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Course Requirements

A minimum of 33 semester hours of course credits must be completed, satisfying the following requirements.

• Graduate School Minimum Requirements:
  • Courses must be 6000/7000/8000 level.
  • A minimum of 21 semester credits in the major area.
  • A minimum of 24 semester credits taken at Auburn.
• Additional Electrical & Computer Engineering Requirements:
  • 3 semester credits of ELEC 7980 (Non-thesis masters project). A final project report, written and oral, is required and serves as the final exam for the M.E.E. degree.
  • No more than 3 semester credits of independent study (ELEC 7900 or equivalent).
  • At least one course must be taken in three of the six research areas:
    • Computer Systems(62xx,72xx,82xx, 6150)
    • Electromagnetics(63xx,73xx,83xx)
    • Communications(64xx,74xx,84xx, 6100,6110,6120)
    • Control Systems(65xx,75xx,85xx)
    • Power Systems(66xx,76xx,86xx)
    • Electronics(67xx,77xx,87xx, 6130)
• A formal plan of study must be approved by the student's Advisory Committee and filed with the Graduate SChool no later than the final day of the first semester of study. (See www.grad.auburn.edu - GSPOST) A masters student selects either the M.S. or M.E.E. degree at the time of filing the plan of study.