The mission of the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering is to achieve and maintain, through a continuous improvement process, excellence in undergraduate and graduate education, research, and service to the community and the nation. We endeavor to accomplish this by providing high-quality education and research programs which will impart the requisite knowledge and skills to our students enabling them to assume leadership roles in contributing to the advancement of the underlying electrical and computer engineering technologies which sustain the current world economy, to promote a strong commitment to life-long learning, to prepare them for a variety of alternative career paths and to participate as responsible citizens in a rapidly changing and shrinking global community.<br><br>This is a structured and integrated program of 151 credit hours. Students may pursue this program from either of the undergraduate option available for Electrical Engineering Majors. It includes two required courses, ECE 715 and ECE 716, as well as the selection of advanced technical electives. <br><br>Note the following:<br><br>At least 30 credit hours must be at the graduate (600 or 700) level. Of these, at least 12 credit hours must be at 700 level. More specifically, in addition to ECE 715 (M.S. Design Project I) and ECE 716 (M.S. Design Project II), at least 6 credit hours must be in courses open to graduate students only (700 level).