Electrical Engineering

Requirements for admission to classified standing

• To be admitted to classified standing, a student must possess a baccalaureate degree with a major in electrical engineering and a grade point average of 3.0 or better in the last 60 units, from an ABET accredited electrical engineering program.

Requirements for admission to conditionally classified standing

• Some applicants who do not qualify for Classified standing may be admitted as Conditionally Classified Graduate Students. They must petition for admission to the Classified Status after completing the common core graduate courses. A maximum of 15 units earned before the student attains the Classified Status may be counted towards the MSEE degree requirements.

• An applicant with a BSEE degree from an accredited university within the United States, whose GPA in the last 60 units is less than 3.0 but higher than 2.75 is required to submit his/her general GRE scores with the application. If accepted, student will be admitted as Conditionally Classified Graduate Student. Such a student may petition for admission to classified standing after successfully completing two (2) of the following three (3) courses: EE 210, EE 221, or EE 250 with "B" or better grade in each course.

• An applicant who possesses a baccalaureate degree in a field related to Electrical Engineering, such as Physics, Mathematics, or another branch of Engineering with a minimum GPA of 3.0 in the last 60 units, is required to submit his/her general GRE score with the application. If accepted, the student will be admitted as a Conditionally Classified student. Such a student may be required to complete four undergraduate courses. The four undergraduate courses are specified in the admission letter and are selected from EE 118 (Digital Logic Circuit Design), EE 120 (Microprocessor Based System Design), and EE 110 (Network Analysis), EE 112 (Linear Systems), EE 122 (Electronic Design I), EE 124 (Electronic Design II) and EE 140 (Principles of Electromagnetic Fields). Following the undergraduate courses, student must successfully complete two (2) of the three (3) graduate core courses, EE 210, EE 221, or EE 250 with "B" or better grade in each course. He/ she may not enroll in more than two other graduate courses before completing these requirements. Units for the undergraduate courses are not counted for the MSEE degree unit requirements.

• A minimum score of 550 (or 213 if computer based, or 80 if Internet-based) in the TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language).
• General GRE score. There are no hard cut-offs on the GRE scores but the scores will be used with applicants\' degree and GPA to rank the candidates for admission.
• A baccalaureate degree in Electrical Engineering with a minimum computed GPA (Grade Point Average) of 3.0 on a 0 to 4.0 scale in the last 60 semester units. The university from which the transcripts were submitted computes the GPA.

• A graduate student who has been admitted to another department in San Jos\xc3\xa9 State University has to complete at least one semester of work in that department before asking for transfer to the Electrical Engineering Department. A minimum GPA of 3.0 in the last 60 semester units and general GRE score are required. There are no hard cut-offs on the GRE scores but the scores will be used with applicants\' degree and GPA to rank the candidates for admission.
• A "Change of Major Form" has to be first approved by the other department and the file transferred to the Electrical Engineering Department before the student may be considered for transferring into the Electrical Engineering program.