GRADUATE CATALOG - The Petroleum Institute

Graduate Catalog | Academic Year 2013 – 2014ELEG 597Advanced Probability and Statistics for EngineersProgram of StudyA typical two-year program of study is shown below.SemesterFall Semester 1Spring Semester 1Fall Semester 2CoursesELEG 501 Modern Control Engineering or ELEG 510 Advanced Linear SystemsELEG 530 Advanced Power System AnalysisELEG 595 Graduate Seminar ICOMM 501 Technical and Scientific WritingControl/Power 1 (Elective)Control/Power 2 (Elective)Mathematics 1Elective (EE)Mathematics 2ELEG 599 Master of Science ThesisSpring Semester 2ELEG 596 Graduate Seminar IIELEG 599 Master of Science ThesisMaster of Science ThesisThe Master of Science curriculum in Electrical Engineering includes a Master Thesis (ELEG599). Students arerequired to do a minimum of 6 hours of thesis to satisfy the thesis requirement of the Master of Science degree.The thesis is a faculty-directed, independent study of an electrical engineering problem, subject, or researchtopic. The project is usually applied in nature in order to provide students with a forum for meaningfulapplication of the subjects and methods being studied in the Master’s program. A thesis topic is selected inconsultation with the student’s academic advisor subject to approval by the student’s GAC. A designated thesisadvisor provides direct guidance to the student in the execution of the thesis.The following specific guidelines apply:1. The thesis topic must be approved by the student’s academic advisor and graduate advisory committeebased on a written proposal submitted by the student,2. A student may not begin work on the thesis until at least 8 credit hours of approved Master of Sciencecoursework has been completed. After starting the thesis work, the student must register for 1-6 credithours of the Master Thesis Course (ELEG 599) for each semester until the research is completed andapproved.3. Constraints due to propriety concerns must be agreed to by the student, her/his employer, the facultymembers involved in the project, and the student’s academic advisor. All concerned are expected to abide byconfidentiality agreements.At the completion of the thesis work, the student is required to present an oral defense of the thesis to the electricalengineering faculty. The thesis will be graded based on a Pass/Fail basis.Master of EngineeringThe Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (MEEE) requires thirty-three (33) credit hours of courseworkthat include:Six (6) credit hours of core or required EE coursesSix (6) credit hours of graduate level mathematics coursesSix (6) credit hours of business and/or management-related coursesSix (6) credit hours of EE graduate level courses in the student's area of concentrationSix (6) credit hours of additional approved elective courses, which may be either in an electrical engineeringarea outside that of the student’s area of concentration or in a relevant subject area outside the ElectricalEngineering Department.Two (2) credit hours of graduate seminar,Page 50