Admission

Applicants are only considered for admission to the CE major at the time of initial application.

Admission to the CSE department is offered to students who have had CS/CE experience.

Program Length

48 units; 2 years (full-time students)

40 units; 1.5 years (full-time students)

Class Requirements

The CE major is its own concentration within the ECE department. For a degree in this concentration/major: 1 required core course (4 units), 5 “additional units” courses (20 units), to be chosen from a list of 20 ECE and CSE options, and 6 technical elective courses (24 units). Students must take 16 units of ECE courses.

There are 12 concentrations available to students within the CSE department. For a degree in any concentration: 4 required core courses (including a 1 unit seminar – 13 units), 3 “concentration courses” offered from the list provided for each concentration (12 units), and 5 technical elective courses (20 units).

Degree Requirements

Students must complete 48 units of coursework and either Plan I (Thesis) or Plan II (Comprehensive Exam)

Students must complete 40 units of coursework, including a capstone project and either Plan I (Thesis) or Plan II (Comprehensive Exam)

Thesis

Up to 8 units of research (ECE 299) can count toward the degree.

8 units of research (CSE 298) are required.

Comprehensive Exam

The ECE Comprehensive Exam is a 4-hour written test, comprised of 4 parts: 1) Math (mandatory pass), 2) Graduate Major Area, 3) & 4) Undergraduate exams of the student’s choosing (i.e. Signals & Systems, Logic Design).

There are 2 Comprehensive Exam options for CSE. The Standard Plan exam includes coursework from CSE, and the Interdisciplinary Plan exam includes CSE courses, as well as a secondary concentration from another, pre-approved department (i.e. COGSCI, ECE). Both exams consist of a project presentation and oral exam.

GPA Requirements

All courses used toward the degree must be taken for a letter grade, except ECE 299 which can only be taken S/U.

A cumulative GPA of 3.0 is required to remain in good standing; each quarter a GPA of 2.0 is required to remain in good standing.

All courses used toward the degree must be taken for a letter grade, ecept CSE 293 and CSE 298 ehich can be taken S/U. Core courses must be completed with a “B” average. All courses must be passed with a grade of B- or higher.