Pennsylvania State University The Graduate School 10 courses 9 total credits
The Electrical Engineering Post-Baccalaureate Credit Certificate provides working professionals specific electrical engineering subject knowledge or an additional breadth of electrical engineering knowledge that can support career goals or needs. This certificate provides flexibility for students to choose online technical electives that best suit their needs, without stipulation of required courses. Nine (9) electrical engineering course credit hours with a 'C" or better are required. All completed electrical engineering certificate courses with a grade of 'B' or better can be applied to the Electrical Engineering M.Eng. degree program offered through World Campus, subject to restrictions outlined in GCAC-309 Transfer Credit. Certificate students who wish to have certificate courses applied towards a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering must apply and be admitted to that degree program. Admission to the Electrical Engineering graduate degree program is a separate step and is not guaranteed. Students who earn the electrical engineering certificate with an overall GPA of 3.0 are encouraged to apply for the Electrical Engineering M.Eng. program offered through World Campus and will not need to submit letters of reference with their application. Electrical engineering technical elective subjects include: power systems, electronic communication systems, control systems and signal processing.
| Total Credits | 9 credits |
Required Courses
| Code | Course Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EE 460 | Communication Systems II | 3 |
| EE 480 | Linear Systems: Time Domain and Transform Analysis | 3 |
| EE 488 | Power Systems Analysis I | 3 |
| EE 531 | Engineering Electromagnetics | 3 |
| EE 553 | Topics in Digital Signal Processing | 3 |
| EE 560 | Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes | 3 |
| EE 580 | Linear Control Systems | 3 |
| EE 581 | Optimal Control | 3 |
| EE 588 | Power System Control and Operation | 3 |
| EE 589 | Smart Grid Control and Dynamics | 3 |
| Total Required Courses | 9 credits | |
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