The MS program in electrical and computer engineering requires 36 to 40 semester hours of study. How you earn those creditsand what your academic experience is likedepends on whether you select the thesis option or the coursework-only option.<br><br>This track intends to provide students and researchers with education and exposure in the areas of power electronics, power management, and power systems. Applications range from smart/micro grid, electrical and autonomous vehicles and locomotives, renewable and alternative energy and distributed generation, aerospace, space, motor drives, telecommunication, cyber-physical systems, wireless power, VLSI, power integrated circuits, and the Internet of Things. While power electronics provides a broader exposure to the mechanisms and synthesis of semiconductor based switchable power-flow circuits and systems mechanisms and realizations, power management relates to the controllability and intelligent realizations and monolithic electronic synthesis for power management, and power systems provides general introduction to the system and network aspects of power distribution and/or transmission. Students are encouraged to explore other areas including controls, integrated and digital and analog circuits, semiconductor devices, cyber-physical systems, machine learning, and electromagnetics that may provide complementary expertise.