Online Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Non-Thesis)
*Effective Fall 2019
- Total Number of Hours (32)
- A minimum of 27 classroom hours (excludes 681, 684, 685).
- Classroom hours must be taken from courses within the College of Engineering and/or College of Science.
- At least 18 classroom hours must be ECEN courses.
- Transfer hours allowed from another institution (6)
- Transfer hours must be from a U.S. peer institution; they cannot have been used on a previous degree plan.
- Students must send syllabi, transcript, and TAMU course equivalent to the Graduate Office. Transfer hours are subject to the approval of the GSC.
- Undergraduate hours allowed (2 courses or 8 hours)
- Only 400 level undergraduate courses can be included on degree plan.
- Courses must be from the College of Engineering and/or College of Science.
- Seminar (681), Internship (684), Directed Studies (685) no more than (3) hours allowed (combined).
- Research (691) hours are not allowed on an MS non-thesis degree plan.
- **A final project report is required to be submitted to the Graduate Office.
- A graded project from any ECEN and CSCE graduate course can be used to fulfill this requirement. The project requires a grade, the professor’s signature, and a completed cover page. It must be submitted in the graduating semester; see TEAMS page for submission deadlines and other requirements.
- Composition of supervisory committee
- The Graduate Coordinator will be the chair of all MS non-thesis committees. No other committee members are needed.
Online Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (Thesis)
- Total Number of Hours (32)
- A minimum of 24 classroom hours (excludes 681, 684, 685 and 691).
- Classroom hours must be taken from courses within the College of Engineering and/or College of Science.
- At least 15 classroom hours must be ECEN courses.
- A minimum of 5 hours of research (ECEN 691) must be included on the degree plan. A maximum of 8 research hours can be included. All 691s must be ECEN.
- Transfer hours allowed from another institution (6)
- Transfer hours must be from a U.S. peer institution; they cannot have been used on a previous degree plan.
- Students must send syllabi, transcript, and TAMU course equivalent to the Graduate Office. Transfer hours are subject to the approval of the GSC.
- Undergraduate hours allowed (2 courses or 8 hours)
- Only 400 level undergraduate courses can be included on degree plan.
- Courses must be from the College of Engineering and/or College of Science.
- Seminar (681), Internship (684), Directed Studies (685) no more than (3) hours allowed (combined).
- If you are considering going on internship (684), please consult your research advisor before making plans.
- Final defense of thesis is required for all MS students.
- A thesis proposal must be approved by the supervisory committee and submitted to the Graduate Office via DocuSign at least 1 month before the defense. The link can be found on the OGAPS website.
- The Request and Announcement of Final Exam must be scheduled through the Graduate Office via DocuSign at least 1 month in advance.
- Thesis draft must be emailed to committee members at least two weeks before defense.
- Please see TEAMS page for details, specifically “MS Defense Steps” Document. Contact the Graduate Office if you have questions.
- Composition of supervisory committee – four members total
-
At least two members from within the ECEN Department and within the student’s focus area.
-
At least one member from within the ECEN Department but outside the student’s focus area.
-
At least one member from outside the ECEN Department
-
Note: Committee Chair must be ECEN faculty.
-