Admission Requirements

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Program Prerequisites

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related STEM field from an accredited university or recognized international institution
• Recommended cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.90 or higher

Required Materials

• Application
• Official transcripts for the last degree earned. To be considered for a scholarship, you must submit transcripts from each institution attended.
• Two letters of recommendation
  • Letters must come directly from employers, professors, or professional associates. Your recommenders should comment on your work ethic, academic or professional experience in your field of choice, and how you would positively contribute to the School of Engineering.
• Personal statement
  • In 250-500 words, detail why you are seeking this degree, how you expect to apply your degree to your professional career after graduation and why you seek to pursue your degree through the University of Bridgeport.
• Résumé

International Applicants

Please consult the International admission requirements page, or for specific queries, contact your admissions officer.

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Computer Engineering Courses

A total of 34 semester hours is required and the core curriculum consists of 15 credits. The remaining 19 credits should include 12 or 15 credits of elective courses, a 3 credit MS project or a 6 credit thesis, and a one credit Engineering seminar.

General MS Program Requirements

Academic Performance: Students in a degree program who do not maintain a satisfactory record will be separated from the Graduate School. Normally, the accumulation of one “F” grade, or more than one “D” grade, or more than three “C” grades will result in separation.

Course Levels

• 400-499-generally taken by qualified undergraduates and first year graduate students.
• 500-599- Open to graduate students.
• 600 + – Open to masters and Ph.D. students
• 700 – Open to Ph.D. students only

Core Courses (15 credit hours)

• CPSC 501: OOP with Design Patterns
• CPEG 510: Computer Architecture
• CPEG 471: Data and Computer Communication
• CPEG 448D: Introduction to VLSI Design (or CPEG 447: Logic Synthesis Using FPGAs)
• ELEG 443: Applied Digital Signal Processing

Elective Courses (12 or 15 credit hours)

The elective courses may be chosen from the list of Computer Science or Computer Engineering concentration areas or chosen in consultation with the graduate advisor.

Seminar

• All students must take ENGR 400: Engineering Colloquium (1 credit), a seminar-based class

MS Project or Thesis

• Students must complete a master’s project (3 credits), or thesis (6 credits)

The total program requirement is 34 credits.

Time Limitation and Program Continuity

All requirements for the degree of Master of Science must be completed within six years (twelve consecutive semesters) of the effective start of an approved graduate program of study. Once a program is initiated, the student must maintain continuous enrollment until completion.

Under certain circumstances, a student may be granted permission to interrupt his/her program by petitioning the dean in writing, stating the underlying circumstances. Program interruption without formal permission will constitute grounds for dismissal from the Graduate program.

Degree Program Requirements

All students studying for the Master of Science degree must have on file an approved program of study on the provided form. Programs of study are worked out between the student and his/her advisor to meet both the student’s desires and the graduate faculty’s philosophy of an integrated program. They must carry the approval of the chair of the department awarding the degree. Changes in the approved program of study must be approved by the student’s program advisor and the department Chair.

General Thesis Regulations

Students are encouraged to include a thesis investigation in their approved program of study. Accumulation of thesis semester hours and work done during a thesis investigation must be continuous up to the time of its completion. Only those students designated as regular graduate students who have satisfied the following requirements will be permitted to accumulate thesis credits. During the semester prior to that in which the student desires to initiate his/ her thesis investigation, he/she must have:

• Included a thesis proposal in his/ her approved program of study
• Sought and obtained a member of the graduate faculty who agrees to act as his/her thesis advisor
• Submitted a completed thesis proposal form to the department in which the degree is to be awarded
• Form a Thesis Committee, appointed by the department chair, consisting of at least 3 members of the graduate faculty (including the advisor as committee chair).

Students should obtain a copy of “Specifications for Master’s Thesis” from the office of the department chair which describes via requirements in details. All theses in Engineering must be presented at a faculty-graduate seminar. It is the student’s responsibility to ensure that this requirement is fulfilled, and that written notice of the presentation is distributed to all interested persons at least one week before the event.

Students who are in the process of completing a thesis are required to register for at least two semester hours of thesis in each semester. They must actively engage in that activity under faculty guidance. Semester hours thus accumulated that total more than the approved program-of-study requirement are not counted toward the degree.

Upon successful completion of the thesis, and acceptance by the Thesis Committee, the student becomes eligible for the degree provided all other requirements in the program of study are completed.

 

View all courses offered and read full course descriptions in our online course catalog system.

Learning Outcomes

Our Computer Engineering Students will:

1. Demonstrate an in depth and comprehensive understanding of Computer Engineering
2. Have an enhanced ability to learn, on their own, technical details for which they are responsible
3. Have an enhanced ability to apply the knowledge learned to solve technical problems that arise in research they conduct or supervise
4. Have an enhanced ability to study an issue, identify and evaluate alternative actions, propose an optimal course of action
5. Have an enhanced ability to prepare technical point papers, brief their seniors, and defend their conclusions

34 semester hours