Total Credits for the Degree = 30 (18 EE, 6 non-EE, 6 EE or non-EE)
• All major coursework must be registered for A-F. Grades of C- or lower will not be accepted for the program.
• All major course work must be numbered EE 5XXX or EE 8XXX.
• Must take at least one course that fulfills paper/project/oral requirement.
• Seminars, special investigation or directed study coursework do not count toward meeting the major field requirement.
• All other or minor (non-EE) coursework must be registered for A-F. Grades of C- or lower will not be accepted for the program.
• Only non-EE 8XXX (no list) and approved non-EE 5XXX, non-EE 4XXX courses (subject to the 4XXX Rule), count toward meeting the 6 credit requirement.
• No seminars, directed study (project) type courses apply toward this requirement.
• Non-EE coursework that is cross-listed with Electrical Engineering counts only towards the major field.
• To designate a minor, please talk with the minor department to learn their requirements.
• Can include EE coursework 5XXX or 8XXX
• Can include non-EE 5XXX coursework from the approved non-EE 5XXX course list.
• Can include 4XXX coursework subject to the 4XXX Rule.
• Can include EE 8965 Plan C Project I (3 credits)
• Can include EE 8967 Plan C Project II (1-3 credits). EE 8967 will only count if EE 8965 has already been completed.
Limited to 2 credits from the following list (seminars, special investigation, EE 5041):
MOT 5001 - Leadership, Professionalism and Business Basics for Engineers (MOT 5001 counts only toward additional coursework credits, seminar/directed study 2 credit rule)
EE 5041 Industrial Assignment (International Students only)
EE 8190 Electronics Seminar
EE 8210 System Theory Seminar
EE 8230 Control Theory Seminar
EE 8360 Computer Systems Seminar
EE 8370 Computer-Aided Design Seminar
EE 8500 Communications Seminar
EE 8610 Electronics, Fields, and Photonics Seminar
EE 8660 Magnetics Seminar
EE 8925 Ethics in Electrical and Computer Engineering
EE 8940 Special Investigations
NOTE: EE 5990, EE 8970 and EE 8980 do not count toward graduate degree requirements.
NOTE: All but the EE 8660 seminar are offered infrequently
• A maximum of nine 4000-level course credits may be used to satisfy master’s degree requirements. Of these, only six credits may be EE coursework. No 4xxx-level seminars, projects or directed study courses can be used.
• Partial credits from a course are not accepted. To petition to use more than 9 credits, you will need to fill out and submit this form for review. Your faculty advisor will need to sign it first and then pass it along to the ecedgsoffice@umn.edu for the DGS and College approval.
• Non-EE 4XXX coursework will only be accepted from the following list: Non-EE 4000 Level Courses Acceptable for Graduate Credit . If you find a course not on this list that you want reviewed, please send the request and copy of the syllabus to ecedgsoffice@umn.edu for review.