ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
GRADUATE STUDENT HANDBOOK
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Electrical and Computer Engineering Department
University of Minnesota
Room 4-174C
200 Union Street S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55455
(612) 625-3564
Printed: October 20, 2004
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SECTION 2. INFORMATION WHICH APPLIES TO ALL GRADUATE PROGRAMS..
B. electrical engineering e-mail account—get one! (also part-time students)
C. meeting administrative deadlines
D. graduate students should contact their advisor every semester
E. courses applying toward degree requirements must be taken a/f….
F. termination—not meeting departmental performance standards
G. grievance procedures—steps to follow
H. petitions—to request variances from rules and regulations
I. oral examination arrangements—who you need to contact
A. information which applies to all students
1. Register every fall and spring term to maintain active status in the graduate school
2. Confer with your adviser to determine what you should register for each term.
4. Adding a class after the registration period is closed
5. Deadlines for dropping or adding a course or changes in registration are printed in the class schedule book http://onestop.umn.edu/onestop/Calendars/Refund_and_DropAdd_Deadlines.html
6. Late enrollment—To avoid late enrollment fees
7. Grading option may not be changed after the second week of classes
9. Enrollment requirement to defer loans (Advanced Masters)
B. graduate assistants/fellows
1. Department Seminar requirement for those holding assistantships/fellowships
5. 6 credit enrollment requirement
6. Exemption to the 6 credit enrollment requirement—Advanced masters and doctoral candidates
7. Cancel/add in one action or your benefits may be affected
8. What happens if you withdraw from all courses during a term
SECTION 4. TEACHING/RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIP OPPORTUNITES
1. International Teaching Assistants
SECTION 5. fellowship/scholarship OPPORTUNITIES
A. Department Tuition Scholarship
1. Eligible after one year of full-time study in electrical engineering
2. tuition scholarship requests should be submitted online at http://www.ece.umn.edu/forms/ece/.
B. Department Travel Scholarship
1. Only PhD track students who have passed the written preliminary oral examination are eligible
2. A student can only be supported once during their graduate career
3. Only one student per faculty member per year will be supported
4. Applications are reviewed throughout the academic year.
5. Travel requests should be submitted online at http://www.ece.umn.edu/forms/ece/
C. Graduate School Doctorial Dissertation Fellowship (DDF)
1. In order to apply you must have...
2. What needs to be included in the Dissertation Fellowship Application
D. National Science Foundation
4. For more information see the National Science Foundation Home Page (URL: http://www.nsf.gov/).
E. Fellowships—Industry, Government, NSF, DOD…
SECTION 6. BENEFITS FOR GRADUATE ASSISTANTS
3. Tuition benefits/Billing statement
5. Appointments Ending Due to Graduation
B. graduate assistant medical plan
SECTION 7. limitations pertaining to graduate assistantships..
A. Time limits on teaching assistantships
SECTION 8. RESOURCES FOR STUDENTS
A. graduate assistant employment office
1. The Graduate Assistant Grapevine
B. center for teaching and learning services
C. the council of graduate students at the university of minnesota (cogs)
D. writing a thesis or dissertation
SECTION 9. THE GRADUATION PROCESS
A. graduate school degrees are awarded monthly
1. Commencement Ceremonies are Held in Late Spring and Late Fall
2. Department Approval is Necessary to Attend Commencement—What you Need to Know
a) MEE (Coursework Only Track)
SECTION 10. THE MASTER OF SCIENCE IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING PROGRAM—(PLAN A) AND (PLAN B)
A. the master’s degree must be completed within 7 years
D. courses applying toward degree requirements must be taken a/f….
E. double counting—students may have a maximum of 8 credits in common between two master's degrees.
F. obtain permission before taking non-institute of technology courses
G. minimum course requirements
H. 4000-Level Courses Acceptable for Program Requirements
1. EE 4000 Level Courses acceptable for major field credit
2. Non-EE 4000 level courses acceptable for supporting/related field credit
a) Statistics courses acceptable for 4000 Level Credit
b) Mathematics Courses Acceptable for 4000 level credit
c) All Physics Courses are Acceptable for 4000 level credit
d) No Computer Science courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
e) No Mechanical Engineering courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
f) No Industrial Engineering courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
1. Colloquium courses from any department do not count toward degree requirements.
3. Practical training does not count toward degree requirements
5. Petition any changes to the Degree Program Form
6. Examination committee additions/deletions must be approved by the advisor and DGS
1. The Final Examination Committee
DEPARTMENT DEADLINE FOR PASSING THE PHD PRELIMINARY WRITTEN EXAMINATION
SECTION 11. MSEE (PLAN A) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
A. chart detailing MSEE (Plan A) credit requirements
B. what the department and graduate school monitor
2. Thesis Reviewer's Report Form
3. Final Examination Report Form
4. Submit two unbound copies of the thesis to the Graduate School, signed by the advisor
5. Submit one bound copy of your thesis to the department
6. As a courtesy, ask your advisor if he/she would like a bound copy of your thesis.
C. Students wishing to continue on to the PhD
1. PhD Written Preliminary Examination.
D. non-ee courses acceptable for major field credit (plan a only)
1. Thesis research off-campus requires permission from the graduate committee
4. The Thesis Reviewers Report Form
7. Preparation and submission of the thesis
SECTION 12. MSEE (Plan B) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
A. chart detailing msee (plan b) credit requirements
B. what the department and the graduate school monitor
2. Final Examination Report Form
C. students wishing to continue on to the phd
1. Department Deadline for Passing the PhD Preliminary Written Examination
D. plan b project requirements (ee 8961)
1. Project work may be carried out off-campus without approval of the graduate committee
SECTION 13. MEE (COURSEWORK ONLY TRACK) REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
A. chart detailing mee (coursework only track) credit requirements..
B. what the graduate school monitors
2. Final Examination Report Form
C. the master’s degree must be completed within 7 years
F. courses applying toward degree requirements must be taken a/f….
G. double counting—students may have a maximum of 8 credits in common between two master's degrees.
H. obtain permission before taking non-institute of technology courses
I. minimum course requirements
1. EE 4000 Level Courses acceptable for major field credit
2. Non-EE 4000 level courses acceptable for supporting/related field credit
a) Statistics courses acceptable for 4000 Level Credit
b) Mathematics Courses Acceptable for 4000 level credit
c) All Physics Courses are Acceptable for 4000 level credit
d) No Computer Science courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
e) No Mechanical Engineering courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
f) No Industrial Engineering courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
1. Colloquium courses from any department do not count toward degree requirements.
3. Practical Training does not count toward degree requirements
5. Changes to the degree program form
M. changing degree objective--continuing on to the phd requires…
SECTION 14. MASTER OF ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING (DESIGN PROJECT TRACK)
SECTION 15. PHD REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE
A. chart detailing phd credit requirements
C. what the department and the graduate school monitor
1. Written Preliminary Examination
3. Preliminary Oral Examination
4. PhD Oral Presentation Class
6. Thesis REVIEWERS REPORT FORM
8. Thesis Reviewers Report Form
9. Final Examination Report Form
10. Survey of Earned Doctorates (completion optional)
12. Submit one unbound copy of the thesis to the graduate school, signed by the advisor
13. Submit one bound copy of your thesis to the department
14. As a courtesy, ask your advisor if he/she would like a bound copy of your thesis.
D. Who to contact if you have specific questions about graduate school requirements
E. The PhD advisor must be a full member of the Graduate Faculty in Electrical Engineering
F. courses applying toward degree requirements must be taken a/f….
1. EE 4000 Level Courses acceptable for major field credit
2. Non-EE 4000 level courses acceptable for supporting/related field credit
a) Statistics courses acceptable for 4000 Level Credit
b) Mathematics Courses Acceptable for 4000 level credit
c) All Physics Courses are Acceptable for 4000 level credit
d) No Computer Science courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
e) No Mechanical Engineering courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
f) No Industrial Engineering courses are acceptable for 4000 level credit
1. The Preliminary Oral Examination Committee
2. Colloquium courses from any department do not count toward degree requirements.
4. Practical training does not count toward degree requirements.
5. Program changes/Additions—Graduate School Petition Form
6. what you need to do if it becomes necessary to change your examination committee
I. academic performance—Maintain an Evaluation GPA of at least 3.3.
J. the preliminary written examination
1. Department deadline for passing the PhD preliminary written examination
K. the preliminary oral examination
1. Department deadline for passing the phd preliminary oral examination
4. The Preliminary Oral is a closed examination
5. How the Preliminary Oral Examination is conducted
6. Recording the outcome of the examination
8. Failure of the Preliminary Oral Examination
9. Recess of a Preliminary Oral Examination
10. Official doctoral candidacy is established when…
L. phd oral presentation requirement
1. Thesis Research off-campus requires permission from the graduate committee
4. The Final Oral Examination Committee
5. The Readers of the thesis are defined
6. The chair of the Final Exam is also defined
7. Thesis Reviewer's Report Form