Electrical Engineering
Online at Colorado School of Mines
Online Professional Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering
Stackable Certificates
While all courses are to be delivered online, students that are interested in attending an on-campus class may substitute one of their courses, per certificate, with an appropriate elective as listed in our Graduate Catalog. Course substitutions can be made on a case-by-case basis.
These three certificates can be taken independently or stacked together (with one additional course) to earn a professional master’s degree in electrical engineering.
Certificate 1: Information and System Sciences
Students must complete 9 hours of coursework as follows:
- EENG515 – Mathematical Methods for Signals and Systems [3.0 credit hours]
- EENG519 – Estimation Theory and Kalman Filtering [3.0 credit hours]
- EENG598 – Advanced Digital-Signal Processing (DSP) [3.0 credit hours]
Certificate 2 : Microwave Engineering
Students must complete 9 hours of coursework as follows:
- EENG532 – Low Temperature Measurements for Quantum Engineering [3.0 credit hours]
- EENG530 – Active RF and Microwave Devices [3.0 credit hours]
- EENG533 – Passive Microwave Devices [3.0 credit hours]
Certificate 3: Power & Energy Systems
Students must complete 9 hours of coursework as follows:
- EENG577 – Advanced Electrical Dynamics for Smart-Grids [3.0 credit hours]
- EENG570 – Advanced High-Power Electronics [3.0 credit hours]
- EENG598 – Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Power Systems [3.0 credit hours]
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree: STEM degree required
- GRE: Not Required
- Letters of Recommendation: Required for Professional Masters if GPA is below 3.0 (US degree GPA or equivalent). Not required for certificates.
- Resume or Curriculum Vitae (CV): Required
- Statement of Purpose: Required
- Transcript(s): Required. Must be submitted for all schools attended (unofficial transcripts accepted for admissions review and must show successful completion of any required prerequisite course(s).
- For international applicants or applicants whose native language is not English, please review the English Proficiency requirement
Tuition
The cost per credit hour for online students is $1,146. More details can be found by clicking here.
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Fees
- Fees for students enrolled in Mines Online programs or courses are included in the cost of tuition.
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Electrical Engineering Faculty
Peter Aaen
Rank - Professor and Department Head
Department - Electrical Engineering
Email - mailto:paaen@mines.edu
Phone - 303-384-2245
Vibhuti Dave
Rank - Teaching Professor
Department - Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
Email - vdave@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3670
Atef Elsherbeni
Rank - Professor
Department - Electrical Engineering
Email - aelsherb@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3667
Qiuhua Huang
Rank - Assistant Professor
Department - Electrical Engineering
Email - qiuhuahuang@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3960
Salman Mohagheghi
Rank - Associate Professor
Department - Electrical Engineering
Email - smohaghe@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3501
Kevin Moore
Rank - Executive Director, Humanitarian Engineering
Professor, Division of Engineering, Design, and Society
Professor, Department of Electrical Engineering
Department - Electrical Engineering
Email - kmoore@mines.edu
Phone - 303-273-3898
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