Students who wish to complete the Plan A program will need to find an ECE or affiliate faculty member who is willing to advise them on this. The student will need to reach out to a faculty member they would like to work with, and if the faculty is willing to advise them for the thesis, they can then email this approval to the GPC for confirmation. Your advisor, if different, will then be updated and your plan changed from C to A.
NOTE: You can NOT use MS Plan A thesis credits for your PhD if you completed the MS Plan A program (this is a U of MN policy). If you didn't use these credits for the Plan A (ie, switched to the MS Plan C) you may be able to use some of them to count toward your PhD requirements - this would need to be approved by your faculty advisor and the DGS.