The Department offers approximately four courses per semester for its Master s degree in Electrical Engineering. The MS degree in Electrical Engineering includes courses in Computer Engineering related topics. A typical course-load for a tenure track faculty in ECE is two courses per semester. Additional duties include academic advising, mentoring students with design projects, working with graduate students, and service on campus committees. There is an expectation that tenure track faculty become involved in research and scholarly activity .
Salary is commensurate with qualifications and experience.
South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, founded in 1885, has an enrollment of approximately 2,500 students and offers degrees in all the major branches of engineering and the physical sciences. The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is part of the College of Systems Engineering, which also includes the Departments of Mechanical Engineering , Industrial Engineering , Computer Science , and Mathematics. There are approximately 320 students enrolled in programs within the ECE department. Applicants are encouraged to browse the Department s web page to find more information about the programs offered by ECE . The University is located in Rapid City, the second largest city in South Dakota with a population of approximately 50,000.