ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

Master of Science Degree

For students entering Fall 2010 Spring 2011

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering offers through the Panama City Campus
a thesis program and a non-thesis program for the Master of Science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering (EE). The program includes
common core courses, major depth concentration, and breadth in electrical engineering. A minimum of thirty (30) credit hours of course work
and thesis are required for the thesis program, and thirty-three (33) credit hours of course work and masters comprehensive exam are required
for the non-thesis option degree program.

Admissions: To be considered for admission, candidates must have earned a bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in electrical
engineering, or a closely related discipline, from an Accreditation Board of Engineering and Technology (ABET)-approved program, a
grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all work attempted beyond sixty (60) semester hours of undergraduate study,
and a combined score on the verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE of at least 1000. International candidates must have earned a
bachelor of science degree (or equivalent) in electrical engineering from a recognized non-U.S. academic institution, a grade point average
(GPA) of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale for all work beyond the equivalent of sixty (60) semester hours of undergraduate study (as evaluated by
the admissions office) and a combined score of at least 1000 on the verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE, and a minimum score of
550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) if English is not their native language. Students with a bachelors degree in a field
other than electrical engineering may be required to complete a department-designated sequence of undergraduate courses with grades of B or
better prior to attempting graduate electrical engineering work.

Thesis and Course Work RequirementThesis Program: All master of science thesis program students must complete a written thesis.
Upon completion of the thesis, an oral defense is required, which consists of a public presentation of the students work to the department
and the students supervisory committee. Students must register for EEL 8976, Masters Thesis Defense, before the defense presentation.

Thesis: All master of science thesis program students must complete a minimum of thirty (30) credit hours of course work to satisfy the
master of science (MS) degree in electrical engineering requirements. Twelve (12) hours are required from the students depth area, twelve
(12) semester hours in supplemental electives and a minimum of six (6) credit hours are required for the thesis (EEL-6971r). A minimum
of three (3) credit hours of supplemental electives should be a course in advanced mathematics, typically a 5000 level course, or a
departmental approved substitute. Up to six (6) credit hours of 4000 level courses can be completed on S/U basis. The masters degree
candidate may also be permitted to take up to six (6) credit hours of 4000 level courses for letter grade credits beyond those required for a
baccalaureate degree with the approval of the ECE graduate coordinator.
Students must identify their major professors by the end of the first semester of course work and are required to submit a plan of study
by the time they have completed twelve (12) credit hours of graduate studies. The plan of study must be approved by the departmental
graduate coordinator and the students major professor. The students major professor also will assist the student in forming the students
supervisory committee.
All master of science (MS) thesis program students are required to register for EEL 8976, Master Thesis Defense, and at least one (1)
semester hour of EEL 6971r, Thesis, in the semester they plan to graduate.

Supervisory Committee: The Supervisory Committee for a masters degree thesis program student consists of a minimum of three (3)
members of graduate faculty who hold masters directive status. At least half of the committee members must be faculty members form the
ECE Department.

Masters Thesis Defense Announcement: It is the students responsibility to post the thesis defense announcement within the department
and the College of Engineering at least one week prior to the defense. The announcement should include: thesis title; students name;
students department; major professor and committee members; date; time and location of the defense.

Course Work and Masters Comprehensive Exam RequirementsNon-Thesis Program: All students in the non-thesis MS degree
program must submit a formal request to obtain and official approval from his/her advisor (if there is one) and the ECE graduate
coordinator to be exempt from the thesis requirement. The non-thesis option degree program requires a student to complete a minimum of
thirty-three (33) credit hours of graded coursework beyond those required for the students baccalaureate degree. A minimum of three (3)
credit hours must be a course in advanced mathematics, typically a 5000 level course. The non-thesis option degree program student must
register for and successfully pass the required Masters Comprehensive
Exam, EEL 8966. Student may attempt to take one Masters Comprehensive Exam in each calendar year. A maximum of three (3)
attempts will be permitted.

Transfer Credits: A maximum of six (6) credit hours of letter-grade graduate coursework may be transferred from another academic
institution(s) to the students current masters degree program, thesis or non-thesis, with the approval the ECE Departmental Graduate
Committee. A grade of B or better is required on all transfer credits.

Graduate Seminar Requirement: All full-time master of science (MS) degree candidates are required to enroll in the graduate seminar, EEL
6932r, for each semester that they are enrolled in the graduate program. See your advisor for details.

For Additional Information

ECE Department Graduate Coordinator: Dr. Tom Baldwin, tbaldwin@eng.fsu.edu, (850) 410-6584
FSU PC EE Graduate Advisor: Dr. Geoffrey Brooks, gbrooks@pc.fsu.edu, (850) 770-2247
Applying for admission contact: Office of Admissions Panama City, admissions@pc.fsu.edu, 850.770.2160

GRADUATE COURSES CURRICULUM

Course Number Course Name Credit
EEL 5173 Signal and System Analysis 3
EEL 5247 Power Conversion and Control 3
EEL 5250 Power System Analysis 3
EEL 5270 Power Systems Transients 3
EEL 5315 Digital Integrated Circuit Design 3
EEL 5317 Power Electronics 3
EEL 5333 Solid State Sensors 3
EEL 5378 Mixed Signal ICs 3
EEL 5416 Sonar 3
EEL 5443 Electromagnetics and Optics 3
EEL 5454 Optical Sensors 3
EEL 5465 Antenna Theory 3
EEL 5486 Advanced Electromagnetic Theory 3
EEL 5500 Digital Communication Theory 3
EEL 5542 Random Processes 3
EEL 5547 Radar 3
EEL 5563 Optical Fiber Communications 3
EEL 5590 Advanced Topics in Communications 3
EEL 5591 Wireless Communications 3
EEL 5617 Multivariable Control 3
EEL 5630 Digital Control Systems 3
EEL 5667 Robot Kinematics and Dynamics 3
EEL 5707 ASIC Systems Design I 3
EEL 5764 Computer System Architecture 3
EEL 5784 Computer Network Design and Analysis 3
EEL 5812 Advanced Neural Networks 3
EEL 5905r Directed Individual Study 1-3
EEL 5910r Supervised Research (1-5) / (S/U grade only)
EEL 5930r Special Topics in Electrical Engineering 3
EEL 5940r Supervised Teaching (1-5) / (S/U grade only.)
EEL 6266 Power Systems Operation and Control 3
EEL 6353 Semiconductor Device Theory 3
EEL 6457r Advanced Topics in Optoelectronic Systems 3
EEL 6502 Digital Signal Processing I 3
EEL 6558r Advanced Topics in Digital Signal Processing 3
EEL 6619 Robust Control 3
EEL 6708 ASIC Systems Design II 3
EEL 6799r Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering 3
EEL 6905r Directed Individual Study (1-3)
EEL 6930r Special Graduate Topics in Electrical Engineering 3
EEL 6932 Electrical and Computer Engineering Seminar (0) / (S/U grade only)
EEL 6971r Master's Thesis (1-6) / (S/U grade only)
EEL 8966r Master's Comprehensive Examination (0) / (S/U grade only)
EEL 8976 Master's Thesis Defense (0) / (S/U grade only)

(Rev. 07/2010)