MSEE Thesis and Non-Thesis Options
Students working toward the MSEE degree have the option of writing a thesis or taking additional courses. During their first semester, students must declare their option: thesis or non-thesis. Later, if desired, they may switch from the thesis to the non-thesis option with the permission of their thesis advisor, however thesis credit hours they may have earned will not count toward the non-thesis degree. Alternately, students may switch from the non-thesis to the thesis option with permission of the Graduate Advisor.
Specific requirements for the options are as follows:
Under the Thesis Option students must
- Take 30 credit hours total*, 24 credit hours of coursework plus 6 credit hours of thesis
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- At most 6 of the 24 credit hours may be non-EE courses
- At most 3 of the 24 credit hours may be EE individual-study courses
- Complete a thesis and deliver an oral presentation of the results
- Pass Fundamentals of Engineering Examination or comprehensive oral examination
Under the Non-thesis Option students must
- Take 36 credit hours total*, all of coursework
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- At most 9 of the 36 credit hours may be non-EE courses
- At most 6 of the 36 credit hours may be EE individual-study courses
- Pass Fundamentals of Engineering Examination or comprehensive oral examination
* Plus 1 credit hour per semester of graduate seminar.
Declared Minor
Students may choose, as an option, to divide their coursework between their major field of study, electrical engineering, and a minor field of study. Six or nine hours of coursework will be devoted to the minor, in the case of the Thesis Option or the Non-Thesis Option, respectively. The courses will be taken in a department other then ECE, with the approval of the Graduate Advisors in both departments.
Thesis Format
http://www.depts.ttu.edu/gradschool/thd.php