Program Director
Susan Older, 4-181 Center for Science and Technology, 315-443-4679, Fax 315-443-2583; sueo@ecs.syr.edu
Faculty
Thomas Barnard, Howard A. Blair, Tomislav Bujanovic, Stephen J. Chapin, Biao Chen, C.Y. Roger Chen, Shiu-Kai Chin, Jun Hwan (Brandon) Choi, Wenliang (Kevin) Du, Sara Eftekharnejad, Ehat Ercanli, Makan Fardad, James W. Fawcett, Prasanta Ghosh, Jennifer Graham, Mustafa Cenk Gursoy, Robert Irwin, Can Isik, Andrew Chung-Yeung Lee, Jay Kyoon Lee, Yingbin Liang, Duane L. Marcy, Kishan G. Mehrotra, Chilukuri K. Mohan, Jae C. Oh, Susan Older, Vir Phoha, Qinru Qiu, James S. Royer, Jeffrey Saltz, Tapan K. Sarkar, Fred Schlereth, Q. Wang Song, Sucheta Soundarajan, Jian Tang, Yuzhe (Richard) Tang, William C. Tetley, Pramod K. Varshney, Senem Velipasalar, Li Wang, Hong Wang, Yanzhi Wang, Heng Yin, Edmund Yu, Reza Zafarani
Master of Science Programs
For students who want to expand their technical expertise beyond their undergraduate major, the Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) offers master of science (M.S.) degrees in computer engineering, computer science, and electrical engineering. EECS has a long and distinguished record of graduate education, with many of our graduates placed in key positions in industry. Graduates from our master’s programs are well represented in such corporations as IBM, General Electric, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, and Intel. In all of these degrees, students have the option of completing the M.S. degrees by taking only courses, or by combining coursework with a master’s thesis.
Students who are contemplating continuing their studies at the Ph.D. level are encouraged to complete an M.S. degree with the thesis option. Students enrolled in the non-thesis option in one of these M.S. programs may finish the M.S. degree in one year if they choose. To accomplish this, students must take courses in the fall, spring, and summer semesters. Students may also complete the degree in a less intensive fashion over three or four regular semesters.
Furthermore, students have the opportunity to have an industrial experience as part of their programs of study by working in an industrial setting for a block period of three to four months. Students may work up to a maximum two blocks during their master’s program of study under the curriculum practical training (CPT) option.
Professionals having a baccalaureate degree in fields other than computer engineering, computer science, or electrical engineering who are seeking a career change may take advantage of an opportunity to obtain an M.S. degree in one of these fields by combining suitable remedial undergraduate coursework with the regular program of graduate study.
Admission Requirements
Each of these master’s programs has its own admission committee that evaluates the overall academic record of an applicant. Each of these committees uses the following guidelines during the evaluation process:
- GRE Verbal score of 150 or better (using New GRE Score System);
- GRE Quantitative score of 155 or better (using New GRE Score System);
- GRE Analytical (multiple choice) score of 650 or better, or a score of 3.5 or better in the new Analytical Writing;
- for international students: TOEFL computer-based score of 223 (Internet-based score 85; paper-based score 563) or better;
- grade point average (GPA) of 3.0/4.0 or better.
Each candidate must submit a coherent program of 10 graduate courses (30 credits), which must be passed with a grade point average of 3.0 (B) or better. Students also need to satisfy a minimum cumulative total GPA of 2.8 in all graduate courses taken at Syracuse University. In each of the core courses, the student must achieve a grade of B- or better. No more than 6 credits of 500-level courses may be included in the program. However, CIS 551 cannot be included in any M.S. in computer science program of study. The Graduate School requires that master’s programs be completed within seven years and that the student maintain a satisfactory rate of progress toward completion of degree requirements at all times. Within this program the student may elect to prepare and defend a master’s thesis, in accord with the rules of the Graduate School, for up to six of the required 30 credits.
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