StudyQA — Master: Control Engineering — Washington University in St. Louis

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The MCE degree (Master of Control Engineering) is a terminal professional degree designed for students interested in an industrial career.

1. The MCE degree requires 30 units, which may include optionally 6 units for thesis or independent study.

2. Required courses (15 units) for the MCE degree include:

and at least two of the following five courses:

ESE 441 Control Systems
ESE 543 Control Systems Design by State Space Methods
ESE 520 Probability and Stochastic Processes
ESE 415 Optimization
ESE 425 Random Processes and Kalman Filtering
ESE 551 Linear Dynamic Systems I
ESE 552 Linear Dynamic Systems II
ESE 553 Nonlinear Dynamic Systems
ESE 547 Robust and Adaptive Control

3. Elective Courses (15 units) The fifteen units of electives should be courses of technical nature at the senior and graduate levels approved by the Program Director.

4. It is allowed to transfer 6 units of courses from another school as electives provided that the courses were not needed for the student’s Bachelor’s degree.

5. Students must have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.2 out of a possible 4.0 over all courses applied toward the degree. (effective fall 2016)

6.ESE 590 Electrical & Systems Engineering Graduate Seminar must be taken each semester. A passing grade is required for each semester of enrollment and is received by attendance at regularly scheduled ESE seminars. Students must attend at least 3 seminars per semester. Part-time students are exempt except during their year of residency. Seminars missed in a given semester may be made up during the subsequent semester.

7. The degree program must be consistent with the residency and other applicable requirements of Washington University and the School of Engineering & Applied Science.

Either a thesis option or a course option may be selected. The special requirements for these options are as follows:

Course Option

This option is intended for those employed in local industry who wish to pursue a graduate degree on a part-time basis, or for full-time students who do not seek careers in research. Under the course option, students may not take ESE 599, Master's Research, and with faculty permission may take up to 3 units of ESE 500, Independent Study.

Thesis Option

This option is intended for those pursuing full-time study and engaged in research projects. Candidates for this degree must complete a minimum of 24 credit hours of course instruction and six (6) credit hours of thesis research (ESE 599). These six (6) credit hours of thesis research can be counted as part of the 15 graduate-level electrical engineering credit hours specified above. The student must write a master's thesis and defend it in an oral examination.

Requirements

Application Fee ($75), credit card or check by mail
Unofficial copies of undergraduate and/or graduate transcripts
Three Letters of Recommendation

- Input recommendation providers' names and email addresses. Recommendation providers are automatically sent an email requesting a recommendation.
- Paper and email recommendations will not be accepted.
- The recommendations must be posted by the published deadline for final application submission.
Statement of Purpose and Resume/CV
- The Statement of Purpose should be a brief document explaining your goals and ambitions. (3 page maximum)
- Current Resume or Curriculum Vitae is to be uploaded in the section immediately following the Statement of Purpose.
GRE Scores
- GRE scores are required for all PhD and full-time Master’s applicants with the exception of applicants to the M. Eng. in Biomedical Innovation degree program.
- GRE scores are not required for applicants to part-time Master’s or the Bachelor’s/Master’s programs.
- If submitting scores, applicants must report their official scores via ETS at the time of application submission for evaluation purposes. The WashU School Code is 6929.
TOEFL or IELTS Scores
- Required for all international applicants.
- Applicants must report their official scores via ETS at the time of application submission for evaluation purposes. The WashU School Code is 6929.
  Note: This requirement may be waived if the applicant has a minimum of three years of documented study at an English-speaking institution, in a country where English is the primary language of daily living. Based on the evaluation of your application package, we retain the right to require English testing upon arrival and you may be required to take additional English classes. If you are recommended to take English classes, the cost of the courses will be your responsibility.