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Program
Requirements
Electrical Engineering,
MSE
(Concentration: Thesis Track)
Campus
Location:
Main Campus, Fort Washington
Full-time/Part-time
Status
Students are able to complete the degree program through classes offered after 4:30 p.m.
General
Program Requirements:
Number of Didactic credits
required beyond the Baccalaureate:
24
Required Courses:
To complete the MSE degree, a total of 24 s.h. of graduate courses plus EE798, Thesis I, and EE799, Thesis II, are required.
Students must complete any two core courses out of the following courses: ENGR541, ENGR511, EE502, and EE551.
Students must not take more than two 400 level courses.
Internship:
False
Language Examination:
False
Culminating
Events:
Thesis
Thesis 1 - The Master's thesis is a document detailing independent research that demonstrates the student's mastery of his primary area of interest. The thesis research is conducted under the direct supervision of a faculty advisor. The specific topic should be in the areas of current interests in the professional community and should be selected after consultation with the faculty advisor.
After a research topic is selected, the student performs preliminary research and submits a thesis proposal to the thesis committee and presents it at an open seminar. The thesis proposal documents all preliminary results and a plan of action including proposed research methodology. The thesis committee evaluates the technical merit and research methodology. The student continues the proposed reseach only after it is approved by the Committee.Thesis 2 - The final draft of the thesis should be submitted at least two weeks before the anticipated date of the thesis defense. Then the student's academic advisor, in consultation with members of the committee, sets the time and date for defense. The Department secretary will arrange a room for the defense and will post fliers announcing the defense. The student must post the thesis defense flier at the graduate student listserv for the Department.
Thesis 3 - The student submits the final thesis to the Thesis Committee, a group of faculty members and possibly engineers engaged in research in high-tech industries. This
Committee is responsible for evaluating the thesis and its defense. No thesis should go to defense unless it is ready for public scrutiny. The
Committee will evaluate the primary findings of the research, their implications, methodological approach, and the student's ability to express verbally his or her research results.
The Committee will vote to pass or fail the thesis and the defense at the conclusion of the public presentation. If the student must make revisions, those changes must be approved as arranged by the
Committee. All revisions must be completed within one month from the date of public presentation; failure to do so will require a new thesis defense and public presentation.
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