Master of Engineering Degree Requirements

Subplans Offered

  • It is also possible to complete the degree without a formal subplan. See the "Coursework" section below for all available course offerings.

Coursework Requirements

To earn a Master of Engineering (ME) degree, a minimum 30 credit hours is required.

If pursuing the ME degree via a subplan, see the links above for the specific required coursework.

If pursuing the ME degree without a subplan, see the coursework requirements below:

  • 15 credit hours of
  • The remaining 15 credit hours can be ECEN courses or technical or nontechnical courses in science, mathematicsor engineering All of these should be at the 5000-level or above.
    • A maximum of 3 credit hours of independent study can be used toward the 30 credit hour requirement.
    • A maximum of 3 credit hours of ECEN Professional Internship Course can count toward your degree.
    • You must petition your academic advisor if you wish to take any courses from departments outside of the College of Engineering and Applied Science.

Common Requirements and Policies

The following requirements and policies apply to all graduate students in the Department of Electrical, Computer & Energy Engineering.

Quality of Work

Students must maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.0 on all coursework. Even courses that do not count toward the degree are calculated into the student’s GPA. A student cannot be admitted to candidacy or graduate with a cumulative GPA below 3.0. All grades are required to be a "C" or higher in order to count toward the degree. Grades below a "C" do not count toward the degree but do count toward a student's GPA.

Coursework

Visit classes.colorado.eduto view courses by current semester.Graduate-level coursework is numbered 5000 and above; ECEN preceeds all Electrical Engineering courses.

The department also maintains ato indicate when courses are generally offered. Please note that Embedded Systems Engineering (ESE) courses are restricted to students within that program, other students are given the opportunity to enroll based on room capacity.

Transfer Credit

A maximum of nine semester hours of acceptable, non-degreed coursework with a grade of “B” or higher may be transferred from another accredited institution. Non-degreed means that the coursework cannot have previously counted toward a previous Bachelor’s degree or completed Master’s degree. Work completed at CU as a special student or at another CU campus falls under the nine-hour rule.

  • Only the credit hours will transfer—the course grade will not count toward your GPA.
  • Quarter system credits will transfer as .67 credit hours per 1 quarter credit hour. The Registrar will NOT round up; if you are short any partial credit, you must take an additional credit/course.

Leave of Absence

Students may apply for a leave of absence according to the Graduate School rules. This enables a student to leave and return without having to reapply.