Degree Requirements
Course Number |
Course Name |
ESE 551 |
Linear Dynamic Systems I |
ESE 553 |
Nonlinear Dynamic Systems |
ESE 520 |
Probability and Stochastic Processes |
ESE 415 |
Optimization (ESE 513 or ESE 516 may be substituted) |
as well as one of the following:
Course Number |
Course Name |
ESE 524 |
Detection and Estimation Theory |
ESE 544 |
Optimization and Optimal Control |
ESE 545 |
Stochastic Control |
ESE 557 |
Hybrid Dynamic Systems |
All full-time graduate students are required to take ESE 590 Electrical & Systems Engineering Graduate Seminar each semester. This course is taken with an unsatisfactory/satisfactory grade option.
Refer to the University Bulletin for the specific requirements for this degree.
Degree Electives
Any course numbered 401 or greater in the Engineering (with the prefix of BME, CSE, EECE, ESE, or MEMS), Physics or Mathematics department, excluding the exceptions listed below, are approved by the department as electives.
Students may take either ESE 417 or CSE 417T, but they may not use both as electives for the degree.
For students who have already taken ESE 318 & 319, ESE 501 may not be used as an elective for graduate credit.
Additionally, the following courses are NOT approved by the department as electives. Requests for an exception to this policy may be submitted to the graduate program coordinator with the approval of the student's academic advisor.
Course Numbers |
Unapproved Electives |
CSE 501N, 504N, 505N |
|
CSE 465M EECE 405, 421, 424, 425 ESE 435, 447, 449, 465, 488, 4480, 4481 MEMS 405 |
Undergraduate lab courses |
ESE 400, 497, 498, 499 |
Any undergraduate research, independent study, senior design or capstone course |