Degree Requirement

Specific Requirements for the Thesis Option:

1. Complete a minimum of three hours and a maximum of six hours ECE 5599 Research.
2. Pass a final examination, which is an oral defense of the thesis.
3. Satisfy all common requirements (see below).

Specific Requirements for the Non-Thesis Option:

1. The following courses do not count toward this degree option: ECE 5599, ECE 5600 or ECE 5690.
2. Satisfy all common requirements (see below).

Common Requirements and Limitations for both Thesis Option and Non-Thesis Option:

1. At least 30 credit hours of 400-, 5500- or 5600-level coursework, completed within the past six years.
2. At least 21 hours of 5500/5600-level coursework.
3. At least 24 hours of ECE course work, see also below.
4. At least one three-hour course, at the 5500/5600-level, in each of three different concentration areas, with at least two of the areas in ECE; a list concentration areas with their courses is provided below.
5. Up to three credit hours of ECE 5597 Directed Readings and ECE 5697 Advanced Directed Readings, are allowed.
6. The following courses can be used to satisfy degree requirements and can be counted as equivalent to ECE courses: CS 5511, CS 5513, CS 5514, CS 5517, CS 5520, CS 5522 and CS 5594.
7. No more than six credit hours of transferable graduate coursework from another institution or from other degree programs within UMKC, as approved by the student’s graduate faculty adviser.
8. The courses ECE 402WI, ECE 403WI, ECE 493R, ECE 494R (or their equivalents) do not count for graduate credit.

Specific Requirements and Limitations for the Electric Power Focus:

1. At least 30 credit hours of 400-, 5500- or 5600-level coursework, completed within the past six years.
2. At least 21 hours of 5500/5600-level coursework.
3. At least 18 hours of ECE course work, with at least 12 hours of ECE course work in the power concentration.
4. At least one three-hour course, at the 5500/5600-level, in each of three different concentration areas, with at least two of the areas in ECE.
5. Up to three hours of ECE 5597 Directed Readings and ECE 5697 Advanced Directed Readings, is allowed.
6. The following courses can be used to satisfy the power focus requirements. (Note: the course ECE 5567 is currently being developed and will be added to the catalog as soon as it has been approved.) ECE 460, ECE 466, ECE 468, ECE 470, ECE 472, ECE 5536, ECE 5567, ECE 5568, ECE 5590AE, ECE 5590MC, ECE 5660, ECE 5664, ECE 5670, ECE 5672, BA 5519 and BA 5532.
7. The following courses can be used to satisfy degree requirements and can be counted as equivalent to ECE courses: CS 5511, CS 5513, CS 5514, CS 5517, CS 5520, CS 5522 and CS 5594.
8. The following courses do not count toward this degree option: ECE 5599, ECE 5600 or ECE 5690.
9. No more than six (6) credit hours of transferable graduate coursework from another institution or from other degree programs within UMKC, as approved by the student’s graduate faculty adviser.
10. The courses ECE 402WI, ECE 403, ECE 461, ECE 493R, ECE 494R (or their equivalents) do not count for graduate credit.

Concentration Areas

• Communication and information processing (signal and image processing, electro-optical systems, neural networks).
• Computers and digital systems (computer arithmetic, computer architecture and computer and digital systems).
• Wireless communications (system design, propagation modeling, antenna design, wireless networking, electromagnetic modeling).
• Power (electromechanical conversion I, electromechanical conversion II, power system I, power system II, electrical power distribution systems, reliability of electric power systems, economics of power systems, power systems stability, lightning and switching surges in power systems, application of power electronics in power systems, power systems relaying, direct current power systems, contracts and law for engineers and microcomputer control of power generation systems).
• Computer networking