• All major coursework must be taken A-F.
• All major course work must be numbered EE 5XXX or EE 8XXX.
• No seminars, special investigation or directed study coursework may be applied toward meeting the major field requirements.
• All other or minor coursework must be taken A-F.
• EE coursework does not apply towards this requirement.
• Non-EE coursework must be from the approved Non-Electrical Engineering 4XXX and 5xxx Level Approved List (Effective fall 2015).
• Non-EE 4XXX coursework is subject to the 4XXX Rule.
• Non-EE coursework that is cross-listed with Electrical Engineering counts only towards the major field.
• No seminars, special investigation or directed study coursework may be applied toward meeting the outside field coursework requirement.
• To designate a minor, please talk with the minor department to learn their requirements.
Can include:
• Can include EE and Non-EE coursework 5XXX or 8XXX .
• Can include EE 4xxx level coursework. (subject to the 4XXX Rule).
• Non-EE 8XXX courses (no approved list), regular coursework.
• Approved non-EE 5XXX and approved non-EE 4XXX courses (subject to the 4XXX Rule)
• 8 MS thesis credits. You can NOT use these thesis credits for your PhD if you completed the Plan A MS program (this is a U of MN policy). If you didn't use these credits for the Plan A, 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.
*Make sure to account for the breadth course that is required as part of the Prelim Written Exam process. Note that the breadth course must be taken at the University of Minnesota. This requirement can not be met by a transfer course from another institution.
Your program must include 6 credits at the 8000 level. Courses can be EE or Non-EE (College of Science and Engineering). Coursework must be regular coursework. Seminars, directed study/special investigations may not be used to satisfy this requirement.
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 8920 Teaching Experience in Electrical and Computer Engineering
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 doctoral 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.