Curriculum and Requirements

Curriculum Requirements

There is a core of 15 credits (5 courses) and 12 to 15 elective credits (4 to 5 courses) in one of the concentration areas. 

Core Courses: 15 Credit Hours

• CS 400 Object Oriented Programming Using C++
• CpE 410 Introduction to Computer Architecture
• CpE 471 Data and Computer Communication
• CpE 448D Introduction to VLSI Design (or CpE 447 Logic Synthesis Using FPGAs)
• EE 443 Applied Digital Signal Processing

Elective Courses: 12-15 Credit Hours

• The elective courses may be chosen from the list of Computer Engineering concentration areas or chosen in consultation with the graduate advisor.
• Students must do a Master’s project (3 credit hours) or thesis (6 credit hours) as part of the elective credit hours.

Concentration Areas

 The Department also offers, as an integral part of the Computer Engineering Masters Degree, the opportunity to specialize in several concentration areas:

• Advanced Applications and Systems Programming
• Bio-Medical Engineering
• CAD/CAM
• Computer and Information Security
• Computer Communications and Networking
• E-Commerce 
• Microelectronics and Computer Architecture
• Modern Data Base Systems
• Robotics and Automation
• Signal and Image Processing
• Software Engineering
• Very Large Scale Integration (VLSI)
• Wireless and Mobile Communications

Please refer to the Graduate Studies Division Catalog for course details of the concentration areas.

Program Requirements

General M.S. Program Requirements applies.