Graduate Program

Foundation Courses

The ECE Department offers two Foundation Courses in each concentration area within the Department. Foundation Courses cover material considered to be fundamental in each area. The courses also cover the material represented on the Ph.D. Qualifying Examination. The current Foundation Courses by concentration area are:

Computer Systems

CPEG 621: Compiler Design

CPEG/ELEG 652: Principles of Parallel Computer Architecture

Network Science

CPEG/ELEG 651: Computer Networks II

CPEG/ELEG 657: Search Engine Technology

Software Engineering

CPEG 612: Software Design

CPEG 613: Requirements Engineering

Communications Engineering

ELEG 630: Information Theory

ELEG 635: Digital Communications

Signal Processing

ELEG 631: Digital Signal Processing

ELEG 636: Statistical Signal Processing

Nanoelectronics

ELEG 622: Electronic Materials Processing

ELEG 646: Nanoelectronic Device Principles

Electromagnetics & Photonics

ELEG 682: Optics & Photonics

ELEG 648: Advanced Engineering Electromagnetics

Biomedical Engineering

ELEG 671: Mathematical Physiology

ELEG 679: Introduction to Medical Imaging Systems