Device oriented electronics deals with the question of how the physical construction, both material and geometry, of a device influence its performance in a circuit. Interested students may enter the program with a BS in engineering or other science discipline such as physics or chemistry.<br>A flexible curriculum featuring the theory, design, fabrication and characterization of semiconductor devices is emphasized. Electrical engineering courses in solid state devices, semiconductor device physics and analysis, materials, and design and fabrication of integrated circuits are available. Students also take courses as appropriate in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics, solid state physics, electromagnetics and mathematical methods.