MS Degree Requirements

Our electrical engineering, computer engineering and telecommunications engineering master’s programs have both a non-thesis and thesis option.

Non-thesis students need an MS Advisor and a degree plan. Of the required 30 semester hours, certain semester credit hours could be research (EEGR/CE/TE 8v70) or individual instruction (EEGR/CE/TE 8v40). All part-time Master’s students are assigned initially to the non-thesis option.

Thesis students must have a thesis advisor. A tenure system faculty or an affiliated faculty could be a thesis advisor. A degree plan, thesis committee, a written thesis submitted to the Office of Graduate Education and a formal public defense of the thesis are the requirements for a MS with thesis. Those wishing to elect the thesis option may do so by obtaining the approval of a faculty thesis supervisor. All full-time, supported students are required to participate in the thesis option.

In addition, both non-thesis and thesis students must receive a grade of B- or better in the core courses; maintain a core course cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better, and an overall GPA of 3.0 or better.