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M.S. in Optical Engineering

Optical Engineering Curriculum Flow Chart

Students pursuing the Master of Science in Electronics Engineering must successfully complete a graduate core curriculum which include the following:

*Core Graduate Courses*
OEN 525 Mathmatics for Optical Engineering	3	cr hrs
OEN 520 Optical Design and Instrumentation	3	cr hrs
OEN 540 Lasers and Photonics	3	cr hrs
OEN 590 Research Methods	1	cr hrs
OEN 530 Optical Materials	3	cr hrs
OEN 561 Optical Communications I	3	cr hrs
OEN 580 Quantum Mechanics	3	cr hrs
TOTAL	19	cr hrs

Students may choose a Master’s degree program with or without the thesis option. If a student chooses to complete the M.S. degree without a thesis, a minimum of 30 semester hours of course work must be completed. If a student chooses to complete the M.S. degree with a thesis, then the student must complete 24 credit hours of course work and 6 credit hours devoted to thesis research. Once the core graduate courses are successfully completed, a student may select from the optical materials track and/or the Opto-electronics track to complete the Master’s degree in Optical Engineering.

*Optical Materials Track:*
MATS 535 Electronic and Photonic Materials	3	cr hrs
MATS 575 Instrumentation for Material Science	3	cr hrs
MATS 610 Special Topics I	3	cr hrs
MATS 533 Polymers and Polymer-based Composite Materials	3	cr hrs
OEN 698 Master's Thesis	3	cr hrs

*Opto-electronics Track:*
EEN 661 Optics and Lasers	3	cr hrs
EEN 621 Electromagnetic Field Theory	3	cr hrs
OEN 630 Opto-electronic Devices	3	cr hrs
OEN 650 Microelectromechanical Systems	3	cr hrs
OEN 690 Applied Optics Research Seminar	3	cr hrs
PHY 653 Solid State Physics	3	cr hrs
OEN 698 Master's Thesis	3	cr hrs

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