Doctor of Philososphy [Ph.D] [Electrical Engineering] From University of Tennessee

Students holding only a BS degree must take a minimum of 72 total graduate credit hours, including a minimum of 39 graduate course credit hours.? Students holding an MS degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science from the University of Tennessee will be required to take a minimum of 48 total graduate credit hours, including at least 15 credit hours of graduate course credit beyond those applied to their MS degree. Students with MS degrees from other universities will be required to take a minimum of 48 total graduate credit hours, including at least 24 credit hours of graduate course work.?

For all students, at least half of the course credits must be fulfilled by ECE courses at or above the 500 level. Course work requirements may not be fulfilled by research or dissertation credit or seminar courses.? The student's major professor, with the concurrence of the dissertation committee, will prepare a curriculum plan outlining precisely what courses will be taken.