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The department’s Graduate Academic Affairs Committee coordinates and establishes the list of courses for each term well in advance. Below is a list of regularly offered CORE courses and other frequently offered courses that can help students develop their Plans of Study.

Communications and Signal Processing (COMM)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 620	Random Processes in Communication & Control	X	X	X	X
CORE	ENEE 621	Estimation and Detection Theory		X		X
CORE	ENEE 627	Information Theory		X		X
CORE	ENEE 630	Advanced Digital Signal Processing	X		X
—	ENEE 623	Digital Communications	X		X
—	ENEE 625	Multi-User Communications		X		X
—	ENEE 626	Error Correcting Codes	X		X
—	ENEE 631	Digital Image Processing		X		X
—	ENEE 632	Speech and Audio Processing		X
—	ENEE 633	Statistical and Neural Pattern Recognition	X
—	ENEE 634	Space-Time Signal Processing				X
—	ENEE 720	Wireless Communication Theory	X
—	ENEE 723	Wireless Communication Networks			X
—	ENEE 725	Advanced Networking			X
—	ENEE 731	Image Understanding			X
Computer Engineering (COMP)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 641	Mathematical Foundations for Computer Systems	X		X
CORE	ENEE 644	Computer-Aided Design of Digital System		X		X
CORE	ENEE 646	Digital Computer Design	X		X
CORE	ENEE 647	Design of Distributed Computer Systems		X		X
—	ENEE 640	VLSI Architecture		X
—	ENEE 750	VLSI Design Automation	X
—	ENEE 756	Computer Networks				X
—	ENEE 757	Security in Distributed Systems and Networks	X		X

Controls (CONT)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 620	Random Processes Communication & Control	X	X	X	X
CORE	ENEE 660	System Theory	X		X
CORE	ENEE 661	Nonlinear Control Systems		X		X
CORE	ENEE 664	Optimal Control		X		X
—	ENEE 762	Stochastic Control			X
—	ENEE 765	Adaptive Control	X

Electrophysics (ELEC)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 680	Electromagnetic Theory I	X		X
CORE	ENEE 681	Electromagnetic Theory II		X		X
CORE	ENEE 690	Quantum & Wave Phenomena with Electrical Application	X		X
CORE	ENEE 691	Optical Communication Systems		X		X
—	ENEE 686	Charged Particle Dynamics, Electron & Ion Beams				X
—	ENEE 780	Microwave Engineering			X
—	ENEE 790	Quantum Electronics I		X		X
—	ENEE 791	Quantum Electronics II	X

Microelectronics (MICR)			Fall, Odd Year	Spring. Even Year	Fall, Even Year	Spring. Odd Year
CORE	ENEE 600	Solid State Electronics	X		X
CORE	ENEE 601	Semiconductor Devices & Technology		X		X
CORE	ENEE 610	Electrical Network Theory	X		X
CORE	ENEE 611	Integrated & Microwave Electronics		X		X
—	ENEE 605	Design & Fabrication of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)			X
—	ENEE 614	Radio Frequency VLSI Circuit Design	X
—	ENEE 704	Physics and Simulation of Semiconductor Devices			X

Occasionally Offered Courses

Area	Number	Description	Recent Offerings
COMM	ENEE 729A	Advanced Topics in Communications: High Speed Networking	S1997 F2001
COMM	ENEE 729B	Advanced Topics in Communications: Multi-user Information Theory and Cryptography	S1998
COMM	ENEE 729C	Advanced Topics in Communications: Multi-user Information Theory	F2005
COMM	ENEE 729G	Advanced Topics in Communications: Advanced Digital & Wireless Communications	S2000
COMM	ENEE 729P	Advanced Topics in Communications: Physical Layer Algorithms for Wireless Communications	S1999
COMM	ENEE 739A	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Audio Processing and Representations of Speech	S1999 F2001
COMM	ENEE 739C	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Coding Theory	F2003
COMM	ENEE 739J	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Image Understanding	S1999 S2001 S2003
COMM	ENEE 739M	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Multimedia Communication and Information	S2002
COMM	ENEE 739R	Advanced Topics in Signal Processing: Medical Image Processing and Understanding (Cross-listed as BIOE 689I)	S2004
COMP	ENEE 642	Software System Implementation	S1995 S1998 S2000 F2001
COMP	ENEE 749	Advanced Digital System Design	F1998 F2000 F2004
COMP	ENEE 752	Knowledge Engineering	S2000 S2005
COMP	ENEE 759A	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Parallel Processing Computer Architecture	S1999 F2000 F2003
COMP	ENEE 759B	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Advances in Low-Power Design Methodologies	F1998 S2005
COMP	ENEE 759C	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Compiler Optimizations for Modern Architectures	S2000 S2003 S2005
COMP	ENEE 759D	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Data Structures and Algorithms for Remote Sensing Data Processing	S1999
COMP	ENEE 759E	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Synthesis of Embedded Software	F1997 F1999 F2000 F2004
COMP	ENEE 759G	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery	F2005
COMP	ENEE 759H	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Highspeed Memory Systems	S2003 S2005
COMP	ENEE 759J	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Interconnection Networks	F1997 F1999 F2000 F2004
COMP	ENEE 759K	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Parallel Algorithmics	S1996 S1998 S2002 S2006
COMP	ENEE 759L	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Application Specific Processors	F2005
COMP	ENEE 759M	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Microarchitecture	S2000 S2002 S2005 S2006
COMP	ENEE 759Q	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Intellectual Property Protection: From Multimedia Data to VLSI Design and Software	F2002
COMP	ENEE 759T	Advanced Topics in Computer Engineering: Challenges in Automated System Design Methodologies	S2003
CONT	ENEE 763	Advanced Nonlinear Control Systems	F1994
CONT	ENEE 764	Motion Control & Robotics	F2001
CONT	ENEE 769A	Advanced Topics in Controls: Quantum Communication, Computing and Control	F2005
CONT	ENEE 769B	Advanced Topics in Controls: Geometric Methods in Control and Information	S2006
CONT	ENEE 769D	Advanced Topics in Controls: Bifurcation and Chaos	F1991 F2000
CONT	ENEE 769F	Advanced Topics in Controls: Convex Optimization	S2007
CONT	ENEE 769I	Advanced Topics in Controls: Topics in Robust Control	S1994 S1999 S2001
CONT	ENEE 769N	Advanced Topics in Controls: Control Problems in Modern Telecommunication Networks	S2001
CONT	ENEE 769P	Advanced Topics in Controls: Modern Analytical and Geometric Approaches to Classical Mechanics and Control Theory I	F1997 F2002
CONT	ENEE 769Q	Advanced Topics in Controls: Modern Analytical and Geometric Approaches to Classical Mechanics and Control Theory II	S1998 S2003
CONT	ENEE 769S	Advanced Topics in Controls: Stochastic Optimization and Learning	S2000
ELEC	ENEE 789A	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Antennas for Wireless Personal Communication Systems	S2003 F2004
ELEC	ENEE 789B	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Introduction to Quantum Optics	F2005
ELEC	ENEE 789C	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Numerical Methods in Electromagnetism	F1996 F1999 S2004
ELEC	ENEE 789F	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Fourier Optics	F1996 F1997
ELEC	ENEE 789G	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Magnetism and Magnetic Technology	S2002
ELEC	ENEE 789K	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Passive and Low Power Microwave Devices	S1998
ELEC	ENEE 789M	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Intense Laser Material Interactions and Applications	F2001
ELEC	ENEE 789O	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Chaotic Dynamics	F2004
ELEC	ENEE 789Z	Advanced Topics in Electrophysics: Recent Advances in Nonlinear Optics & Its Applications	F1996
MICR	ENEE 702	Advanced Materials and Devices	S2002
MICR	ENEE 719A	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Nanostructure Fabrication Technology	S1996 F1996 F2001 S2005
MICR	ENEE 719C	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Mixed Signal VLSI Circuit Design	F2002
MICR	ENEE 719F	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Fabrication and Testing of Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems (MEMS)	S2003 S2005
MICR	ENEE 719Q	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Microeletronics Device Reliability (Cross-listed as ENRE 648Q)	F1997
MICR	ENEE 719S	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Materials and Processes for Microelectronics (Cross-listed as ENMA 659S)	S1997 S1998
MICR	ENEE 719T	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Neuromorphic Analog VLSI	S2001
MICR	ENEE 719V	Advanced Topics in Microelectronics: Analog VLSI Synthesis	S2000 F2001 S2002
~	ENEE 798E	Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering: Electronic Circuits for Advanced Communication Systems	F1999

Seminars

Seminar offerings are subject to cancellation. However, each seminar is guaranteed to be offered at least once every academic year.

Area	Number	Description	Fall Odd	Spring Even	Fall Even	Spring Odd
COMM	ENEE 698A	Communications and Signal Processing	X	X	X	X
COMP	ENEE 698B	Computer Engineering	X	X	X	X
CONT	ENEE 698C	Controls	X	X	X	X
ELEC	ENEE 698D	Electrophysics	X	X	X	X
MICR	ENEE 698E	Microelectronics	X	X	X	X

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