September registrants must take three courses in the Fall and two courses in the Spring. January registrants must take three courses in the Spring and two courses in the following Fall. In order to meet the breadth requirement, two of the courses must be outside the research group in which the student is enrolled. Each new Ph.D. student is required to submit an ECE Background Statement within one month of first registration in the program. The Departmental Graduate Studies Committee approves these statements or makes recommendations for additional courses.
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In order to fulfill the breadth requirement of the Ph.D. program, students are required to attend all the lectures in the ECE Colloquium series. Attendance will be taken and each student is expected to attend all of the lectures. This is an academic requirement which must be completed during the first year of study. Students will not be permitted to graduate without completing this requirement.