Electrical Engineering M.S 

at Vanderbilt University, Nashville

• Applicants must have bachelor degree in related field

A minimum of 30 hours of formal coursework past the Bachelor’s degree is required. With the following breakdown in coursework:

•  Eighteen (18) hours of electrical engineering past the bachelor's degree are required for the master's degree. Of these 18 hours, at least 12 hours must be taken in courses at the 6000 level. The courses taken must also include one of the gateway courses in two of the following areas: electronics, computers, and signals and systems. Gateway courses are graduate-level courses with senior-level prerequisites, the list of which is maintained by the EECS DGS.
•  The remaining 6 hours of electrical and computer engineering may be taken in formal EECE courses numbered be-tween 5250 and 5999. A maximum of 3 hours of independent study may be applied to the 18 hours required in the major area
• The student is also required to take six (6) hours in a minor area.
• The remaining six (6) hours can be fulfilled by taking either course work or research hours
• Students whose bachelor's degree is not in Electrical or Computer Engineering may be required to take remedial undergraduate coursework to satisfy the prerequisite structure established by the instructor of each graduate
  level course and the Director of Graduate Studies
• applicants may be required to secure an adequate background in areas of Electrical and/or Computer Engineering germane to their proposed program of studies