DEPARTMENT OF
ELECTRICAL & COMPUTER ENGINEERING

                      GRADUATE  POLICY STATEMENT #1

 

CRITERIA FOR ADMISSION TO THE MSEE PROGRAM

FOR APPLICANTS HOLDING A BACCALAUREATE DEGREE

IN ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

                                                                                       OR

IN A FIELD RELATED1 TO ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING

 

Applicants to the MSEE program holding a BS degree in Electrical Engineering are categorized as:

  1. BSEE degree holders from ABET2 accredited programs: 
    Regular Admission    : GPA of 3.0 or higher.
    Provisional Admission:  2.5 £ GPA < 3.0
  2. BSEE degree holders from NON-ABET accredited programs:  These are usually foreign graduates. 
    Regular Admission:
    TOEFL: Score of 525 or higher or Computer Based Test score of 197 or higher. 
    GRE: Verbal + Quantitative scores     ³     1100.  Analytic score is not counted.
    Provisional Admission    :
    TOEFL: Score of 525 or higher or Computer Based Test score of 197 or higher. 
    GRE:  900     £ Verbal + Quantitative Score £     1099.  Analytic score is not counted.

The policy for admission to the MSEE program for applicants holding a Baccalaureate degree in a field related1 to electrical engineering from a US university or from a foreign university with transfer credit acceptable to the University of South Alabama Office of Admissions and the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering will be as follows:

Each applicant from a related program will be considered by the Graduate Committee3 of the Department of Electrical & Computer Engineering and, if the applicant’s background is deemed adequate, the applicant will be admitted with a Provisional Admission status in a Qualifying Program; provided the applicant has a cumulative Verbal and Quantitative score in the GRE of at least 900 and a mimimum TOEFL4 score of  525.  Under the Qualifying Program the Graduate Committee will develop a remedial program of study at the undergraduate level for the applicant.  Upon successful completion of this program of study the student will be required to enroll in graduate courses suggested by the Graduate Coordinator.  If the student maintains an average GPA of at least 3.0 in the first 9 semester hours of his/her graduate coursework he/she will be considered for change of status to Regular Admission.  During the period of remedial study the Graduate Coordinator may allow the student to take selected graduate level courses that may be counted towards the MSEE degree requirements.

 

Change of status from Provisional to Regular: Under Graduate School rules NO graduate student can graduate while under Provisional Admission status.  All Provisional status students must be eligible for change of status to Regular before he/she enrolls for his/her 15th semester hour of graduate coursework. To be eligible for change of status from Provisional to Regular a student must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the first 9 hours of coursework attempted which are to be applied towards the MSEE degree.

1.        A related degree is defined as a degree from another engineering discipline, an ABET accredited four year electrical technology program, an applied physics program, certain computer science programs with electrical engineering content and design emphasis.

2.        ABET stands for Accreditation Board for Engineering & Technology.  This is a supervisory body in the US that reviews and accredits degree programs in different engineering disciplines.  Accreditation of a program implies that the program meets at least the minimum standards established by ABET.

3.        The Graduate Committee consists of a select group of ECE graduate faculty members and is chaired by the Graduate Coordinator.

4.        TOEFL is not required of US graduates.

[Back to Graduate page]

Address: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of South Alabama, 307 N. University Blvd., ECEB 75, Mobile, Alabama 36688-0002. Telephone: (251) 460-6117, Fax: (251) 460-6028. This page was last updated on Thursday February 06, 2003

Hits since January 31, 2002 Hit Counter

Copyright © 2001 All Rights reserved by the University of South Alabama.