Electrical Engineering M.S.

Program Overview

Deepen your knowledge of electrical engineering while developing specialized knowledge of a key area to broaden your career prospects.

Degrees offered in electrical engineering

  • Master of Science thesis option
  • Master of Science non-thesis option
  • Doctor of Philosophy offered through WSU Pullman

Research areas

  • Applied electromagnetics
  • Antenna design and analysis
  • Sensors
  • Microfabrication
  • Power electronics and motor drives
  • Renewable energy
  • SiC and GaN based devices
  • MEMS/NEMS sensors

Career options

  • Electrical control engineer
  • Electrical design engineer
  • Electronics engineer
  • Automotive or aerospace engineer
  • Medical engineer
  • Telecommunications engineer

Thesis degree requirements

  • 30 total credits—minimum
    • 21 graded credits—minimum
      • 15 ECE 500-level credits—minimum
      • ECE 501 or 525 is required (3 credits)
      • 6 credits of additional courses as approved by your advisor
    • 4 ECE 700 (thesis) credits—minimum
  • The Graduate School requires a minimum of 30 total credit hours for an M.S. degree. The School of Engineering and Computer Science graded course requirements add up to 21 credits, and with the required minimum four credits of ECE 700, the program becomes 25 credits. The remaining five credits can be additional ECE 700 thesis credits or 500-level ECE classes. Present your research results to the faculty at the end of your last semester. The master's degree is awarded after approvals of the research by your advisory committee.
  • You must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA at all times and must hold a 3.0 cumulative GPA and 3.0 GPA among courses listed on the program of study in order to graduate.

Non-thesis degree requirements

  • 31 total credits—minimum
    • 27 graded credits—minimum
      • 12 ECE (Vancouver) credits—minimum
      • 6 E_E (Pullman) or CS&ME (Vancouver) credits-maximum
      • 9 credits non-graduate (400-level) credits–maximum
      • 6 transferred/Pullman credits – maximum
      • 3 Directed Study credits (ECE 595)–maximum
    • 4 ECE 702 credits—minimum
  • Any undergraduate coursework assigned to make up for undergraduate deficiencies at the time of admission may not be used toward your degree.
  • You must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA at all times and must hold a 3.0 cumulative GPA and 3.0 GPA among courses listed on the program of study in order to graduate.

Admission to the program

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