The EE faculty approved the requirement for a Practicum in the Signal Integrity track for a MS or PhD degree.  We will achieve this by having the student sign up for 3 hours of ELCT 797 if he/she is a Masters candidate and 3 hours of ELCT 897 if he/she is a PhD candidate.  Students may take the courses a second time if they work on the practicum for 6 months.  

The MS degree requires 24 hours of coursework (8 courses) beyond the B.S. degree.  In addition to ELCT 797 (3 or 6 hours), students in the MS Signal Integrity track will normally take ELCT 521 (Introduction to Microwaves), ELCT 761 (Fundamental Electromagnetics), ELCT 762 (Signal Integrity for High Speed Circuits), and ELCT 865 (Signal Integrity on the System Bus).  They will also be required to take 6 hours of ELCT 799 (Thesis Preparation).

The PhD degree requires a minimum of 45 hours (15 courses) beyond the B.S. degree.  In addition to ELCT 897 (3 or 6 hours), students in the Signal Integrity track will normally take ELCT 521 (Introduction to Microwaves), ELCT 761 (Fundamental Electromagnetics), ELCT 762 (Signal Integrity for High Speed Circuits), and ELCT 865 (Signal Integrity on the System Bus). They will also be required to take 12 hours of ELCT 899 (Dissertation Preparation).  They may elect to take their remaining courses from ELCT 564 (RF Circuit Design for Wireless Communications), ELCT 862 (Antennas and Radiation), ELCT 863 (Computational Electromagnetics), and ELCT 873 (Advances in Physical Electronics). A doctoral residency requirement must be fulfilled by enrolment of at least 18 graduate credit hours on-campus within a span of three consecutive semesters (excluding summers).

Some course exchanges of the normal courses by the elective courses will be permitted if the normal courses are not offered in a timely manner for the candidate.  In addition, we will attempt to offer most of the above courses via APOGEE so distance education students may get many credits for a graduate degree while they are employed.