The program of study may be changed at any time by the student with approval of his advisor or advisory committee. A final program of study will be submitted in conjunction with the student's research proposal as described in the earlier sections. The final program of study must be approved by the student's advisory committee and the ECE department chair. Focus Areas Available Course work is available in a number of areas of electrical engineering. The courses are normally taught on a three-year cycle.
Communications is one of the most popular areas at the present time.
Coding theory, wireless communications, and telecommunications courses are also taught. Computer Engineering related courses include modern computer architecture and computer design courses, with strong software support through a minor in Software Systems Engineering which may be incorporated into the EE Master's program. The Software Engineering program was featured in an article in a previous issue of this magazine. Control Systems courses include traditional linear control systems theory, fuzzy logic control, discrete-time control, and optimal and robust control. Digital Signal Processing courses address DSP fundamentals, digital filtering, adaptive filters, statistical signal processing, Kalman filtering, and other important topics in the field.