EE Power Area Graduate Advising
Courses to Register for...

1) Work through a faculty curriculum advisor.  Confirm that the courses you plan to take will satisfy your MSEE or Ph.D. degree requirements and provide the foundation appropriate for your research/project and career plans.  Power Area graduate faculty are:

2) Plan and track your degree progress.  The graduate school posts the most current "M-Forms and "D-Forms."  Initially, use the M-3 or D-3 form to plan your coursework.  (Note: International "Masters Path" students also need to file the form MP-1: Masters Path Bridge Courses ).  As you near completion of your degree, you'll need to submit finalized course of study using Forms M-4 or D-5.  See Tracking Form Submission Schedule to make sure you and your advisor are submitting the correct forms on time.

3) Take regularly-offered EE Power Area graduate courses (click here for .pdf summary) which typically make up one or two courses each semester.  Some standard pieces of advice are:
4)  Select the remaining courses each semester from non-power ECE courses, or courses from other departments such as CS (Computer Science), MA (Math), MEEM (Mechanical Engineering), PH (Physics), etc.  Some popular courses are listed in the following table.  There are many possible choices.  EE Power and Energy Conversion is a very broad area, and you can benefit from knowing more in other EE specialty areas, and also in computer engineering, computer science, math, physics, etc.  In some cases it may be appropriate to consider a course in energy economics, energy policy, business, etc. Get approval from your advisor, i.e. make sure the course is acceptable and will satisfy your MSEE or PhD degree requirements.  To verify that a course is offered, read the course description, and to see if the section still has open seats for registration, click here then click on Schedule of Classes. 

Fall Semester
 Spring Semester
 EE 4231 - Physical Electronics  EE 4232 - Electronic Applications
 EE 4250 - Communications Theory  EE 4253 - Real-Time Signal Processing
 EE 4261 - Classical Control Systems w/Lab
  EE 4262 - Digital and Nonlinear Control w/Lab
 MA 4330 - Linear Algebra
  MA 4515 - Intro to Partial Diff. Eqns.
 MA 4535 - Dynamical Systems - Control & Chaos
  MA 4520 - Integral Trans & Series Meth
 MA 4525 - Applied Vector & Tensor Math  MA 4610 - Numerical Linear Algebra
 MA 4635 - Numerical Methods, Integral Eqns
  MA 5627 - Numerical Linear Algebra
 MA 4720 - Design/Analysis of Experiments
  MA 5630 - Numerical Optimization
 MA 5545 - Applied Integral Equations
  BA 5650 - Project Management

 EC 4620/5620 - Energy Economics

 EC 5400 - Advanced Engineering Econ
 ENG 5510 - Sustainable Futures I   ENG 5520 - Sustainable Futures II
 MEEM 5650 - Advanced Quality Engineering
  MEEM 4200 - Principles of Energy Conv
 MEEM 5680 - Optimization I
 MEEM 4240 - Combustion & Air Pollution
 MEEM 4700 - Dynamic Systems & Controls w/Lab
  MEEM 4700 - Dynamic Systems & Controls w/Lab
 MEEM 5715 - Linear Systems (every other yr)
 SS 3800 - Energy Technology & Policy

5) Research or project credits: You can begin taking one or more credits per semester when your advisor approves the beginning of this phase of your graduate degree.  Make sure to register for your advisor's section.  Important note to MSEE students: Plan D (Coursework Option, no defense) does not require research or project credits.  Choice between Plan A or Plan B must be made before you begin taking research or project credits, eg. you cannot start out as Plan A and then switch to Plan B later.
Last Updated: 26 Aug 2008        Maintained by: bamork@mtu.edu