Electrical Engineering, MS: Battery Controls Option

The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering offers coursework and thesis supervision leading to the Master of Science degree in Electrical Engineering with an option in Battery Controls.

Learning Outcomes

The Master of Science in Electrical Engineering prepares graduate students to:

Read, interpret, and critically assess literature in specialized fields of electrical engineering and evaluate its impact on current issues in engineering and society.
Write authoritative technical reports and articles.
Give effective oral presentations on technical topics.
Apply advanced knowledge in science, mathematics, and engineering to perform analysis, synthesis, and design for solutions of engineering problems.

Admission Requirements

Students who wish to pursue this option must submit a written request to enroll in the Battery Controls option. This request must be made after admission to the Electrical Engineering, MS program but before the MS degree is awarded.

For standard admission to the Battery Controls option, applicants must meet the standard MS requirements and have completed the following university-level coursework with a grade of “B” or higher:

Mathematics: Calculus III, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations
Science: Physics III - calculus based, General Chemistry I
Engineering: Circuits II, Electronics I, Linear Systems

Course Requirements

Required Core Courses (18 credit hours)

Complete the following Core courses for both the Thesis and non-Thesis options:

Elective Courses (12 credit hours)

Thesis Option: Complete two courses from the list below and 6 hours of Master’s Thesis (ECE 7000).

Non-Thesis Option: Complete four courses from the list below:

ECEN 5007 Power electronics for Electric Drive Vehicles (CU-Boulder)
ECEN 5737 Adjustable SPeed AC Drives (CU-Boulder)

Substitutions/Exceptions

Student may substitute up to two different relevant graduate courses from the Electrical and Computer Engineering or affiliated departments for elective courses with approval of the MSEE-BC program director. Student may not substitute any core course unless already taken by the student and applied to another degree. In that case, student may substitute from the elective course list.

Acceptable Grades

The student must have an overall graduate GPA of 3.0 in order to graduate. The student must have a grade of “C” or better in all courses applied toward the MSEE-BC degree option.