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MASTER’S PROGRAM HANDBOOK Table of Contents Page 1 INTRODUCTION 1 2 MASTER’S DEGREES 2 3 DEGREE REQUIREMENTS 2 3.1 Course and Credit-Hour Requirements 2 Total and ECE Graduate-Level Credit Hours2 Undergraduate Credit Hours3 Core Course Requirement3 Math Requirement3 Research Credit Requirement3 Summary of Course and Credit Hour Requirements3 3.2 Other Requirements 4 English Requirement4 Graduate Seminar Requirement4 Responsible Conduct of Research……………………………………………………………………….4 Residency Requirement4 4 MINIMUM ACADEMIC STANDARDS 5 5 MASTER’S ADVISORY COMMITTEE 5 6 MASTER’S PLAN OF STUDY 6 6.1 Preparing Your Plan of Study 6 6.2 Changing Your Plan of Study 7 6.3 Undergraduate, Transfer, and Excess Course Credits 8 Undergraduate Credits8 Transfer Credits 8 Excess Course Credits8 Special Approval Requirements8 7 REGISTRATION 9 7.1 First Semester Registration 9 7.2 Subsequent Semester Registrations 9 7.3 Academic Loads 10 7.4 Dropping and Adding Courses 10 8 MASTER’S THESIS AND FINAL EXAMINATION 10 9 CONTINUATION FOR THE PH.D. DEGREE 11 10 PETITIONS TO THE GRADUATE COMMITTEE 11 Appendix A: Mathematics Requirement12 Appendix B: English Requirement13 Appendix C: Filling Out The Masters Plan Of Study14 Appendix D: Thesis Preparation and Processing16 Appendix E: Masters Final Examination Information17 1 INTRODUCTION This handbook contains information about the Master’s program offered by the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at Purdue. Included