4.00 
EECE 7271 - Computational Methods in Electromagnetics 
4.00 
EECE 7275 - Antennas and Radiation 
4.00 
EECE 7276 - Microwave Properties of Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7284 - Optical Properties of Matter 
4.00 
EECE 7285 - Opto-electronics and Fiber Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7287 - Optical Detection 
4.00 
EECE 7293 - Modern Imaging 
4.00 
EECE 7295 - Applied Magnetism 
4.00 
EECE 7296 - Electronic Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7297 - Advanced Magnetic Materials—Magnetic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7298 - Magnetic Materials—Fundamentals and Measurements 
4.00 
EECE 7309 - Special Topics in Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7313 - Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 7352 - Computer Architecture 
4.00 
EECE 7353 - VLSI Design 
4.00 
EECE 7357 - Fault-Tolerant Computers 
4.00 
EECE 7360 - Combinatorial Optimization 
4.00 
EECE 7364 - Mobile and Wireless Networking 
4.00 
EECE 7368 - High-Level Design of Hardware-Software Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7370 - Advanced Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 7374 - Fundamentals of Computer Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7376 - Operating Systems: Interface and Implementation 
4.00 
EECE 7390 - Computer Hardware Security 
4.00 
EECE 7393 - Analysis and Design of Data Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7397 - Advanced Machine Learning 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7399 - Preparing High-Stakes Written and Oral Materials 
4.00 
ENGR 5670 - Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage 
4.00 
MATH 7232 - Combinatorial Analysis 
4.00 
MATH 7233 - Graph Theory 
4.00 
CS 5100 - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 
4.00 
CS 5200 - Database Management Systems 
4.00 
CS 5600 - Computer Systems 
4.00 
CS 5770 - Software Vulnerabilities and Security 
4.00 
CS 6110 - Knowledge-Based Systems 
4.00 
CS 6200 - Information Retrieval 
4.00 
CS 6220 - Data Mining Techniques 
4.00 
CS 6310 - Computational Imaging 
4.00 
CS 6410 - Compilers 
4.00 
CS 6510 - Advanced Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6520 - Methods of Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6610 - Parallel Computing 
4.00 
CS 6740 - Network Security 
4.00 
CS 6750 - Cryptography and Communications Security 
4.00 
CS 6754 - Secure Wireless Ad-hoc Robots on Mission (SWARM) 1 
4.00 
CS 6760 - Privacy, Security, and Usability 
4.00 
CS 6810 - Distributed Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 7785 - Special Topics in Network Science 
4.00 
CS 7800 - Advanced Algorithms 
4.00 

EECE 5698 can be taken multiple times on the following topics:

  • Networks: Technology, Economics, Social Interactions
  • Software Security
  • Advanced Network Management
  • Robotics Sensing and Navigation
  • Parallel Processing for Data Analytics
  • Introduction to Multiferroic Materials and Systems

EECE 7398 can be taken multiple times on the following topics:

  • Analysis and Design of Data Networks
  • Compilers
  • Advanced Computer Architecture
  • Advanced Topics in Scalable and Sustainable System Design

New Courses:

EECE 5155

EECE 5161

EECE 7228

EECE 7250

EECE 7258

Excluded Courses for All MSECE Concentrations

Please see your college administrator for more information.

Courses from the following subject areas may not count toward any concentration within the MSECE program: CSYE, ENSY, EMGT, INFO, SBSY, TELE.

The following CS courses may not count toward any concentration within the MSECE program:

CS 5010 - Programming Design Paradigm 
4.00 
CS 5320 - Digital Image Processing 
4.00 
CS 5330 - Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision 
4.00 
CS 5340 - Computer/Human Interaction 
4.00 
CS 5520 - Mobile Application Development 
4.00 
CS 5610 - Web Development 
4.00 
CS 5700 - Fundamentals of Computer Networking 
4.00 
CS 5800 - Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 6350 - Empirical Research Methods 
4.00 
CS 6710 - Wireless Network 
4.00 
Concentration in Computer Systems and Software

Complete one of the following options: 

Course Work Option

Depth Courses

Complete 20 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below or other EECE courses chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor.

Elective

Complete 4 semester hours of either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below.

Thesis Option

Depth Courses

Complete 12 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below or other EECE courses chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor.

Elective

Complete 4 semester hours of either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below.

Thesis

EECE 7990 - Thesis 
4.00 - 8.00 

Course LIsts

Depth Courses

EECE 7398 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Compilers
  • Advanced Computer Architecture
  • Advanced Topics in Scalable and Sustainable System Design
CS 5200 - Database Management Systems 
4.00 
CS 5600 - Computer Systems 
4.00 
CS 6410 - Compilers 
4.00 
CS 6510 - Advanced Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6520 - Methods of Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6610 - Parallel Computing 
4.00 
CS 6810 - Distributed Algorithms 
4.00 
EECE 5627 - Arithmetic and Circuit Design for Inexact Computing with Nanoscaled CMOS 
4.00 
EECE 5640 - High-Performance Computing 
4.00 
EECE 5643 - Simulation and Performance Evaluation 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7205 - Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7352 - Computer Architecture 
4.00 
EECE 7353 - VLSI Design 
4.00 
EECE 7357 - Fault-Tolerant Computers 
4.00 
EECE 7368 - High-Level Design of Hardware-Software Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7376 - Operating Systems: Interface and Implementation 
4.00 
EECE 7390 - Computer Hardware Security 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7400 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering 
1.00 - 4.00 

Breadth Courses

CS 5100 - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 
4.00 
CS 5770 - Software Vulnerabilities and Security 
4.00 
CS 6110 - Knowledge-Based Systems 
4.00 
CS 6200 - Information Retrieval 
4.00 
CS 6220 - Data Mining Techniques 
4.00 
CS 6310 - Computational Imaging 
4.00 
CS 6740 - Network Security 
4.00 
CS 6750 - Cryptography and Communications Security 
4.00 
CS 6754 - Secure Wireless Ad-hoc Robots on Mission (SWARM) 1 
4.00 
CS 6760 - Privacy, Security, and Usability 
4.00 
CS 7785 - Special Topics in Network Science 
4.00 
CS 7800 - Advanced Algorithms 
4.00 
EECE 5576 - Wireless Communication Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5580 - Classical Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5606 - Micro- and Nanofabrication 
4.00 
EECE 5610 - Digital Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5626 - Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5639 - Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 5642 - Data Visualization 
4.00 
EECE 5644 - Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5647 - Nanophotonics 
4.00 
EECE 5648 - Biomedical Optics 
4.00 
EECE 5649 - Design of Analog Integrated Circuits with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Technology 
4.00 
EECE 5664 - Biomedical Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5666 - Digital Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5680 - Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 5682 - Power Systems Analysis 1 
4.00 
EECE 5684 - Power Electronics 
4.00 
EECE 5686 - Electrical Machines 
4.00 
EECE 5688 - Analysis of Unbalanced Power Grids 
4.00 
EECE 5694 - Electromagnetic Photonic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 5695 - Radio-Frequency and Optical Antennas 
4.00 
EECE 5696 - Energy Harvesting Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5697 - Acoustics and Sensing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7105 - Optics for Engineers 
4.00 
EECE 7200 - Linear Systems Analysis 
4.00 
EECE 7201 - Solid State Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7202 - Electromagnetic Theory 1 
4.00 
EECE 7203 - Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations 
4.00 
EECE 7204 - Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 
4.00 
EECE 7211 - Nonlinear Control 
4.00 
EECE 7213 - System Identification and Adaptive Control 
4.00 
EECE 7214 - Optimal and Robust Control 
4.00 
EECE 7220 - Power System Analysis 2 
4.00 
EECE 7221 - Power System Operation and Control 
4.00 
EECE 7224 - Power Systems State Estimation 
4.00 
EECE 7226 - Modeling and Simulation of Power System Transients 
4.00 
EECE 7238 - Special Topics in Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 7239 - Special Topics in Power Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7240 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7242 - Integrated Circuits for Mixed Signals and Data Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7243 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication 
4.00 
EECE 7244 - Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 
4.00 
EECE 7245 - Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7246 - Design and Analysis of Digital Integrated Circuits 
4.00 
EECE 7247 - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7263 - Humanoid Robotics 
4.00 
EECE 7270 - Electromagnetic Theory 2 
4.00 
EECE 7271 - Computational Methods in Electromagnetics 
4.00 
EECE 7275 - Antennas and Radiation 
4.00 
EECE 7276 - Microwave Properties of Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7284 - Optical Properties of Matter 
4.00 
EECE 7285 - Opto-electronics and Fiber Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7287 - Optical Detection 
4.00 
EECE 7293 - Modern Imaging 
4.00 
EECE 7295 - Applied Magnetism 
4.00 
EECE 7296 - Electronic Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7297 - Advanced Magnetic Materials—Magnetic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7298 - Magnetic Materials—Fundamentals and Measurements 
4.00 
EECE 7309 - Special Topics in Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7310 - Modern Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7311 - Two Dimensional Signal and Image Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7312 - Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7313 - Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 7323 - Numerical Optimization Methods 
4.00 
EECE 7332 - Error Correcting Codes 
4.00 
EECE 7335 - Detection and Estimation Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7336 - Digital Communications 
4.00 
EECE 7337 - Information Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7360 - Combinatorial Optimization 
4.00 
EECE 7364 - Mobile and Wireless Networking 
4.00 
EECE 7370 - Advanced Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 7374 - Fundamentals of Computer Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7393 - Analysis and Design of Data Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7397 - Advanced Machine Learning 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7399 - Preparing High-Stakes Written and Oral Materials 
4.00 
ENGR 5670 - Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage 
4.00 
MATH 7233 - Graph Theory 
4.00 
MATH 7232 - Combinatorial Analysis 
4.00 

EECE 5698 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Mobile Robotics
  • Networks: Technology, Economics, Social Interactions
  • Software Security
  • Advanced Network Management
  • Robotics Sensing and Navigation
  • Parallel Processing for Data Analytics
  • Introduction to Multiferroic Materials and Systems

EECE 7398 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Probabilistic System Modeling and Analysis
  • Big Data and Sparsity in Control, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing

NEW COURSES:

EECE 5155

EECE 5161

EECE 7228

EECE 7250

EECE 7258

Excluded Courses for All MSECE Concentrations

Please see your college administrator for more information.

Courses from the following subject areas may not count toward any concentration within the MSECE program: CSYE, ENSY, EMGT, INFO, SBSY, TELE

CS 5010 - Programming Design Paradigm 
4.00 
CS 5320 - Digital Image Processing 
4.00 
CS 5330 - Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision 
4.00 
CS 5340 - Computer/Human Interaction 
4.00 
CS 5520 - Mobile Application Development 
4.00 
CS 5610 - Web Development 
4.00 
CS 5700 - Fundamentals of Computer Networking 
4.00 
CS 5800 - Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 6350 - Empirical Research Methods 
4.00 
CS 6710 - Wireless Network 
4.00 
 

Concentration in Computer Networks and Security

Complete one of the following options:

Course Work Option

Depth Courses

Complete 20 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below or other EECE courses chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below.

Thesis Option

Depth Courses

Complete 12 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below or other EECE courses chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 semester hours of either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below.

Thesis

EECE 7990 - Thesis 
4.00 - 8.00 

Course Lists

Depth Courses

CS 5770 - Software Vulnerabilities and Security 
4.00 
CS 6610 - Parallel Computing 
4.00 
CS 6740 - Network Security 
4.00 
CS 6750 - Cryptography and Communications Security 
4.00 
CS 6754 - Secure Wireless Ad-hoc Robots on Mission (SWARM) 1 
4.00 
CS 6760 - Privacy, Security, and Usability 
4.00 
CS 6810 - Distributed Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 7785 - Special Topics in Network Science 
4.00 
EECE 5576 - Wireless Communication Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5640 - High-Performance Computing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7204 - Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 
4.00 
EECE 7205 - Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7364 - Mobile and Wireless Networking 
4.00 
EECE 7374 - Fundamentals of Computer Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7390 - Computer Hardware Security 
4.00 
EECE 7393 - Analysis and Design of Data Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7400 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering 
1.00 - 4.00 

EECE 5698 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Networks: Technology, Economics, Social Interactions
  • Software Security
  • Advanced Network Management

NEW COURSE:

EECE 5155

Breadth Courses

CS 5100 - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 
4.00 
CS 5200 - Database Management Systems 
4.00 
CS 5600 - Computer Systems 
4.00 
CS 6110 - Knowledge-Based Systems 
4.00 
CS 6200 - Information Retrieval 
4.00 
CS 6220 - Data Mining Techniques 
4.00 
CS 6310 - Computational Imaging 
4.00 
CS 6410 - Compilers 
4.00 
CS 6510 - Advanced Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6520 - Methods of Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6530 - Analysis of Software Artifacts 
4.00 
CS 6540 - Foundations of Formal Methods and Software Analysis 
4.00 
CS 6610 - Parallel Computing 
4.00 
CS 6810 - Distributed Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 7800 - Advanced Algorithms 
4.00 
EECE 5580 - Classical Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5606 - Micro- and Nanofabrication 
4.00 
EECE 5610 - Digital Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5626 - Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5627 - Arithmetic and Circuit Design for Inexact Computing with Nanoscaled CMOS 
4.00 
EECE 5639 - Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 5642 - Data Visualization 
4.00 
EECE 5643 - Simulation and Performance Evaluation 
4.00 
EECE 5644 - Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5647 - Nanophotonics 
4.00 
EECE 5648 - Biomedical Optics 
4.00 
EECE 5649 - Design of Analog Integrated Circuits with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Technology 
4.00 
EECE 5664 - Biomedical Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5666 - Digital Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5680 - Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 5682 - Power Systems Analysis 1 
4.00 
EECE 5684 - Power Electronics 
4.00 
EECE 5686 - Electrical Machines 
4.00 
EECE 5688 - Analysis of Unbalanced Power Grids 
4.00 
EECE 5694 - Electromagnetic Photonic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 5695 - Radio-Frequency and Optical Antennas 
4.00 
EECE 5696 - Energy Harvesting Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5697 - Acoustics and Sensing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7105 - Optics for Engineers 
4.00 
EECE 7200 - Linear Systems Analysis 
4.00 
EECE 7201 - Solid State Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7202 - Electromagnetic Theory 1 
4.00 
EECE 7203 - Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations 
4.00 
EECE 7211 - Nonlinear Control 
4.00 
EECE 7213 - System Identification and Adaptive Control 
4.00 
EECE 7214 - Optimal and Robust Control 
4.00 
EECE 7220 - Power System Analysis 2 
4.00 
EECE 7221 - Power System Operation and Control 
4.00 
EECE 7224 - Power Systems State Estimation 
4.00 
EECE 7226 - Modeling and Simulation of Power System Transients 
4.00 
EECE 7238 - Special Topics in Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 7239 - Special Topics in Power Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7240 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7242 - Integrated Circuits for Mixed Signals and Data Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7243 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication 
4.00 
EECE 7244 - Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 
4.00 
EECE 7245 - Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7246 - Design and Analysis of Digital Integrated Circuits 
4.00 
EECE 7247 - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7263 - Humanoid Robotics 
4.00 
EECE 7270 - Electromagnetic Theory 2 
4.00 
EECE 7271 - Computational Methods in Electromagnetics 
4.00 
EECE 7275 - Antennas and Radiation 
4.00 
EECE 7276 - Microwave Properties of Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7284 - Optical Properties of Matter 
4.00 
EECE 7285 - Opto-electronics and Fiber Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7287 - Optical Detection 
4.00 
EECE 7293 - Modern Imaging 
4.00 
EECE 7295 - Applied Magnetism 
4.00 
EECE 7296 - Electronic Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7297 - Advanced Magnetic Materials—Magnetic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7298 - Magnetic Materials—Fundamentals and Measurements 
4.00 
EECE 7309 - Special Topics in Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7310 - Modern Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7311 - Two Dimensional Signal and Image Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7312 - Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7313 - Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 7323 - Numerical Optimization Methods 
4.00 
EECE 7335 - Detection and Estimation Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7336 - Digital Communications 
4.00 
EECE 7337 - Information Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7352 - Computer Architecture 
4.00 
EECE 7353 - VLSI Design 
4.00 
EECE 7357 - Fault-Tolerant Computers 
4.00 
EECE 7360 - Combinatorial Optimization 
4.00 
EECE 7368 - High-Level Design of Hardware-Software Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7370 - Advanced Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 7376 - Operating Systems: Interface and Implementation 
4.00 
EECE 7397 - Advanced Machine Learning 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7399 - Preparing High-Stakes Written and Oral Materials 
4.00 
ENGR 5670 - Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage 
4.00 
MATH 7232 - Combinatorial Analysis 
4.00 
MATH 7233 - Graph Theory 
4.00 

EECE 5698 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Principles of Assistive Robotics
  • Mobile Robotics
  • Robotics Sensing and Navigation
  • Parallel Processing for Data Analytics
  • Introduction to Multiferroic Materials and Systems

EECE 7398 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Big Data and Sparsity in Control, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing
  • Compilers
  • Advanced Computer Architecture
  • Advanced Topics in Scalable and Sustainable System Design

NEW COURSES:

EECE 7228

EECE 7258

Excluded Courses for All MSECE Concentrations

Please see your college administrator for more information.

Courses from the following subject areas may not count toward any concentration within the MSECE program: CSYE, ENSY, EMGT, INFO, SBSY, TELE

CS 5010 - Programming Design Paradigm 
4.00 
CS 5320 - Digital Image Processing 
4.00 
CS 5330 - Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision 
4.00 
CS 5340 - Computer/Human Interaction 
4.00 
CS 5520 - Mobile Application Development 
4.00 
CS 5610 - Web Development 
4.00 
CS 5700 - Fundamentals of Computer Networking 
4.00 
CS 5800 - Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 6350 - Empirical Research Methods 
4.00 
CS 6710 - Wireless Network 
4.00 
Concentration in Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Algorithms

Complete one of the following options:

Course Work Option

Depth Courses

Complete 20 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below or other EECE courses chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below:

Thesis Option

Depth Courses

Complete 12 semester hours from the Depth Course List below:

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below or other EECE courses chosen in consultation with a faculty advisor. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 semester hours of either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below:

Thesis

EECE 7990 - Thesis 
4.00 - 8.00 

Depth Course List

CS 5100 - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 
4.00 
CS 6110 - Knowledge-Based Systems 
4.00 
CS 6200 - Information Retrieval 
4.00 
CS 6220 - Data Mining Techniques 
4.00 
CS 6310 - Computational Imaging 
4.00 
CS 6810 - Distributed Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 7800 - Advanced Algorithms 
4.00 
EECE 5626 - Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5639 - Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 5640 - High-Performance Computing 
4.00 
EECE 5642 - Data Visualization 
4.00 
EECE 5644 - Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7204 - Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 
4.00 
EECE 7205 - Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7313 - Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 7323 - Numerical Optimization Methods 
4.00 
EECE 7352 - Computer Architecture 
4.00 
EECE 7360 - Combinatorial Optimization 
4.00 
EECE 7370 - Advanced Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 7397 - Advanced Machine Learning 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7400 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering 
1.00 - 4.00 
MATH 7232 - Combinatorial Analysis 
4.00 
MATH 7233 - Graph Theory 
4.00 

EECE 5698 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Mobile Robotics
  • Robotics Sensing and Navigation
  • Parallel Processing for Data Analytics

NEW COURSE:

EECE 7258

Breadth Course List

CS 5200 - Database Management Systems 
4.00 
CS 5600 - Computer Systems 
4.00 
CS 5770 - Software Vulnerabilities and Security 
4.00 
CS 6410 - Compilers 
4.00 
CS 6510 - Advanced Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6520 - Methods of Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6610 - Parallel Computing 
4.00 
CS 6740 - Network Security 
4.00 
CS 6750 - Cryptography and Communications Security 
4.00 
CS 6754 - Secure Wireless Ad-hoc Robots on Mission (SWARM) 1 
4.00 
CS 6760 - Privacy, Security, and Usability 
4.00 
CS 6810 - Distributed Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 7785 - Special Topics in Network Science 
4.00 
EECE 5576 - Wireless Communication Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5580 - Classical Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5606 - Micro- and Nanofabrication 
4.00 
EECE 5610 - Digital Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5627 - Arithmetic and Circuit Design for Inexact Computing with Nanoscaled CMOS 
4.00 
EECE 5643 - Simulation and Performance Evaluation 
4.00 
EECE 5647 - Nanophotonics 
4.00 
EECE 5648 - Biomedical Optics 
4.00 
EECE 5649 - Design of Analog Integrated Circuits with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Technology 
4.00 
EECE 5664 - Biomedical Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5666 - Digital Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5680 - Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 5684 - Power Electronics 
4.00 
EECE 5686 - Electrical Machines 
4.00 
EECE 5688 - Analysis of Unbalanced Power Grids 
4.00 
EECE 5694 - Electromagnetic Photonic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 5695 - Radio-Frequency and Optical Antennas 
4.00 
EECE 5696 - Energy Harvesting Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5697 - Acoustics and Sensing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7105 - Optics for Engineers 
4.00 
EECE 7200 - Linear Systems Analysis 
4.00 
EECE 7201 - Solid State Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7202 - Electromagnetic Theory 1 
4.00 
EECE 7203 - Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations 
4.00 
EECE 7211 - Nonlinear Control 
4.00 
EECE 7213 - System Identification and Adaptive Control 
4.00 
EECE 7214 - Optimal and Robust Control 
4.00 
EECE 7220 - Power System Analysis 2 
4.00 
EECE 7221 - Power System Operation and Control 
4.00 
EECE 7224 - Power Systems State Estimation 
4.00 
EECE 7226 - Modeling and Simulation of Power System Transients 
4.00 
EECE 7238 - Special Topics in Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 7239 - Special Topics in Power Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7240 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7242 - Integrated Circuits for Mixed Signals and Data Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7243 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication 
4.00 
EECE 7244 - Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 
4.00 
EECE 7245 - Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7246 - Design and Analysis of Digital Integrated Circuits 
4.00 
EECE 7247 - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7263 - Humanoid Robotics 
4.00 
EECE 7270 - Electromagnetic Theory 2 
4.00 
EECE 7271 - Computational Methods in Electromagnetics 
4.00 
EECE 7275 - Antennas and Radiation 
4.00 
EECE 7276 - Microwave Properties of Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7284 - Optical Properties of Matter 
4.00 
EECE 7285 - Opto-electronics and Fiber Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7287 - Optical Detection 
4.00 
EECE 7293 - Modern Imaging 
4.00 
EECE 7295 - Applied Magnetism 
4.00 
EECE 7296 - Electronic Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7297 - Advanced Magnetic Materials—Magnetic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7298 - Magnetic Materials—Fundamentals and Measurements 
4.00 
EECE 7309 - Special Topics in Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7310 - Modern Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7311 - Two Dimensional Signal and Image Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7312 - Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7332 - Error Correcting Codes 
4.00 
EECE 7335 - Detection and Estimation Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7336 - Digital Communications 
4.00 
EECE 7337 - Information Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7353 - VLSI Design 
4.00 
EECE 7357 - Fault-Tolerant Computers 
4.00 
EECE 7364 - Mobile and Wireless Networking 
4.00 
EECE 7368 - High-Level Design of Hardware-Software Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7374 - Fundamentals of Computer Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7376 - Operating Systems: Interface and Implementation 
4.00 
EECE 7390 - Computer Hardware Security 
4.00 
EECE 7393 - Analysis and Design of Data Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7399 - Preparing High-Stakes Written and Oral Materials 
4.00 
ENGR 5670 - Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage 
4.00 

EECE 5698 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Security Software
  • Principles of Assistive Robotics
  • Networks: Technology, Economics, Social Interactions
  • Advanced Network Management
  • Principles of Assistive Robotics
  • Introduction to Multiferroic Materials and Systems

EECE 7398 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Compilers
  • Probabilistic System Modeling and Analysis
  • Advanced Computer Architecture
  • Advanced Topics in Scalable and Sustainable System Design

NEW COURSES:

EECE 5155

EECE 5161

EECE 7228

EECE 7250

Excluded Courses for All MSECE Concentrations:

Please see your college administrator for more information.

Courses from the following subject areas may not count toward any concentration within the MSECE program: CSYE, ENSY, EMGT, INFO, SBSY, TELE

CS 5010 - Programming Design Paradigm 
4.00 
CS 5320 - Digital Image Processing 
4.00 
CS 5330 - Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision 
4.00 
CS 5340 - Computer/Human Interaction 
4.00 
CS 5520 - Mobile Application Development 
4.00 
CS 5610 - Web Development 
4.00 
CS 5700 - Fundamentals of Computer Networking 
4.00 
CS 5800 - Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 6350 - Empirical Research Methods 
4.00 
CS 6710 - Wireless Network 
4.00 
Concentration in Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics

Complete one of the following options:

Course Work Option

Depth Courses

Complete 20 semester hours from the Depth Course List below.

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 additional semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth course Lists below.

Thesis Option

Depth Courses

Complete 12 semester hours from the Depth Course List below.

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 additional semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth course Lists below.

Thesis

EECE 7990 - Thesis 
4.00 - 8.00 

Course Lists

Depth Courses

EECE 5648 - Biomedical Optics 
4.00 
EECE 5694 - Electromagnetic Photonic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 5695 - Radio-Frequency and Optical Antennas 
4.00 
EECE 5697 - Acoustics and Sensing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7105 - Optics for Engineers 
4.00 
EECE 7202 - Electromagnetic Theory 1 
4.00 
EECE 7203 - Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations 
4.00 
EECE 7270 - Electromagnetic Theory 2 
4.00 
EECE 7271 - Computational Methods in Electromagnetics 
4.00 
EECE 7275 - Antennas and Radiation 
4.00 
EECE 7276 - Microwave Properties of Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7284 - Optical Properties of Matter 
4.00 
EECE 7285 - Opto-electronics and Fiber Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7287 - Optical Detection 
4.00 
EECE 7293 - Modern Imaging 
4.00 
EECE 7295 - Applied Magnetism 
4.00 
EECE 7296 - Electronic Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7297 - Advanced Magnetic Materials—Magnetic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7298 - Magnetic Materials—Fundamentals and Measurements 
4.00 
EECE 7309 - Special Topics in Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7400 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering 
1.00 - 4.00 

Breadth Courses

EECE 5698 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Mobile Robotics
  • Principles of Assistive Robotics
  • Networks: Technology, Economics, Social Interactions
  • Software Security
  • Advanced Network Management
  • Robotics Sensing and Navigation
  • Parallel Processing for Data Analytics

EECE 7398 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Probabilistic Systems Modeling and Analysis
  • Big Data and Sparsity in Control, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing
  • Compilers
  • Advanced Computer Architecture
  • Advanced Topics in Scalable and Sustainable System Design

NEW COURSES:

EECE 5155

EECE 5161

EECE 7228

EECE 7250

EECE 7258

EECE 5576 - Wireless Communication Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5580 - Classical Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5606 - Micro- and Nanofabrication 
4.00 
EECE 5610 - Digital Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5626 - Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5627 - Arithmetic and Circuit Design for Inexact Computing with Nanoscaled CMOS 
4.00 
EECE 5639 - Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 5640 - High-Performance Computing 
4.00 
EECE 5642 - Data Visualization 
4.00 
EECE 5643 - Simulation and Performance Evaluation 
4.00 
EECE 5644 - Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5647 - Nanophotonics 
4.00 
EECE 5649 - Design of Analog Integrated Circuits with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Technology 
4.00 
EECE 5664 - Biomedical Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5666 - Digital Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5680 - Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 5682 - Power Systems Analysis 1 
4.00 
EECE 5684 - Power Electronics 
4.00 
EECE 5686 - Electrical Machines 
4.00 
EECE 5688 - Analysis of Unbalanced Power Grids 
4.00 
EECE 5696 - Energy Harvesting Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7200 - Linear Systems Analysis 
4.00 
EECE 7201 - Solid State Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7204 - Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 
4.00 
EECE 7205 - Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7211 - Nonlinear Control 
4.00 
EECE 7213 - System Identification and Adaptive Control 
4.00 
EECE 7214 - Optimal and Robust Control 
4.00 
EECE 7220 - Power System Analysis 2 
4.00 
EECE 7221 - Power System Operation and Control 
4.00 
EECE 7224 - Power Systems State Estimation 
4.00 
EECE 7226 - Modeling and Simulation of Power System Transients 
4.00 
EECE 7238 - Special Topics in Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 7239 - Special Topics in Power Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7240 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7242 - Integrated Circuits for Mixed Signals and Data Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7243 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication 
4.00 
EECE 7244 - Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 
4.00 
EECE 7245 - Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7246 - Design and Analysis of Digital Integrated Circuits 
4.00 
EECE 7247 - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7263 - Humanoid Robotics 
4.00 
EECE 7276 - Microwave Properties of Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7284 - Optical Properties of Matter 
4.00 
EECE 7295 - Applied Magnetism 
4.00 
EECE 7296 - Electronic Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7297 - Advanced Magnetic Materials—Magnetic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7298 - Magnetic Materials—Fundamentals and Measurements 
4.00 
EECE 7310 - Modern Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7311 - Two Dimensional Signal and Image Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7312 - Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7313 - Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 7323 - Numerical Optimization Methods 
4.00 
EECE 7332 - Error Correcting Codes 
4.00 
EECE 7335 - Detection and Estimation Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7336 - Digital Communications 
4.00 
EECE 7337 - Information Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7352 - Computer Architecture 
4.00 
EECE 7353 - VLSI Design 
4.00 
EECE 7357 - Fault-Tolerant Computers 
4.00 
EECE 7360 - Combinatorial Optimization 
4.00 
EECE 7364 - Mobile and Wireless Networking 
4.00 
EECE 7368 - High-Level Design of Hardware-Software Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7370 - Advanced Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 7374 - Fundamentals of Computer Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7376 - Operating Systems: Interface and Implementation 
4.00 
EECE 7390 - Computer Hardware Security 
4.00 
EECE 7393 - Analysis and Design of Data Networks 
4.00 
EECE 7397 - Advanced Machine Learning 
4.00 
EECE 7398 - Special Topics 
4.00 
EECE 7399 - Preparing High-Stakes Written and Oral Materials 
4.00 
ENGR 5670 - Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage 
4.00 
MATH 7232 - Combinatorial Analysis 
4.00 
MATH 7233 - Graph Theory 
4.00 
CS 5100 - Foundations of Artificial Intelligence 
4.00 
CS 5200 - Database Management Systems 
4.00 
CS 5310 - Computer Graphics 
4.00 
CS 5340 - Computer/Human Interaction 
4.00 
CS 5400 - Principles of Programming Language 
4.00 
CS 5500 - Managing Software Development 
4.00 
CS 5600 - Computer Systems 
4.00 
CS 5770 - Software Vulnerabilities and Security 
4.00 
CS 6110 - Knowledge-Based Systems 
4.00 
CS 6200 - Information Retrieval 
4.00 
CS 6310 - Computational Imaging 
4.00 
CS 6410 - Compilers 
4.00 
CS 6510 - Advanced Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6520 - Methods of Software Development 
4.00 
CS 6530 - Analysis of Software Artifacts 
4.00 
CS 6540 - Foundations of Formal Methods and Software Analysis 
4.00 
CS 6610 - Parallel Computing 
4.00 
CS 6740 - Network Security 
4.00 
CS 6750 - Cryptography and Communications Security 
4.00 
CS 6760 - Privacy, Security, and Usability 
4.00 
CS 6810 - Distributed Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 7800 - Advanced Algorithms 
4.00 

Excluded Courses for All MSECE Concentrations

Please see your college administrator for more information.

Courses from the following subject areas may not count toward any concentration within the MSECE program: CSYE, ENSY, EMGT, INFO, SBSY, TELE.

CS 5010 - Programming Design Paradigm 
4.00 
CS 5320 - Digital Image Processing 
4.00 
CS 5330 - Pattern Recognition and Computer Vision 
4.00 
CS 5340 - Computer/Human Interaction 
4.00 
CS 5520 - Mobile Application Development 
4.00 
CS 5610 - Web Development 
4.00 
CS 5700 - Fundamentals of Computer Networking 
4.00 
CS 5800 - Algorithms 
4.00 
CS 6350 - Empirical Research Methods 
4.00 
CS 6710 - Wireless Network 
4.00 
Concentration in Microsystems, Materials, and Devices

Complete one of the following options:

Course Work Option

Depth Courses

Complete 20 semester hours from the Depth Course List below.

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 additional semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below.

Thesis Option

Depth Courses

Complete 12 semester hours from the Depth Course List below.

Breadth Courses

Complete 8 semester hours from the Breadth Course List below. Note: Depth courses cannot be taken for breadth.

Elective

Complete 4 additional semester hours from either the Depth or Breadth Course Lists below.

Thesis

EECE 7990 - Thesis 
4.00 - 8.00 

Course Lists

Depth Courses

NEW COURSES:

EECE 5161

EECE 7250

EECE 5606 - Micro- and Nanofabrication 
4.00 
EECE 5647 - Nanophotonics 
4.00 
EECE 5649 - Design of Analog Integrated Circuits with Complementary Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Technology 
4.00 
EECE 5696 - Energy Harvesting Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7201 - Solid State Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7240 - Analog Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7242 - Integrated Circuits for Mixed Signals and Data Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7243 - Integrated Circuit Fabrication 
4.00 
EECE 7244 - Introduction to Microelectromechanical Systems (MEMS) 
4.00 
EECE 7245 - Microwave Circuit Design for Wireless Communication 
4.00 
EECE 7246 - Design and Analysis of Digital Integrated Circuits 
4.00 
EECE 7247 - Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design 
4.00 
EECE 7276 - Microwave Properties of Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7284 - Optical Properties of Matter 
4.00 
EECE 7295 - Applied Magnetism 
4.00 
EECE 7296 - Electronic Materials 
4.00 
EECE 7297 - Advanced Magnetic Materials—Magnetic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 7298 - Magnetic Materials—Fundamentals and Measurements 
4.00 
EECE 7353 - VLSI Design 
4.00 
EECE 7400 - Special Problems in Electrical Engineering 
1.00 - 4.00 

Breadth Courses

EECE 5698 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Mobile Robotics
  • Principles of Assistive Robotics
  • Networks: Technology, Economics, Social Interactions
  • Software Security
  • Advanced Network Management
  • Robotics Sensing and Navigation
  • Parallel Processing for Data Analytics
  • Introduction to Multiferroic Materials and Systems

EECE 7398 may be repeated for the following special topics:

  • Probabilistic System Modeling and Analysis
  • Big Data and Sparsity in Control, Machine Learning, and Signal Processing
  • Compilers
  • Advanced Computer Architecture
  • Advanced Topics in Scalable and Sustainable System Design

NEW COURSES:

EECE 5155

EECE 7228

EECE 7258

EECE 5576 - Wireless Communication Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5580 - Classical Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5610 - Digital Control Systems 
4.00 
EECE 5626 - Image Processing and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5627 - Arithmetic and Circuit Design for Inexact Computing with Nanoscaled CMOS 
4.00 
EECE 5639 - Computer Vision 
4.00 
EECE 5640 - High-Performance Computing 
4.00 
EECE 5642 - Data Visualization 
4.00 
EECE 5643 - Simulation and Performance Evaluation 
4.00 
EECE 5644 - Introduction to Machine Learning and Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 5648 - Biomedical Optics 
4.00 
EECE 5664 - Biomedical Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5666 - Digital Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 5680 - Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 5682 - Power Systems Analysis 1 
4.00 
EECE 5684 - Power Electronics 
4.00 
EECE 5686 - Electrical Machines 
4.00 
EECE 5688 - Analysis of Unbalanced Power Grids 
4.00 
EECE 5694 - Electromagnetic Photonic Devices 
4.00 
EECE 5695 - Radio-Frequency and Optical Antennas 
4.00 
EECE 5697 - Acoustics and Sensing 
4.00 
EECE 5698 - Special Topics in Electrical and Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7105 - Optics for Engineers 
4.00 
EECE 7200 - Linear Systems Analysis 
4.00 
EECE 7202 - Electromagnetic Theory 1 
4.00 
EECE 7203 - Complex Variable Theory and Differential Equations 
4.00 
EECE 7204 - Applied Probability and Stochastic Processes 
4.00 
EECE 7205 - Fundamentals of Computer Engineering 
4.00 
EECE 7211 - Nonlinear Control 
4.00 
EECE 7213 - System Identification and Adaptive Control 
4.00 
EECE 7214 - Optimal and Robust Control 
4.00 
EECE 7220 - Power System Analysis 2 
4.00 
EECE 7221 - Power System Operation and Control 
4.00 
EECE 7224 - Power Systems State Estimation 
4.00 
EECE 7226 - Modeling and Simulation of Power System Transients 
4.00 
EECE 7238 - Special Topics in Electric Drives 
4.00 
EECE 7239 - Special Topics in Power Systems 
4.00 
EECE 7263 - Humanoid Robotics 
4.00 
EECE 7270 - Electromagnetic Theory 2 
4.00 
EECE 7271 - Computational Methods in Electromagnetics 
4.00 
EECE 7275 - Antennas and Radiation 
4.00 
EECE 7285 - Opto-electronics and Fiber Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7287 - Optical Detection 
4.00 
EECE 7309 - Special Topics in Electromagnetics, Plasma, and Optics 
4.00 
EECE 7310 - Modern Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7311 - Two Dimensional Signal and Image Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7312 - Statistical and Adaptive Signal Processing 
4.00 
EECE 7313 - Pattern Recognition 
4.00 
EECE 7323 - Numerical Optimization Methods 
4.00 
EECE 7332 - Error Correcting Codes 
4.00 
EECE 7335 - Detection and Estimation Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7336 - Digital Communications 
4.00 
EECE 7337 - Information Theory 
4.00 
EECE 7352 - Computer Architecture 
4.00 
EECE 7357 - Fault-Tolerant Computers