Admission Procedure, Admission Criteria, Admission Status, International Students, Transfer Credit, Post-Baccalaureate Students, Engineering Technology, Electrical Concentration, Grade Requirements, Programs, Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology Faculty, Course Descriptions
Admission to the Master of Science program with a major in Engineering Technology, Electrical Concentration, is open to persons holding the bachelor or higher degree in engineering, engineering technology, or a related degree from an accredited college.
Preference in admission will be given to applicants having professional experience in a technical work environment. The admission procedure is competitive in that students will be admitted only if their academic accomplishments and work experience demonstrate that they can successfully complete the program.
Admission
Procedure
Applicants for admission
to the Master of Science program with a major in Engineering Technology,
Electrical Concentration must submit the following to the Admissions Office
no later than the semester deadline date before the beginning of the semester
in which the applicant plans to enroll:
Admission
Criteria
Applicants should have an
undergraduate degree in Electrical, Computer, or Telecommunications Engineering
Technology or Electrical, Computer, or Telecommunications Engineering from
an accredited college or university.
Applicants must have at least a 2.70 (on the 4.00 scale) undergraduate grade point average.
Applicants must score a minimum
of 500 on either the quantitative or analytic components of the General
Test of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE).
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Admission
Status
The program coordinator
in conjunction with the graduate admissions committee determines the student
admission status.
Full Graduate Status have met all the criteria shown above and have been judged acceptable by the graduate programs committee.
Post-Baccalaureate students are graduate students who have not met all the criteria shown above. They are limited to 12 semester hours of graduate credit, during which they must qualify for full graduate status. Post-Baccalaureate students are not guaranteed full graduate status.
Provisional students are
graduate students who have not met all the criteria shown above.
They are limited to designated courses, either graduate or undergraduate,
during which they will be evaluated to determine their likelihood of success.
Provisional students are not guaranteed full graduate status.
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International
Students
International applicants
who do not possess a bachelor's degree from a college within the United
States must submit the following additional information to the Admissions
Office:
A minimum TOEFL score of 213 on the computer version or 550 on the paper version is required. International students on F-1 and J-1 visas must purchase medical insurance made available through Southern Polytechnic State University or provide proof of alternate coverage through a comparable policy.
International applicants
applying from outside of the United States must submit all admissions documents,
including Immunization Certificate, at least 60 days prior to the deadline
dates.
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Transfer
Credit
Students may wish to transfer
credit from other graduate programs in which they have been enrolled. Transfer
credit is limited to 25% of the hours required in their programs subject
to the discretion of the head of the academic program where the program
resides. Students may apply for transfer credit if:
Post-Baccalaureate
Students
Persons holding a recognized
bachelor's degree may be admitted as post-baccalaureate students if they
are interested in taking additional classes for personal growth or professional
development but not involving a new degree objective. Such students must
have program approval where prerequisites are involved or if enrollment
is desired in a graduate-credit class.
To apply as a post-baccalaureate student, the student must submit to the Admissions office:
At the discretion of the
program where a given Master's program is housed, a student who has supplied
the above-stated materials for admission may be admitted as a post-baccalaureate
student with the indicated major while full admission is being sought.
Ordinarily, no more than 8 hours of graduate coursework completed in this
provisional status may be applied to the degree.
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Electrical Concentration
The scope of electrical
engineering technology has become very broad as the knowledge base and
applications associated with this discipline continue to expand at an accelerating
pace.
The Master of Science degree is offered to meet the needs of individuals who wish to pursue advanced studies in modern electrical, electronic or computer technologies in order to fulfill their personal or career goals.
There are four principal objectives to the graduate program in Engineering Technology:
Meet the student's career
goals
Provide a high-quality educational
experience for that student
Satisfy the requirements
of one of the programs
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A grade of "C" or better
is required for each course within the student's graduate program and
it is required that each student maintain a cumulative grade point average
of 3.00 or higher in order to graduate.
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Project-Based Program
32 hours of graduate-level ECET courses including:
Electrical
and Computer Engineering Technology Faculty
| Asgill, Austin B.,
Associate Professor |
Ph.D., University of South Florida; M.Sc., University of Aston in Birmingham; M.B.A., Florida State University; B.Eng.(Hons), Fourah-Bay College, University of Sierra Leone; P.E., Florida. |
| Dreyer, Robert N.,
Professor |
M.S.E.E., University of Michigan; B.S.E.E., Northwestern University |
| Thain, Walter E., Jr.,
Assistant Professor |
Ph.D., Georgia Institute of Technology; M.S.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology; B.E.E., Georgia Institute of Technology |
| Zia, Omar,
Professor |
Ph.D., Warsaw Technical University; M.S.E.E., Warsaw Technical University; B.S.E.E., Warsaw Technical University; P.E., California, Oregon and Georgia |