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NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY

DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING
GRADUATE OFFICE

MS-EE, MS-CPE
(MS-CNE use CNE form)
APPOINT ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND CREATE PLAN OF GRADUATE WORK
(Form 2/1/08)

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Sample Master POW (with thesis) with focus on Power Systems

Power System Engineering involves a good understanding of how power systems are operated and controlled, and the
computational methods used for the analysis, control and design of these systems. The computational methods consist
of diverse spectrum- such as mathematical analysis methods, computer programming, control theory, and statistical
methods. The following sample POW is designed to provide such a background.

ECE COURSES
21 hours coursework required, maximum 6 hours 695
Course Major Credits Semester Grade
Prefix/Number Track
(EE,
CPE)
ECE 592A/534 (Power EE 3 F1
Electronics)
ECE 550 (Power System EE 3 F1
Operation and Control)
ECE 736 (Power System EE 3 S1
Stability and Control)
ECE 535 (Design of EE 3 S1
Electromechanical Systems)
OR
ECE 516 (System Control
Engineering)
ECE 695 (Thesis Research) EE 3 S1
ECE 753 (Computational EE 3 F2
Methods for Large Power
Systems)
ECE 513 EE 3 F2
(Digital Signal Processing)
OR ECE 514
(Random Processes) OR
ECE 792U (ECE 754)
(Utility Applications of Power
Electronics and FACTS)
ECE 695 (Thesis Research) EE 3 S2
*: indicate advanced courses

NON-ECE Courses

Course Minor – check Credits Semester Grade

Prefix/Number if minor area

MA 580 (Numerical MATH 3 F1

Analysis)
ST 515 (Statistics for ST 3 S2
Engineers) OR
OR CSC
CSC 520 (Artificial OR
Intelligence) MATH
OR
MA 504
Math Programming

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Master of Science
GRADUATE PLAN OF WORK Requirements

1. The MS degree requires at least 30 credit hours. The MS program requires both breadth and depth.
2. Breadth is obtained by at least one course from each of three (3) specialty areas in see Table 1.
3. Depth is achieved by taking at least two advanced graduate level courses from the list of advanced
courses in Table 1. At least one of the advanced courses must come from the major track (EE or
CPE). For thesis MS students, ECE695 counts as an advanced course.
4. The major, EE or CPE, is obtained by taking five (5) courses from major track from the entire list
of courses in ECE. At least one of the advanced courses must come from the major track. Three
hours of thesis can be credited as one course in the major. Only one course in the major track is
subject to this substitution.
5. The student must take 21 hours of ECE courses, 18 hours must be graded, i.e., only one S/U course
allowed, (ECE633, 634, 682), exclusive of ECE695. ECE695 cannot be used for credit by non-
thesis students.
6. Maximum six(6) hours of ECE695 is allowed for MST students – an MST student may have up to
nine hours of S/U, e.g., 6 hours ECE695 + 3 hours ECE633.
7. Up to nine hours of graduate-level (500,700) courses outside of ECE may be taken. At most one
senior-level (400) course may be included in these nine hours. These courses must be part of a
unified plan of study for an advanced ECE degree. These courses should be taken with prior
approval of the director of graduate programs or the ECE Graduate Studies Committee.
(As a guideline, note that the common graduate-level, technical courses in CSC, MA, STAT,
PHYS, CH, or any engineering department are acceptable. BUS courses that are listed for the CNE
program are acceptable. Substitutions for BUS courses require prior approval. It is wise to check
with the graduate office before taking courses outside of the above mentioned areas.)
8. Examples for plans of work for various areas can be found at
http://www.ece.ncsu.edu/academics/grad/plans/.
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TABLE 1: Specialty areas and Advanced courses

Specialty Course Numbers
Computer Architecture (CPE) ECE506 (FS) ECE521(FS), ECE561(S), ECE721(FE),
ECE743(F), ECE747(S), ECE748(706)(F)
Software (CPE) ECE 517(F), ECE 566(S)
VLSI Systems (CPE) ECE 520(S), ECE746(F), ECE 704(FS-Sum), ECE 741(S),
ECE745(F),ECE761(S)
Networking(CPE) ECE 570(FS), ECE573(FS), ECE574(FS), ECE575(S), ECE
576(FS), ECE579(FS), ECE773(S), ECE774(S),
ECE775(F),ECE 776(S), ECE 777(F), ECE779(S)
Circuits (EE) ECE703(F), ECE 711(F), ECE718(S), ECE 733(S)
Microwave Circuits and Applied ECE 740(S), ECE549(F), ECE719(F), ECE732(S)
Electromagnetics (EE)
Communications (EE) ECE715(S), ECE791W (F), ECE 751(S), ECE752(SO),ECE
762(F),ECE766(S),ECE767(SE)
Signal Processing and Computational ECE 713(F), ECE742 (S), ECE559(FE), ECE763(SO)
Intelligence (EE)
Robotics, Mechatronics, Control & ECE555(S), ECE755(F) ECE556 (F), ECE522(525) (F), ECE
Instrumentation (EE) 716(S), ECE 726(SE)
Power Electronics and Power Systems (EE) ECE734 (F), ECE 736(F), ECE750(FE), ECE753(SE)
ECE792P (SO), ECE792S (SE),
Nanoelectronics and Photonics (EE) ECE523(S), ECE 730*(F), ECE731(F), ECE738(F),
ECE757(F), ECE 722(F), ECE 723(SO), ECE 724(S)
* Required for students majoring in nanoelectronics and photonics.
Advanced Graduate Courses (EE) 695,718, 719, 722, 723, 724, 725, 726, 732, 733, 742, 751,
752, 753, 755, 762, 763, 766, 767, 792P, 792S
Advanced Graduate Courses(CPE) 695,704, 721, 741, 743, 745, 746, 748(706), 761, 773, 774,
775, 776, 777, 779
Key to course offerings: F- fall, S – spring, FS – both fall and spring, FO – fall odd years, FE – fall even years,
SO – spring odd years, SE – spring even years, Sum – summer, for courses that have an inconsistent history,
we have noted the last time it was offered.