ECE-MS - Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S.

The Fast Track program is designed to enable TTU ECE undergraduates to accumulate up to six (6) credit hours of graduate coursework while still pursuing their undergraduate degree and to transition to the graduate program smoothly, with accelerated completion. Up to six (6) hours of graduate coursework, exclusive of directed study, taken during the student's senior year can be used to satisfy both undergraduate and graduate degree requirements. These courses must be taken at Tennessee Tech University and must be approved as appropriate substitutions in the undergraduate curriculum for senior ECE electives. In order to remain in the Fast Track program, the student must demonstrate ongoing scholarship by continuing to meet the GPA admission requirements during the semester that the student enrolls in the first of their graduate courses. The student must earn a minimum grade of "B" in the graduate courses in order to apply them to their M.S. program of study and to continue in the Fast Track program. Additionally, Fast Track students will be integrated into ECE research projects and/or capstone design projects while enrolled as seniors with the expectation that this research will directly coordinate with their M.S. thesis research. Either a thesis or non-thesis M.S. option may be pursued. ECE Fast Track students that graduate with their B.S. in the spring semester can be expected to complete their M.S. requirements in either the spring or summer term of the following calendar year.

Fast Track students are only eligible for graduate teaching or research assistantship during the fifth (graduate) year of their studies. Students who do not succeed in their first graduate course during their senior year (B grade or better) will be advised to withdraw from the Fast Track program and complete their B.S. degree in a normal manner.