Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (non-thesis option)
The Department offers a non-thesis program for the master of science (MS) degree in Electrical Engineering. Interested students should also consult the ECE Graduate Student Handbook and, depending on the university, the FAMU or FSU Graduate Student Handbook.
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 60 semester hours of undergraduate study, and a minimum score of 148 points for the quantitative section and 145 points for the verbal section of the GRE test.
International candidates must also pass the TOEFL and obtain a minimum of 80 on the internet-based exam or 550 on the paper-based exam.
Students with a bachelor's 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 the graduate electrical engineering work.
Students interested in obtaining a teaching assistantship should submit the TA/Grader Application Form as soon as they have been admitted to the program. Students who are not native speakers of English should take the speaking section of the TOELF test (and have a score of 26 points or higher) or the SPEAK test at FSU (and have a score of 45 points or higher) in order to be eligible to apply to for a teaching assistantship. More information about teaching assistantships can be found on the TA/Grader Application Form.
Students interested in obtaining a research assistantship should contact individual faculties for funding availabilities.
Course Work Requirement
The students must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours of course work to obtain the degree. The 33 credit hours should satisfy:
- 9 credit hours should be from the student's depth area (see Depth Areas for the list of courses in each depth area).
- At least 3 credit hours should consist of a course in advanced mathematics, typically a 5000 level course or above, or a departmental approved substitute.
- At least 21 credit hours should be from other letter grade courses.
Graduate Seminar Requirement
All full-time MS degree candidates are required to enroll in the graduate seminar, EEL 6932r, for each semester that they are enrolled in the graduate program. The details of the seminar are given under "Course Listing".
Request for Non-Thesis
All students in the non-thesis MS degree program must submit a formal request to obtain an official approval from his/her advisor (if there is one) and the ECE Graduate Coordinator to be exempt from the thesis requirement.
Master's Comprehensive Examination
All students in the non-thesis MS degree program must register for and successfully pass the required Master's Comprehensive Exam, EEL 8966. A maximum of 2 attempts will be permitted.
Transfer Credits
A maximum of 6 credit hours of letter-grade graduate coursework may be transferred from another academic institution(s) to the student's current master's degree program, with the approval the ECE Departmental Graduate Committee. A grade of B or better is required on all transfer credits.
