Electrical Engineering

Departmental Admission Criteria

Students must have an ECE GPA of at least 3.400 and have taken the following courses: E&C-ENG 124, 201, 202, 210, 213, 214, 231, 244 and MATH 233.

Program Requirements

• E&C-ENG 315 plus the affiliated honors colloquium E&C-ENG H315
• ENGIN 351H
• Honors thesis options include:
  • Individually contracted: E&C-ENG 499Y Honors Research and E&C-ENG 499T Honors Thesis or 499P Honors Creative Portfolio (i.e. project). Final Presentation requirement is satisfied by student participation at the ECE Honors Exhibition in April, including poster presentation and questions from the student's committee about the research and results.
  • Thesis Seminar: HONORS 499CM and HONORS 499DM: “Uncertainty, Risk, and Decision Making” subject to (1) appropriateness of thesis topic for DH in ECE, as determined by seminar instructor and ECE Honors Program Director, and (2) student participation at the ECE Honors Exhibition in April.

Notes:

• Once completed and assigned a (passing) letter grade, E&C-ENG 499Y counts as an EE elective course. The same is true of E&C-ENG 499T and of E&C-ENG 499P.
• Once completed and assigned a (passing) letter grade, HONORS 499CM counts as an EE elective course. The same is true of HONORS 499DM.

Honors Program Directors for Electrical and Computer Engineering

Neal G. Anderson | 413-545-0765 | anderson [at] ecs [dot] umass [dot] edu

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