PMP Master of Science Degree Requirements

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Subplans
Course of Study
Admission Requirements

Academic Advising
Common Requirements and Policies

At CU Boulder, we have focused our professional master's programs on highly employable disciplines that provide skills based on industry needs. A declared subplan from the list below is required to complete the PMP Master of Science degree. 

Subplans 

Course of Study

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

MSEE subplans may have specific course and prerequisite requirements. Refer to those plans' webpages (listed above) for details. 

Admission Requirements

All interested students must apply through the online application through the Graduate School.

See our Graduate Admissions Information page for full details on application and admission requirements. 

Academic Advising

Academic advisors for students pursuing a master's in electrical and computer engineering will be appointed by the director of graduate studies. The academic advisor will be a member of the department's graduate faculty.

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.edu to view courses by current semester. Graduate-level coursework is numbered 5000 and above; ECEN preceeds all Electrical Engineering courses.

The department also maintains a course offering plan to 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.