Two post-graduate degree programs are offered by the
Electrical and Computer Engineering Department at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology: the
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) degree, that requires a thesis and a publication, and
the Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering (MECE) degree, that does not require a thesis or a publication, but instead requires 12 credit hours of additional course work.
Both degree programs combine mathematics, physics, engineering, and computer science to meet the demands of the highly volatile field of electrical and computer engineering. A students plan of study is arranged on an individualized basis through joint agreement between the student, the students advisory committee chairperson, and the students advisory committee. The students advisory committee must consist of at least (1) an RHIT ECE faculty member serving as the major advisor (in the case of the MSEE degree, this person guides the students thesis research), (2) a second RHIT ECE faculty member, and (3) an RHIT faculty member from outside of the ECE department. Both degree programs seek to build upon the basic foundations established by the students undergraduate course of study. The students plan of study may reflect a desire to concentrate on a specialized interest or a desire for a better understanding of the broad underlying theories of the entire profession.
Special areas of interest within the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department include Communications, Computer Architecture and Microcomputers, Control Systems, Electromagnetics, Electronics, Power Systems, and Signal and Image Processing.
Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
Requirements (51 credit hours):
36 credit hours of course work as approved by students advisory committee.
- At least 24 credit hours must be upper level ECE courses (ECE4xx or ECE5xx)
- At least 24 credit hours must be at the 5xx level (excluding GS501, GS502, and GS503 graduate seminar courses). Thus no more than 12 credit hours of 400-level classes can count toward the MSEE degree.
- 12 credit hours of thesis work (the Institutes non-thesis option is not permitted for the MSEE degree).
- 3 credit hours of graduate seminar.
Successful defense of thesis.
Acceptance of a technical article for publication and/or for conference presentation with the major professor included as a named author.
Master of Electrical and Computer Engineering Degree
Requirements (52 credit hours):
52 credit hours of course work as approved by students advisory committee.
- At least 32 credit hours must be upper level ECE courses (ECE4xx or ECE5xx).
- At least 40 credit hours must be at the 5xx level from any department agreed upon by the students advisory committee. Thus no more than 12 credit hours of 400-level classes can count toward the MECE degree.
ECE Graduate Course Offerings:
Communications
- ECE 410 Communication Networks
- ECE 414 Wireless Systems
- ECE 415 Wireless Electronics
- ECE 510 Error Correcting Codes
- ECE 511 Data Communications
Computer Architecture and Microcomputers
- ECE 430 Microcontroller-Based Systems
- ECE 442 High-Speed Digital Design
- ECE 530 Advanced Microcomputers
- ECE 532 Advanced Computer Architecture
- ECE 533 Programmable Logic System Design
- ECE 581 Digital Signal Processing Projects
Control Systems
- ECE 420 Nonlinear Control Systems
- ECE 520 Control Systems I
- ECE 521 Control Systems II
Electromagnetics
- ECE 442 High-Speed Digital Design
- ECE 540 Antenna Engineering
- ECE 541 Microwave/Millimeter Wave Engineering
- ECE 542 Advanced Electromagnetics
- ECE 543 Mathematical Methods of Electromagnetics
Electronics
- ECE 451 Nonlinear Electronics
- ECE 452 Power Electronics
- ECE 454 System Level Analog Electronics
- ECE 516 Introduction to MEMS
- ECE 519 Advanced MEMS
- ECE 551 VLSI Design and Testing I
- ECE 552 VLSI Design and Testing II
- ECE 553 VLSI Design and Testing III
- ECE 554 Instrumentation
Power Systems
- ECE 452 Power Electronics
- ECE 470 Power Systems I
- ECE 471 Industrial Power Systems
- ECE 472 Power Systems II
- ECE 571 Control of Power Systems
Signal and Image Processing
- ECE 480 Introduction to Image Processing
- ECE 481 Electronic Music Synthesis
- ECE 580 Digital Signal Processing
- ECE 581 Digital Signal Processing Projects
- ECE 582 Advanced Image Processing
