Electrical Engineering BS + MS

Admissions Requirements
Graduate Standing Requirements
Program Requirements (144 units)
Advising Roadmap

The Electrical Engineering Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education (SAGE) Scholars Program provides students the opportunity to earn their Electrical Engineering, BS and Electrical Engineering, MS degree simultaneously, completing both degrees in five years, rather than the usual six years when completing them individually.The SAGE Scholars Program Coordinator works closely with the students to ensure a seamless transition from undergraduate to graduate status, without students having to file a formal application for admission to the graduate program.

Total SAGE Program Units (BS + MS) 144

For more information, contact the SAGE Scholars Program Coordinator Thuy Le.

Admissions Requirements

All SJSU Electrical Engineering, BS undergraduates are eligible to apply for, and be admitted to, the Electrical Engineering SAGE Scholars program if they fulfill the following requirements:

Successfully completed a minimum of 75 Electrical Engineering BS applicable units and not more than 123 undergraduate degree applicable units at the time of admission in the program;
Completed EE 110 , EE 112 , and EE 118 with grades of “B” or better;
Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at time of admission. GPA is calculated by the last 60 semester (or 90 quarter) units taken or a student’s cumulative GPA, whichever is higher.
Have completed all lower-division work (including lower-division general education courses and American Institutions courses).

Students who have reached up to their first semester as classified seniors will remain eligible for entry into the SAGE program. Second semester, senior-level students enrolled in the term they expect to graduate from their baccalaureate degree are not eligible to enter into the SAGE program as these students will not gain the accelerated graduate-level benefit offered through the SAGE blended program option.

Graduate Standing Requirements

Requirements for program continuation and advancement to candidacy in the graduate program, include:

Meeting every semester with an academic advisor to plan and track coursework and graduate status. Once the BS degree is conferred, students meet every semester with their graduate advisor to plan a formal course of study;
Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher.
The proposed graduate program must be approved by the graduate coordinator before the student may be considered a candidate for the MS degree.
Students are converted to graduate status when they have completed 120 SAGE program-applicable units. The following University Requirements are waived or satisfied with required courses in the major: GE Areas 1B, 3B, 5, and GE UD Areas (2/5, 3 and 4) and Physical Education. Alternate courses that may satisfy these requirements are not counted in the calculation of the 120 SAGE program-applicable units.

Culminating Experience

Plan A (Thesis)

Students choosing this option must complete EE 299A or EE 297A and EE 299B . The student is responsible for securing the commitment of three university faculty members, two of whom must be full-time EE faculty members, to serve as the student’s thesis committee, with one full-time EE faculty member agreeing to serve as thesis committee chair. The student must write a thesis or project proposal and have it approved by the thesis committee chair or project advisor and pass the MSEE Thesis or Project Proposal course EE 299A or EE 297A before enrolling in EE 299B . The thesis must meet university requirements as stipulated in this catalog and in the SJSU Master’s Thesis and Doctoral Dissertation Guidelines. It will be written under the guidance of the candidate’s thesis committee chair with the assistance of the thesis committee. The candidate for the MSEE degree must successfully pass a final oral defense of the thesis.

Plan B (Project)

The student must complete EE 297A or EE 299A and EE 297B . The student is responsible for securing the commitment of a full-time EE faculty member to serve as MSEE Project Advisor. The student must write a project or thesis proposal and have it approved by the project advisor or thesis committee chair and pass EE 297A or EE 299A before enrolling in the final EE 297B .The candidate for the MSEE degree must successfully pass a final defense of the project.

Program Requirements (144 units)

Electrical Engineering, BS (111 units)

Students must satisfy all of the major and Undergraduate University Graduation Requirements , which includes unit, GPA, and residency requirements as well as the below identified General Education , American Institutions, Graduation Writing Assessment, and Physical Education requirements. Courses that meet Undergraduate University Graduation Requirements are noted with an area designation (see Course Note Abbreviations ).

Exceptions for University Graduation Requirements apply to this major.

University Requirements (18 units)

The Lower and Upper Division General Education requirements may be satisfied by coursework outlined below. To satisfy the American Institutions (US123) , students must pass ENGR 100W with a grade of “C” or better (“C-” not accepted).

GE Areas 1A, 1C, 3A, 4/American Institutions (US123) , and 6 18 unit(s)

Major Preparation (33 units)

CHEM 1A - General Chemistry 5 unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)
ENGL 1B - Argument and Analysis 3 unit(s) (GE Area 3B / Formerly Area C2) (or equivalent second semester composition course.)
MATH 30 - Calculus I 3 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
MATH 31 - Calculus II 4 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
MATH 32 - Calculus III 3 unit(s) (GE Area 2 / Formerly Area B4)
MATH 33LA - Differential Equations and Linear Algebra 3 unit(s)
PHYS 50 - General Physics I: Mechanics 4 unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)
PHYS 51 - General Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism 4 unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)
PHYS 52 - General Physics III: Waves, Light, Heat 4 unit(s) (GE Area 5A and 5C / Formerly Area B1 and B3)

Core Courses (13 units)

EE 30 - Introduction to Programming Micro-Controllers for Electrical Engineering 3 unit(s) (CMPE 30 taken at SJSU is also accepted, but courses equivalent to CMPE 30 taken at other colleges/universities are not accepted.)
EE 97 - Introductory Electrical Engineering Laboratory 1 unit(s)
EE 98 - Introduction to Circuit Analysis 3 unit(s)
ENGR 10 - Introduction to Engineering 3 unit(s)
ENGR 100W - Engineering Reports 3 unit(s)

Major Courses (44 units)

The 1-unit ENGR 195A and ENGR 195B courses must be concurrently enrolled with the required EE 198A and EE 198B courses, respectively.

EE 102 - Probability and Statistics in Electrical 3 unit(s)
EE 110 - Circuits and Systems 3 unit(s)
EE 110L - Continuous and Discrete Time Systems Lab 1 unit(s)
EE 112 - Introduction to Signal Processing 3 unit(s)
EE 118 - Digital Logic Circuit Design 4 unit(s)
EE 120 - Microprocessor Based System Design 4 unit(s)
EE 122 - Electronic Design I 4 unit(s)
EE 124 - Electronic Design II 4 unit(s)
EE 128 - Physical Electronics 3 unit(s)
EE 132 - Theory of Automatic Controls 3 unit(s) OR
EE 160 - Principles of Communication Systems
3 unit(s)
EE 140 - Principles of Electromagnetic Fields 3 unit(s)
EE 198A - Senior Design Project I 1 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
EE 198B - Senior Design Project II 3 unit(s) (GE UD Area 3 / Formerly Area V)
ENGR 195A - Global and Social Issues in Engineering 1 unit(s) (GE UD Area 4 / Formerly Area S)
ENGR 195B - Global and Social Issues in Engineering 1 unit(s) (GE UD Area 3 / Formerly Area V)
MATE 153 - Electronic, Optical, and Magnetic Properties of Materials 3 unit(s)

Upper Division EE Electives (3 units)

Upper Division Elective must be approved by the SAGE advisor.

Electrical Engineering, MS (33 units)

Core Courses (9 units)

EE 295 - Technical Writing - Engineering Ethics 3 unit(s)
(GWAR) (Students with GWAR waivers take an additional 3 units of electives)
Complete Two Courses From:
EE 210 - Linear System Theory 3 unit(s)
EE 221 - Semiconductor Devices I 3 unit(s)
EE 250 - Probabilities, Random Variables and Stochastic Processes 3 unit(s)
EE 275 - Advanced Computer Architectures 3 unit(s)

Area of Specialization (9 units)

Students desiring to pursue an area of specialization not listed should consult a graduate advisor.

Device Physics, Micro and Nano Electronics
Analog Electronics, Integrated Circuits
Power Electronics, Energy Systems
Communications, Signal Processing, Remote Sensing
Control, Robotics, Autonomous Systems
Digital Systems, Microprocessors and Computers, Embedded Systems
Network, Network Security, Mobile Network, loT
Quantum Computer, Quantum Information
Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Deep Learning

Advisor Approved Electives (9 units)

Culminating Experience (6 units)

Complete One Option (Plan A or Plan B):

Plan A (Thesis)
- EE 299A MSEE Thesis Proposal or EE 297A MSEE Project Proposal 3 unit(s)
- EE 299B MSEE Thesis 3 unit(s)
Plan B (Project)
- EE 297A MSEE Project Proposal or EE 299A MSEE Thesis Proposal 3 unit(s)
- EE 297B MSEE Project 3 unit(s)

Total Units Required (144 units)

A coherent plan of study must be approved on the prescribed form by the SAGE advisor. The standalone Electrical Engineering, BS requires the completion of 12 units of Technical Electives. Students satisfy 9 units of this requirement in this SAGE Scholars Program by completing 9 units within the elective requirement in the MS Electrical Engineering program. These 9 units are considered to count toward both the graduate and undergraduate degrees, thus allowing SAGE students to meet the minimum unit requirements for both degrees.