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Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering

Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Areas of Concentration

The program offers two areas of concentration: (a) Electrical Engineering and (b) Computer Engineering. The concentration in Electrical Engineering offers three tracks: (1) Communications, (2) Electronics & Optics, (3) Systems. The concentration in Computer Engineering offers one track. The core for each of the areas above includes six courses as follows:

Electrical Engineering

Computer Engineering

Communications Electronics & Optics Systems
ECE 551 ECE 542 ECE 551 ECE 521
ECE 552 ECE 543 ECE 564 ECE 523
ECE 558 ECE 547 ECE 565 ECE 524
ECE 564 ECE 548 ECE 584 ECE 528
ECE 568 ECE 549 ECE 586 ECE 531
ECE 577 ECE 573 ECE 587 ECE 532

The course numbers are links to the title and description of each of these courses. The title and description of all 500-level courses offered by the Department can be viewed following the link “Courses” in the home page of the Ph.D. program.