M.S. Electrical Engineering Degree Requirements Approval Form

This form may be used as a planning tool throughout the student’s graduate career but must be submitted at the beginning of the student’s FINAL semester. Please carefully read and understand the following instructions and information in order to properly fill out the form. This form is a fillable PDF; it is preferable to have the form typed.

Research Courses, Independent Studies, and Internships ECE 890 and ECE 990 (research) and ECE 702 (internship credits) cannot count toward a master’s degree.

Course option students may count a maximum of 6 credits of any combination of ECE 699 and ECE 999(independent studies). No research courses, including ECE 790, may be used for the course option master’s.

Project and thesis option students must have a minimum of 3 credits of ECE 790 (research). At maximum,students may count up to 9 credits of any combination of ECE 699, ECE 790, or ECE 999.

Prior Coursework

Students who completed their bachelor's degree at UW-Madison may count up to 7 credits of courseworknumbered 400-level or above toward M.S. and Ph.D. degree requirements with faculty advisor approval.

Students are allowed to fulfill up to 9 credits of degree and ECE course requirements with previous graduate-level coursework from other institutions. However, if these credits were used toward a bachelor's or master’sdegree at another institution, they may not be used toward a master’s degree at UW-Madison; they can onlybe used toward doctoral requirements. To approve prior coursework from a different institution, pleasecomplete the appropriate form found here: (https://www.engr.wisc.edu/department/electrical-computer-engineering/academics/master-of-science-electrical-engineering/).

Per Graduate School policy, coursework earned five or more years prior to admission to a master’s degree orcoursework earned ten or more years prior to admission to a doctoral degree is not allowed to satisfyrequirements.

Prior coursework from other institutions or from a UW-Madison undergraduate career will not appear on astudent’s UW-Madison graduate transcript. It will not count toward the student’s graduate GPA.

English as a Second Language Courses ESL courses numbered 300-level or above can count toward the 30 graduate credits, but not toward ECE

course requirements.

Grades and GPA Students must achieve an overall 3.0 grade point average or higher in all graduate work.

All courses, with the exception of the current term courses (write "TBD" as the grade for currently enrolled courses), must have final grades reported. No incomplete or unreported grades are acceptable. “P” (progress) grades must be changed to “S” or “U” grades. Student is responsible for contacting the instructor and/or advisor if grades need to be changed.

"B" or better grades and "S" grades are acceptable. For any other grades, including "BC" and "C" grades, please reference section 8.0 in the ECE Graduate

Student Handbook (https://docs.google.com/document/d/1vzDpUN5CGy2RdI7SnD2ZAsG7-b_8I7QaXOLGfSToHnY/edit#) for further grade criteria.

For more information about completing your Master’s Degree, please see the following Graduate School webpage: https://grad.wisc.edu/current-students/masters-guide/

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Disclaimer: If any of the instructions given in this form differ from the latest version of the rules described in the ECE Graduate Student Handbook, the Handbook rules supersede.

M.S. Electrical Engineering Degree Requirements Approval Form

Campus ID:___________________Name:_______________________________

Graduation Term:_______________ Continuing on to Ph.D in ECE: Yes No

Term and Year(Fall, Spring=Spr,Summer=Sum)

Depart-ment and Course Number

Course Title Credit(s) Grade ECE 400-level or above (15 credit minimum)

700-level or above(15 credit minimum)

400-levelor above (30 creditminimum)

*Can include

300-levelnon-ECEcourses

Check Box

Ex: Fall 2018 ECE 699 Advanced Independent Study

3 S 3 3

Required: ECE _____ Seminar in ECE

If using UW-Madison credits taken as an undergraduate student:

If using prior coursework from a different institution (prior approval needed)

Institution(s) Name(s):

Credit Totals:

*Course Options: 9 credits must be ECE 700-level or above. Check box in right column for ECE-700 level courses.

Advisor Name (Printed):_________________________________________________________ Date:______________Advisor Signature:_____________________________________________ Graduate Learning Outcomes Report Completed on:_______________---------------------------------** Return to Hannah Roberg, the ECE Graduate Coordinator, in room 3186 in the Mechanical Engineering Building** Grades Verified by Graduate Coordinator:___________________________________________ Date:_____________ Graduate Committee Approval Signature:___________________________________________ Date:_____________ Graduate Committee Notes (if any):__________________________________________________________________

Check Box

Email:_____________________

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Complete the following table based on your completed and current coursework. (Example provided in the first row)

Report or Thesis Title (project and thesis options only): ____________________________________________________

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M.S. Degree Option: Course Project Thesis Machine Learning & Signal Processing

Disclaimer: If any of the instructions given in this form differ from the latest version of the rules described in the ECE Graduate Student Handbook, the Handbook rules supersede.

Student is required to submit thesis to the Memorial Library (thesis options only)