School of Engineering
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Communications, Signal Processing, and Control Systems
Students selecting this depth area are expected to have an undergraduate degree in electrical engineering or a closely related field. The course requirements for the communications, signal processing, and control systems depth area are shown below.
Take any two of the following courses for 8 credits:
Number Course Title Semester Offered EGR 415 Communications Systems Rotating Fall and Winter EGR 423 Digital Signal Processing Systems Rotating Fall and Winter EGR 455 Automatic Control Rotating Fall and Winter
The following course must be taken for 3 credits:
|
Number |
Course Title |
Semester Offered |
|
EGR 653 |
Digital and Adaptive Systems |
Fall (even years) |
Note that students in this depth area are required to complete electives as follows:
Students are encouraged to consider electives in the other depth areas of electrical and computer engineering, as well as computer science, statistics, and the Seidman College of Business. Since elective courses are most often 3 credits, an independent study for 1 credit can be arranged through the graduate program director. See the section on Electives courses for details.
EGR 692/EGR 693 Capstone or EGR 696/697 Capstone (7 credit hours of electives)
EGR 690 Capstone (13 credit hours of electives)
Electrical Energy Systems
Students selecting this depth area are expected to have an undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering or a closely related field. The course requirements for the Electrical Energy Systems depth area are shown below.All of the following three courses must be taken for 10 credits.
Number Course Title Semester Offered EGR 430 Electromechanics Winter EGR 655 Power Electronics Fall (odd years) EGR 656 Electrical Drive Systems Winter (even years)
Note that students in this depth area are required to complete electives as follows.EGR 692/693 Capstone or EGR 696/697 Capstone (8 credit hours of electives)
Since elective courses are most often 3 credits, an independent study for 2 credits can be arranged through the graduate program director. See the section on Electives for details.
EGR 690 Capstone (14 credit hours of electives)
Students are encouraged to consider electives in the other depth areas of electrical and computer engineering, as well as computer science, statistics, and the Seidman College of Business.
Digital and Computer Systems
Students selecting this depth area are expected to have knowledge of the following topics:
- Structured programming in the C language
- An introduction to microcontrollers
- Electric circuit analysis (2 courses)
- The topics in EGR 326, including: Design and analysis of combinational and sequential circuits, programmable logic devices, microcontrollers, and peripherals
The course requirements for the Digital and Computer Systems depth area are shown below.
The following two engineering courses for 8 credits:
|
Course Title |
Semester Offered |
|
EGR 424 |
Design of Microcontroller Applications |
Spring/Summer |
|
EGR 426 |
Integrated Circuit Systems Design |
Winter |
Two computer science courses from the following list for 6 credits. Please note that some courses may be taken as a part of a two-course sequence only.
Any two of the following courses may be taken:
|
Course Title |
Semester Offered |
|
CS 459 |
Embedded Computer Systems |
Spring/Summer |
|
CS 635 |
Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining |
Winter |
|
CS 671 |
Information Visualization |
Winter |
|
CS 677 |
High-Performance Computing |
Fall |
|
CS 678 |
Machine Learning |
Winter |
Two of the three object-oriented technology courses may be taken:
Number
Course Title
Semester Offered
CS 621
Object-Oriented Programming
Fall
CS 622
Software Design Methodologies
Winter
CS 623
Graphical User Interface Design
Fall
Number
Course Title
Semester Offered
CS 654
Computer Networking
Winter
CS 656
Operating Systems
Fall
CS 658
Distributed Computing
Winter
Number
Course Title
Semester Offered
CS 673
Principles of Database Design
Fall
CS 676
Database Management Systems
Winter
CS 679
Advances in Database Mgmt Systems
Fall
Note that students in this depth area are required to complete electives as follows.
EGR 692/693 Capstone or EGR 696/697 Capstone (4 credit hours of electives)
EGR 690 Capstone (10 credit hours of electives)Since elective courses are most often 3 credits, an independent study for 1 credit can be arranged through the graduate program director. See the section on Electives for details.
Students are encouraged to consider electives in the other depth areas of electrical and computer engineering as well as computer science, statistics, and the Seidman College of Business.
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