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Graduate Plans of Work

Picture of Graduation LineThe Plan of Graduate Work is a formal written list of all the courses in which an individual graduate student plans to enroll in order to complete the academics requirements for a desired degree. The Plan of Work should be submitted before the end of the second semester’s enrollment. Master’s students must submit their plan no later than four weeks from the beginning of the semester in which they intend to graduate. Doctoral students must submit their plan of work, along with their committee prior to taking the qualifying review. The qualifying review must be taken by the end of the third semester of enrollment for students with a master’s degree and by the end of the fourth semester of enrollment for student with only a bachelor’s degree. Details of the requirements for all ECE degrees are given in the ECE Graduate Student Handbook.

Forms for establishing the Plan of Graduate Work are available online via the ECE Graduate Program webpage in the Forms Index.

Examples of recommended plans of work in various specialty areas are given below. Note that most plans assume the student is starting in the fall semester. Care should be taken to determine in which semester courses are taught. The semester schedules are given in the table of core courses on page 10 of the ECE Graduate Student Handbook.

Bioelectronics Engineering
  Bioinstrumentation - Non-thesis only
  Biomechatronics - Non-thesis only
  Biomimetic Systems (Circuits) - Non-thesis only
  Biomimetic Systems (Electromagnetics) - Non-thesis only
  Biomimetic Systems (Pattern Recognition) - Non-thesis only
Communications and Signal Processing
  Communications and Signal Processing - Thesis only, Non-thesis only
Computer Architecture and Systems
  Embedded Systems - Thesis only, Non-thesis only
  Large Software Systems - Thesis only
  Memory Systems - Thesis only, Non-thesis only
  Microarchitecture - Non-thesis only, Thesis only
  Parallel and Distributed Systems - Thesis only, Non-thesis only
Microwave, RF, Analog, and Digital
  Baseband and Analog Circuit Design - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Biomedical Circuit Design - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Custom Digital Circuit Design - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Design Automation - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Digital Circuit Design - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Microwave and Applied Electromagnetics - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Packaging and Signal Integrity - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Power Circuits - Thesis or Non-thesis
  RF Circuit Design - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Wired Communications Circuit Design - Thesis or Non-thesis
Nanoelectronics and Photonics
  Nanoelectronics - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Photonics - Thesis or Non-thesis
Networking
  Design Concentration - Thesis or Non-thesis
  General Information - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Hardware Concentration - Thesis or Non-thesis
  Software Concentration - Thesis or Non-thesis
Power Electronics and Power Systems
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