Electrical and Computer Engineering
GRADUATE COURSE OFFERINGS
Numbering Key
X2xx = Solid State / MEMS
X3xx = Electromagnetics
X4xx = Optics & Optoelectronics
X5xx = Signal Processing, Communication
X6xx = Power, Control, Robotics
X7xx / X8xx = Circuits, Computer Engineering & VLSI
X9xx = Special Topics, Seminars, Project/Thesis Credits
Disclaimer
This page is provided as a potential guide to our course offerings. It does not guarantee that any class will be offered. Semester offerings are subject to change at any time based on instructor availability and enrollment. You can view current course offerings for upcoming semesters by viewing the University of Utah General Catalog & Class Schedules for the appropriate semester.
AREAS OF EMPHASIS
Sample Tracks and Certificates
COURSE OFFERINGS
and General Schedule
Where an ECE course is cross-listed between a 5000- and 6000-level section , the 5000- level section is intended for undergraduates and the 6000- level section for honors and graduate students. A course taken for 5000- level credit should not be taken again at the 6000- level for improved grade, credit, etc.
| Course Number(s) | Course Name | Credits | Typically Offered | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECE 5480 | Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound | 3.0 | Spring (odd years) | |
| ECE 5520 | Digital Communication Systems | 3.0 | Spring (even years) | Will not be offered Spring 2026 |
| ECE 5525 | Wireless Communication Systems | 3.0 | Spring (odd years) | |
| ECE 5610 | Power Electronics Fundamentals | 4.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 5620 | Power Systems Analysis | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6010 | Professional Development | 1-3.0 | Spring, Fall | |
| ECE 6051 (5051) | TA Training | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6074 (5074) | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Cells | 3.0 | Fall (even years) | |
| ECE 6215 (5215) | Biomedical Microdevices | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6221 (5221) | Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes | 3.0 | Spring, Fall | Taught by ME professor in Fall and ECE professor in Spring. |
| ECE 6225 (5225) | Microsystems Design and Characterization | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6226 (5226) | Electrical Interface for MEMS | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 6231 (5231) | Microsensors | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 6233 | Micro Actuators | 3.0 | Spring (even years) | |
| ECE 6235 | Nano-Electro Mechanical Systems / NEMS | 3.0 | Spring (periodic) | |
| ECE 6245 (5245) | Design and Simulation of Microsystems | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6250 (5250) | Introduction to Quantum Computers | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6255 (5255) | eMicroscopy for Semiconductor Materials and Devices | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 6261 (5201) | Physical Theory of Semiconductor Devices | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6273 (5960) | Solid State Memory Devices | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 6310 (5310) | Advanced Electromagnetic Fields | 3.0 | Spring (even years) | |
| ECE 6322 (5320) | Microwave Engineering I | 4.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6323 (5321) | Microwave Engineering II | 3.0 | Spring (odd years) | |
| ECE 6324 (5324) | Antenna Theory and Design | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6330 (5330) | Health Technology (Medical Instrumentation) | 3.0 | N/A | Discontinued |
| ECE 6331 (5331) | Optics for Energy | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6340 (5340) | Applied Computational Electromagnetics with Self-Written Codes | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6350 (5350) | Applied Computational Electromagnetics with Commercial Solvers | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6355 (5355) | Mathematical Tools for Neural Data Analysis and Modeling | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6360 (5360) | Bioelectromagnetics (Bioinstrumentation/Bioelectricity) | 3.0 | Spring (odd years) | |
| ECE 6410 (5410) | Intro to Optics | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6411 (5411) | Optical Communication Systems | 3.0 | Spring (odd years) | |
| ECE 6412 (5412) | Fundamentals of Optoelectronics | 3.0 | Spring (even years) | Will not be offered Spring 2026 |
| ECE 6420 | Fourier Optics and Holography | 3.0 | Spring (periodic) | |
| ECE 6440 | Integrated Optics and Optical Sensors | 3.0 | Fall (periodic) | |
| ECE 6440 (5440) | Integrated Photonics | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6475 (5475) | Computational Photography | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6501 | Medical Imaging Systems | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6520 | Information Theory | 3.0 | Spring (odd years) | |
| ECE 6521 | Error Control Coding | 3.0 | Spring (every 3 years, next 2028) | |
| ECE 6530 (5530) | Digital Signal Processing | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6532 | Digital Image Processing | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6540 | Estimation Theory | 3.0 | Spring (even years) | |
| ECE 6545 | Deep Learning Image Analysis | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6550 | Adaptive Filters | 3.0 | Fall (even years) | |
| ECE 6570 | Adaptive Control | 3.0 | TBD | |
| ECE 6590 | Software Radio | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6615 (5615) | Classical Control Systems | 3.0 | Spring, Fall | Taught by ME professor in Fall and ECE professor in Spring. |
| ECE 6625 (5625) | Power System Protection | 3.0 | Fall (even years) | |
| ECE 6630 (5630) | Power System Economics | 3.0 | N/A | Discontinued See ECE 6960 Power & Energy Systems: Economics & Operation |
| ECE 6640 (5640) | Power System Security Analysis | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6650 (5650) | Robotics I: Mechanics | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6651 | Robotics II: Control | 3.0 | Spring | Recommended pre-reqs: ECE 6650 Robotics I: Mechanics & ECE 6615 Classical Control Systems |
| ECE 6652 (5652) | Linear Systems and State-Space Control | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6654 | Neural Engineering and Neuro Robotics | 4.0 | Fall | Course will return Fall 2026 |
| ECE 6657 | Computer Vision | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6670 (5670) | Control of Electric Motors | 3.0 | Spring | Required pre-req: ECE 6615 Classical Control Systems. Will not be offered Spring 2026. |
| ECE 6671 (5671) | Electric Generators | 3.0 | Fall | Required pre-req: ECE 6615 Classical Control Systems |
| ECE 6680 (5680) | Electrical Forensic Engineering and Failure | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 6710 (5710) | Digital VLSI Design | 4.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6712 | Digital IC Projects Testing | 3.0 | N/A | Discontinued |
| ECE 6720 (5720) | Fundamentals of Analog Integrated Circuit Design | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6725 | Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6730 | Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6735 (5735) | Data Converter Circuits & Systems | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6740 (5740) | Computer-Aided Design of Digital Circuits | 3.0 | Spring (odd years) | |
| ECE 6745 (5745) | Testing and Verification of Digital Circuits | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 6750 | Synthesis and Verification of Asynchronous VLSI Systems | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6755 | Relative Timed Asynchronous Circuit Design | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) | |
| ECE 6755 (5755) | Relative Timed Asynchronous Circuit Design | 3.0 | Fall (odd years) PERIOD | |
| ECE 6760 | Modeling and Analysis of Biological Networks | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6770 | Advanced Digital VLSI | 4.0 | Spring (odd years) | Required pre-req: ECE 6710 Digital VLSI |
| ECE 6775 | Advanced VLSI Memory Design | 3.0 | N/A | |
| ECE 6780 (5780) | Embedded System Design | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6785 (5785) | Advanced Embedded Systems | 4.0 | Fall | Required pre-req: ECE 6780 Embedded Systems |
| ECE 6810 | Computer Architecture | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6836 (5836) | Neural Computation Seminar | 1.0 | Fall | Recommended co-req: ECE 6355 Mathematical Tools for Neural Data Analysis |
| ECE 6868 | Robotics Graduate Seminar | 1.0 | Spring, Fall | |
| ECE 6900 | Graduate Seminar I | 1.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6910 | Graduate Seminar II | 1.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6950 | Special Study (MS Project) | 1-6.0 | Spring, Summer, Fall | |
| ECE 6960 | Special Topics: Image Analysis Seminar | 1.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6960 | Special Topics: Intro to Wide Bandgap Semiconductors | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6960 (5510) | Random Processes | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6960 (5960) | Special Topics: Convex Optimization | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6960 (5960) | Special Topics: Energy, Entrepreneurship, Society, & Policy | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6960 (5960) | Special Topics: Hardware Cryptography/Security | 3.0 | Spring 2024 | |
| ECE 6960 (5960) | Special Topics: Power Systems Operation and Planning | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 6960 (5960) | Special Topics: Wireless Networking Systems | 3.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 6961 (5961) | Special Topics: Fundamentals of Wireless Communications | 3.0 | Spring (even years) | |
| ECE 6961 | Special Topics: Medical Imaging Systems | 3.0 | Spring (even years) | |
| ECE 6970 | Thesis Research: MS | Variable | Spring, Summer, Fall | |
| ECE 7310 | Advanced Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging | 3.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 7320 | 3-D Reconstruction Techniques in Medical Imaging | 3.0 | Fall (even years) | |
| ECE/CS 7810 | Advanced Computer Architecture | 3.0 | Spring (periodic) | |
| ECE 7900 | Graduate Seminar III | 1.0 | Fall | |
| ECE 7910 | Graduate Seminar IV | 1.0 | Spring | |
| ECE 7951 | Teaching Engineering | 2.0 | Spring, Fall | Required for ECE PhD students |
| ECE 7952 | Education Project | 2.0 | Spring, Fall | |
| ECE 7970 | Thesis Research: PhD | Variable | Spring, Summer, Fall |
ONLINE, REMOTE, AND EVENING COURSE OFFERINGS
flexibility for working and part-time students
- In Person – traditional classroom and/or lab experience
- Remote Real-Time – lectures streamed synchronously via Zoom. Might also be listed as Synchronous Remote or formally Interactive Video Content (IVC).
- Online – completely asynchronous, with all materials and recordings available on Canvas (section 090)
Please note: The MS degree requires a total of 30 credits with at least 18 of those (approx. 4-6 courses) being Advanced ECE. The remaining credits may be filled by Advanced ECE or Allied courses.
| Course | CR | Type | Offered | Format | Additional Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ECE 5201 Physics of Nano-Electronic Devices | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 5325 Wireless Communications | 3.0 | Allied | Spring (odd years) | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 5510 Random Processes | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 5520 Digital Communication Systems | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Remote Real-Time | Click here for course info |
| ECE 5620 Power Systems Analysis | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6010 Professional Development | 1-3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring, Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6310 Adv. EM Fields | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring (even years) | Online, Remote Real-Time | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6322 Microwave Engineering I | 4.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Online | Click here for course info All the material is in Canvas, so students could actually register and follow it online even though the official format is in person. This option is at the student's own risk as labs can be completely remotely but they will be completing them without faculty or TA support. |
| ECE 6323 Microwave Engineering II | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring (odd years) | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6324 Antenna Theory & Design | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6331 Optics for Energy | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Online, Remote Real-Time, Evening | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6340 Comp. EM with Code Writing (Self-Written Codes) | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring (even years) | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6520 Information Theory | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Variable, Spring 2023 | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6521 Error Control Coding | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Variable, Spring 2025 | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6540 Estimation Theory | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Variable, Spring 2024 | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6550 Adaptive Filters | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall (odd years) | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6530 Digital Signal Processing | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6535 Neural Data Analysis and Modeling | 3-4.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6680 Electrical Forensic Engineering and Failure | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall (odd years) | Evening | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6836 Neuro Computational Seminar (Recommended to pair with ECE 6535) | 1.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6590 Software Radio | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall (odd years) | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6630 Power System Economics | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Variable | Remote Real-Time | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6670 Control of Electric Motors | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6671 Electric Generators | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6710 Digital VLSI Design | 4.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Online | Click here for course info This course is made available online by student request/instructor permission. If interested in the course, please reach out to the professor who will be teaching it that semester to see if you would be permitted to join the online Canvas section. |
| ECE 6720 Fund. of Analog IC Design | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall | Remote Real-Time | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6735 Data Converters | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring | Remote Real-Time | Click here for course info |
| ECE 6950 MS Special Study (Project) | 1-6.0 | Adv. ECE | Fall, Summer, Spring | Online | Click here for course info Contact the Graduate Student Coordinator to register. |
| ECE 6960: Power & Energy Systems: Economics & Operation | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Variable, Fall 2024 | Remote Real-Time | Special Topics |
| ECE 6961 Fund. of Wireless Communications | 3.0 | Adv. ECE | Spring (even years) | Online | Special Topics |
| ECE/ENGIN 6020 Emrg. Tech & Eng. Entrep. | 3.0 | Allied (exceptions for cert.) | Fall | Evening | Click here for course info |
| ECE/ENGIN 6030 Patent Law & Strategy | 3.0 | Allied (exceptions for cert.) | Spring | Evening | Click here for course info |
| ENGIN 6791 Launching Tech Ventures | 3.0 | Allied (exceptions for cert.) | Fall | Evening | Click here for course info |
| BMI 6015 Applied Machine Learning | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Remote Real-Time | Click here for course info |
| BMI 6017 Computer Science Fund. | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| BMI 6018 Intro to Programming for Biomedical Data Science | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Remote Real-Time, Evening | Click here for course info |
| BMI 6305 Leadership Principles | 1.5 | Allied | Variable, Spring 2025 | Remote Real-Time | Click here for course info |
| CH EN 6310 Renewable Energy | 3.0 | Allied | Variable | TBD | Click here for course info |
| COMP 6960 Programming for BioMedical Data | 3.0 | Allied | Variable, Fall 2025 | Online | Click here for course info |
| CS 5530 Database Systems | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| CS 6320 Computer Vision | 3.0 | Allied | Variable, Fall 2024 | TBD | Click here for course info |
| CS 6490 Network Security | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| CS 6968 Business Aspects of Security & Privacy | 3.0 | Allied | Variable | Online | Special Topics |
| CS 6968 Designing Citizen Science Systems | 3.0 | Allied | Variable, Fall 2024 | Online | Special Topics |
| CS 7931 Mental Health & Technology Seminar | 1.0 | Alied | Spring | Remote-Real Time | Special Topics |
| CS 7932 Human-Centered Computing Seminar | 1.0 | Allied | Spring, Fall | Remote Real-Time | Special Topics |
| CTLE 6000 Teaching in Higher Ed | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| CTLE 6200 Equitable Teaching | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| CTLE 6510 Cyber Pedagogy | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| GEO 6920-090 Intro to Linux Computing | 0.5-5.0 | Allied | Variable, Fall 2025 | Online | Special Topics |
| ME EN 6150 Product Safety & Eng. Ethics | 3.0 | Allied | Fall 2025 | Evening | Click here for course info |
| ME EN 6960-008 Law for Eng. & Scientists | 3.0 | Allied | Fall 2025 | Evening | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6000 Analytics for Systems Management | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6050 Operations Research for Systems | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6060 Discrete Events Systems Simulation | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6400 Fund. of Systems Eng. | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6410 Systems Integration | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6430 Req. for Engineering & Management | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6450 Design of Production & Service Systems | 3.0 | Allied | Summer | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6460 Model-Based System Eng. | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6500 Mgmt & Leadership for Eng. | 3.0 | Allied | Fall | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6530 Project Management for Eng. | 3.0 | Allied | Spring | Online | Click here for course info |
| SIME 6560 Eng. Economic Analysis | 3.0 | Allied | Summer | Online | Click here for course info |
ADDITIONAL ALLIED COURSEWORK
Although these courses are not from the ECE department, they are offered for students who are preparing for and to make advancements in industry. This is another option for students interested in business but do not want the time-commitment of a full MBA degree. Students can complete any number of these courses or the all of them for the full certificate and they can apply on a student’s Program of Study as part of the 12 allied credits.
MST 6200 – Professional Development for Scientist and Engineers (3.0) Fall
MST 6210 – Operations & Project Management (3.0) Spring
MST 6110 – Business Development for Scientist and Engineers (3.0) Summer
MST 6500 – Currently under re-development
Read more about the Professional Development Courses.
Although these courses are not from the ECE department, they are offered by the Center for Teaching & Learning for students who are interested in teaching in higher education. Highly recommended for PhD candidates looking to pursue a future career in academia. Students can complete any number of these courses they can apply on a student’s Program of Study as part of the 12 allied credits.
CTLE 6000 – Teaching in Higher Education (3.0) Spring
CTLE 6200 – Equitable Teaching in Higher Education (3.0) Spring
CTLE 6510 – Cyber Pedagogy (3.0) Spring
CTLE 6520 – Advanced Cyber Pedagogy (3.0) Spring
CTLE 6800 – Teaching Practicum in Higher Education (3.0) Spring