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introductory electrical and computer engineering courses, computer science and selected courses in the humanities and social sciences. After successfully completing Pre-Professional school, students are admitted into Professional School and enroll in specific electrical engineering and/or computer engineering courses. Electrical engineering and computer engineering students in Professional School obtain fundamental knowledge and technical skills needed by tomorrow’s professionals. For electrical engineering students, these skills are learned in one of five areas of specialization that enable students to customize course choices to gain both a breadth of knowledge and a depth of understanding in a specific chosen area. These specializations areas include a) control systems, digital signal processing, and communication systems, b) energy and power, c) computer systems and digital electronics, d) analog electronics, and e) electromagnetics and optics. Computer engineering students learn these skills by focusing on their own challenging specialized curriculum, which is also designed to provide breadth and depth within the discipline. Specialized computer engineering topics include microcontrollers, embedded controllers, computer architecture, discrete mathematics, digital logic design, networking, cybersecurity, mobile computing and digital electronics. By tailoring the program to align student interests with faculty strengths, the School enhances faculty-student interactions to ensure academic excellence. All electrical engineering and computer engineering students receive multiple engineering design experiences throughout Professional School. Instructional laboratories are a central part of the curriculum to grant opportunities for hands-on experience in areas such as microcomputers, digital logic design, electronics, networks, instrumentation, optics, real-time digital signal processing and electromagnetics. Engineering design laboratories require students to solve open-ended problems in a manner that demonstrate the students’ ability to apply fundamental concepts, creativity and imagination, and to solve realistic problems of practical importance. These problems have several possible outcomes—students must choose an acceptable approach and demonstrate that the optimal outcome has been met. The capstone design experience is a two-course sequence typically taken during the student’s last two semesters of the program. The capstone experience gives students an opportunity to apply and demonstrate the skills that they have developed throughout the program. These design courses integrate theory analysis, simulation, design and experimental skills the students have developed during their course of study. Teamwork, communication skills, and the complete engineering design process—from problem definition to prototype that includes both presentation and documentation—are emphasized. Student design teams receive individual project mentoring from an appropriate faculty member who provides project management and supervision. The capstone experience concludes with a formal public design demonstration, oral presentation and written report. The new ECE Design Commons, an advanced design laboratory available to all students in electrical engineering and computer engineering, provides state-of-the-art capabilities for designing, prototyping, testing and diagnosing advanced hardware and software systems. Degree Programs and Options The School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) offers a full range of undergraduate and graduate program choices that allow

students to excel in their careers. Specifically, the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers five degrees: • Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) • Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering (BSCpE) • Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering (MEngEE, non-thesis) • Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE, thesis) • Doctor of Philosophy in Electrical Engineering (PhDEE) Bachelor of Science: • This degree program is designed to provide fundamental scientific and mathematical knowledge needed for an engineering education and an entry-level engineering career. • Broad-based and in-depth technical knowledge is provided to understand the scope of the electrical engineering and computer engineering professions. • The degree focuses on analysis and design methods, laboratory and simulation experiences, and theoretical and practical problems. • Requirements: 123 credits hours (BSEE) and 124 credit hours (BSCpE). Master of Engineering: • This degree program is tailored to students who wish to gain advanced knowledge and expertise knowledge in subject areas associated with their professional pursuits. • This non-research, non-thesis instructional program is ideal for Distance Education students or for baccalaureate graduates interested in professional development. • This program is available online. • Requirements: 33 credit hours of coursework. Specific requirements for the MEngEE program are available on the web in the document entitled “Memorandum to Graduate Students;” see https:// ece.okstate.edu/. Master of Science: • This degree program is tailored to students who wish to gain advanced knowledge in subject areas associated with their professional pursuits. • The program emphasizes research as part of the learning experience and culminates with the defense of a thesis. • This program is an ideal preparatory experience for students who wish to pursue a PhD. • This program is available online. • Requirements: 24 credit hours of coursework and 6 credit hours of thesis research. Specific requirements for the MSEE program are available on the web in the document entitled “Memorandum to Graduate Students;” see https://ece.okstate.edu/. Doctor of Philosophy: • This degree program is tailored to students who desire to have a teaching and research career in academia or a research career in industry or government laboratories. • This program is ideal for those students who have a passion to develop expertise knowledge. • The program emphasizes the creation of new knowledge during the research process, the publication of that knowledge, and the defense of a dissertation.