Electrical and Computer Engineering Graduate Courses
Area of Emphasis Course Numbering System
X2xx = Solid State, MEMS
X3xx = Electromagnetics
X4xx = Optics, Optoelectronics
X5xx = Signal Processing, Communication
X6xx = Power, Control, Robotics
X7xx / X8xx = Computer Engineering, VLSI System Design, Circuits & Systems
X9xx = New Courses (for all areas), Seminars, Project, and Thesis credits
These lists are provided as a guide to our course offerings. They do not guarantee that any class will be offered as semester offerings are subject to change at any time based on instructor 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.
Although these courses are not from the ECE department, they are offered for students who are interested in business but do not want the time-commitment of a full MBA degree. Read more about the Engineering Entrepreneurship Certificate benefits and requirements
ENGIN 6020 – Emerging Tech & Engineering Entrepreneurship – Fall (3.0)
ENGIN 6030 – Patent Law & Strategy – Spring (3.0)
ENGIN 6790 – The Business of Entrepreneurship – Spring (3.0)
ENGIN 6791 – Launching Tech Ventures – Fall (3.0)
ENGIN 6960 – Writing and Communications – Varies (3.0)
Online, register for the 090 Section. Some courses are offered via Interactive Video Class (IVC) which can also be used for the online program. Courses such as ECE 6950 Special Study and ECE 6970/7970 Thesis Research require graduate advisor approval before registering.
| Course | Offered | Format |
|---|---|---|
| ECE 5201 Phys of Nano-Elec. Devices | Fall | IVC |
| ECE 5510 Random Process | Fall | Online |
| ECE 5520 Digital Communication Systems. | Spring | IVC |
| ECE 5620 Power Systems Analysis | Spring | Online |
| ECE 5961 Special Topics | Spring, Periodic | Online |
| ECE 6310 Advanced EM Fields | Spring | Online |
| ECE 6324 Antenna Theory | Spring | Online |
| ECE 6331 Optics for Energy | Fall | Online |
| ECE 6340 Comp. EM w/ Code Writing | Spring | Online |
| ECE 6520 Information Theory | Spring | Online |
| ECE 6530 Digital Signal Processing | Fall | Online |
| ECE 6590 Software Radio | Fall | Online |
| ECE 6630 Power System Economics | Spring | IVC |
| ECE 6670 Control Electric Motors | Spring | Online |
| ECE 6671 Electric Generators | Fall | Online |
| ECE 6710 Digital VLSI Design | Fall | IVC |
| ECE 6720 Fundamentals of Analog IC Design | Fall | IVC |
| ECE 6950 Special Study (MS Project Credits) | Spring, Summer, Fall | Online |
| ECE 6960 Special Topics: Lean Canvas | Spring | Online |
| ECE 6960 Special Topics: Neural Data Analysis and Modeling | Fall | Online |
| ECE 6970 Thesis Research | Spring, Summer, Fall | Online |
Where a course has both a 5000- and 6000-level number, the 5000- level version is intended for undergraduates and the 6000- level version for honors and graduate students. A course taken for 5000- level credit cannot be taken again for 6000- level credit. 5000- level courses cross-listed at the 6000- level are indicated with an asterisk (*)
| Course Number | Course Name | When Offered |
|---|---|---|
| ECE 5074 | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Cells* | Fall |
| ECE 5201 | Physics of Nano-Electronics and Related Devices | Fall (odd years in-person) Fall (even years online) |
| ECE 5221 | Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes* | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 5225 | Microsystems Design and Characterization* | Spring |
| ECE 5231 | Microsensors* | Fall |
| ECE 5233 | Micro Actuators* | Spring |
| ECE 5250 | Introduction to Quantum Computers* | Spring |
| ECE 5255 | Advanced Electron Microscopy for Semiconductors | Fall |
| ECE 5310 | Advanced Electromagnetic Fields* | |
| ECE 5320 | Microwave Engineering I* | Fall |
| ECE 5321 | Microwave Engineering II* | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 5324 | Antenna Theory and Design* | Spring |
| ECE 5325 | Wireless Communication Systems* | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 5330 | Medical Instrumentation* | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 5331 | Optics for Energy* | Fall |
| ECE 5340 | Applied Computational Electromagnetics with Self-Written Codes* | Spring |
| ECE 5350 | Applied Computational Electromagnetics with Commercial Solvers* | Fall |
| ECE 5360 | Bioinstrumentation* | Fall |
| ECE 5410 | Optics I: Geometrical & Physical Optics | Fall |
| ECE 5411 | Optical Communication Systems | Spring (even years) |
| ECE 5412 | Optics II: Optoelectronics | |
| ECE 5480 | Diagnostic and Therapeutic Ultrasound | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 5510 | Random Processes | Fall |
| ECE 5520 | Digital Communication Systems | Spring |
| ECE 5530 | Digital Signal Processing* | Spring |
| ECE 5610 | Power Electronics Fundamentals | Fall |
| ECE 5620 | Power Systems Analysis | Spring |
| ECE 5625 | Power System Protection* | Fall (even years) |
| ECE 5630 | Power System Economics | Fall |
| ECE 5640 | Power System Security Analysis* | Spring |
| ECE 5650 | Robotics* | Spring |
| ECE 5670 | Control of Electric Motors* | Spring |
| ECE 5671 | Electric Generators* | Fall |
| ECE 5680 | Electrical Forensic Engineering and Failure* | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 5710 | Digital VLSI Design* | Fall |
| ECE 5720 | Fundamentals of Analog Integrated Circuit Design* | Fall |
| ECE 5735 | Data Converter Circuits & Systems* | |
| ECE 5740 | Computer-Aided Design of Digital Circuits* | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 5745 | Testing and Verification of Digital Circuits* | Fall (even years) |
| ECE 5755 | Relative Timed Asynchronous Circuit Design* | Fall |
| ECE 5780 | Embedded System Design* | Spring |
| ECE 5960 | Special Topics: Convex Optimization | Spring? / Fall? |
| ECE 5960 | Power and Energy System: Economics and Operation | Fall |
| ECE 5960 | Special Topics: Power Systems Operation and Planning | Spring |
| ECE 5960 | Special Topics: Computational Photography | Spring |
| ECE 5960 | Special Topics: Neural Engineering and NeuroRobotics* | Fall |
| ECE 5960 | Special Topics: Linear Systems | Fall, Spring |
| ECE 5960 | TA Training | Fall |
| ECE 5961 | Special Topics* | |
| ECE 5962 | Special Topics* | |
| ECE 6020 | Emerging Technologies and Engineering Entrepreneurship | |
| ECE 6030 | Patent Law and Strategy | |
| ECE 6074 | Photovoltaic Materials & Solar Cells | Fall |
| ECE 6221 | Fundamentals of Micromachining Processes | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 6225 | Microsystems Design and Characterization | Spring |
| ECE 6226 | Electrical Interface for MEMS | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 6231 | Microsensors | Fall |
| ECE 6233 | Micro Actuators | Spring |
| ECE 6235 | Nano-Electro Mechanical System | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 6250 | Introduction to Quantum Computers | Spring |
| ECE 6255 | eMicroscopy for Semiconductor Materials and Devices | Fall |
| ECE 6261 | Physical Theory of Semiconductor Devices | Fall |
| ECE 6273 | Solid State Memory Devices | Fall |
| ECE 6310 | Advanced Electromagnetic Fields | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 6322 | Microwave Engineering I | Fall |
| ECE 6323 | Microwave Engineering II | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 6324 | Antenna Theory and Design | Spring |
| ECE 6325 | Wireless Communication Systems | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 6330 | Medical Instrumentation | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 6331 | Optics for Energy | Fall |
| ECE 6340 | Applied Computational Electromagnetics with Self-Written Codes | Spring |
| ECE 6350 | Applied Computational Electromagnetics with Commercial Solvers | Fall |
| ECE 6360 | Bioinstrumentation | Fall |
| ECE 6420 | Fourier Optics and Holography | Spring (every 3 years after 2022) |
| ECE 6440 | Integrated Optics and Optical Sensors | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 6501 | Medical Imaging Systems | |
| ECE 6520 | Information Theory | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 6521 | Error Control Coding | Spring (every 3 years after 2022) |
| ECE 6530 | Digital Signal Processing | Spring |
| ECE 6532 | Digital Image Processing | Fall, Spring |
| ECE 6540 | Estimation Theory | Spring (odd years)** |
| ECE 6550 | Adaptive Filters | Fall (even years) |
| ECE 6570 | Adaptive Control | Fall, Spring |
| ECE 6590 | Software Radio | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 6625 | Power System Protection | Fall (even years) |
| ECE 6630 | Power System Economics | Fall |
| ECE 6640 | Power System Security Analysis | Spring |
| ECE 6650 | Robotics | Spring |
| ECE 6651 | Introduction to Robot Control | Fall |
| ECE 6652 | State Space Control | |
| ECE 6654 | Neural Engineering and NeuroRobotics | Fall |
| ECE 6657 | Computer Vision | |
| ECE 6670 | Control of Electric Motors | Spring |
| ECE 6671 | Electric Generators | Fall |
| ECE 6680 | Electrical Forensic Engineering and Failure Analysis | Fall (odd years) |
| ECE 6710 | Digital VLSI Design | Fall |
| ECE 6712 | Digital IC Projects Testing | |
| ECE 6720 | Fundamentals of Analog Integrated Circuit Design | Fall |
| ECE 6725 | Advanced Analog Integrated Circuit Design | Spring (even years) |
| ECE 6730 | Radio Frequency Integrated Circuit Design | Fall (even years) ? Spring? |
| ECE 6735 | Data Converter Circuits & Systems | Fall |
| ECE 6740 | Computer-Aided Design of Digital Circuits | Spring (odd years) |
| ECE 6745 | Testing and Verification of Digital Circuits | Fall (even years) |
| ECE 6750 | Synthesis and Verification of Asynchronous VLSI Systems | |
| ECE 6755 | Relative Timed Asynchronous Circuit Design | Fall |
| ECE 6760 | Modeling and Analysis of Biological Networks | |
| ECE 6770 | Advanced Digital VLSI Systems Design | |
| ECE 6775 | Advanced VLSI Memory Design | |
| ECE 6780 | Embedded System Design | Spring |
| ECE 6810 | Computer Architecture | Fall |
| ECE 6868 | Robotics Graduate Student Seminar | Spring, Fall |
| ECE 6900 | Graduate Seminar I | Fall |
| ECE 6910 | Graduate Seminar II | Spring |
| ECE 6950 | Special Study: M.S. | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| ECE 6960 | Special Topics | Various |
| ECE 6961 | Special Topics: Fundamentals of Wireless Communications | Spring, Periodic |
| ECE 6962 | Special Topics | |
| ECE 6970 | Thesis Research: Master’s | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| ECE 7310 | Advanced Topics in Magnetic Resonance Imaging | Spring |
| ECE 7320 | 3-D Reconstruction Techniques in Medical Imaging | Fall |
| ECE 7810 | Advanced Computer Architecture | |
| ECE 7900 | Graduate Seminar III | Fall |
| ECE 7910 | Graduate Seminar IV | Spring |
| ECE 7950 | Special Studies: Ph.D. | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| ECE 7951 | Teaching Mentorship | Spring, Fall |
| ECE 7952 | Education Project | |
| ECE 7960 | Special Topics | Spring, Summer, Fall |
| ECE 7970 | Thesis Research: Ph.D. | Spring, Summer, Fall |