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for California State University, Fresno.
You are in the official 2008-2009 General Catalog
for California State University, Fresno.
The College of Engineering offers a Master of Science in Civil Engineering and in Engineering (with options in Electrical and Mechanical Engineering). Students at Lancaster University Center (LUC) may enroll in the Master of Science in Engineering program through the LUC coordinator. To contact advisers for information on individual programs, see the list of advisers on this page.
The Master of Science in Engineering program has the following goals: (1) to develop the students' advanced analytical skills by developing an in-depth understanding of major theoretical and practical engineering concepts; (2) to develop students' written and oral communication skills applied to technical areas; (3) to achieve an appropriate level of competence by the students in solving practical electrical or mechanical engineering problems; (4) to develop students' critical and creative thinking skills in mastering new topics required to understand and solve complex engineering problems; and (5) to allow the students to demonstrate a sufficient depth of knowledge in a substantive area of electrical or mechanical engineering to pursue advanced academic or industrial work.
The program has the following objectives: (1) to complete a minimum of 30 units of graduate coursework, including appropriate core courses, (2) to successfully demonstrate knowledge base in culminating experience, and (3) to enhance the students' career goals by increasing their theoretical, research, and problem-solving skills in applied engineering.
The program consists of the following:
A. Core Requirement (3 courses required) (9 units)
ENGR 202, 205, 206, 210
B. Elective Courses (15 units)
Approved upper division and graduate courses. Maximum of 9 upper-division
units.
See courses in Electrical Engineering
and courses in Mechanical Engineering.
C. Culminating Experience (6 units)
Choose between
Total (30 units)
Up to nine semester hours of satisfactory graduate credit may be transferred into the program from other institutions if not used in completing another graduate degree program. Undergraduate courses may be transferred if the courses were not used in completing another degree program. The total undergraduate upper-division semester hours applied to this degree program cannot exceed nine hours.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) Aptitude Test is required of all students prior to advancement to candidacy status.
The program requires extensive use of a computer; therefore, students are expected to have their own computer or access to one 24 hours a day.
Admission to the University. Requirements for admission to California
State University, Fresno are in accordance with Title 5, Chapter 1, Subchapter
3 of the California Code of Regulations.
Admission to the Program. Students who apply to the program are placed
in one of the following categories:
Degree Candidacy. The following requirements must be met prior to advancement to candidacy:
Nondegree students. Students with a bachelor's degree may take
graduate courses (concurrent with regular students) for credit or audit.
Prior approval is required.
The accelerated M.S. program will provide a path to students who are talented and want to acquire additional knowledge in specialized areas of interest, as a continuation of their B.S., within a short period of time. The benefits to the students that participate in the program are as follows:
Eligibility: A student who has completed 75 units of required and elective G.E., math, science, and engineering coursework required for his/her undergraduate program may apply to the accelerated graduate program.
Application Materials: To apply to the accelerated graduate program, a student must submit the following:
Timing of Application: Application may be made no sooner than at the beginning of the sixth semester of study of an undergraduate degree program. Students officially enter the program no earlier than the seventh semester of an eight-semester undergraduate program.
Requirements: The applicants must satisfy the following requirements:
Progress Toward Awarding of Degree: Students can take up to 10 units of courses that qualify for the M.S. program (but no more than 6 units of 200-level courses per semester) before completion of the B.S. program. Students shall not proceed with further graduate-level coursework until they have obtained the classified standing. The classified standing can be obtained by filing the appropriate form with the Office of Graduate Studies after the completion of the B.S.
Awarding of Degree: Students must meet all programmatic requirements
for each degree. This implies that no coursework, project, independent study,
etc., may be simultaneously applied toward meeting the requirements of the
B.S. and M.S. Students must complete the requirement for the B.S. at least
two semesters prior to completing the requirement for the M.S.
Engineering (ENGR)
ENGR 202. Applied Engineering Analysis (3)
Study of analytical tools used in the analysis and modeling of engineering
systems. Emphasis is placed on solving problems in engineering disciplines.
ENGR 205. Computing in Engineering Analysis (3)
Prerequisite: a first course in numerical analysis at the graduate level.
Solution of engineering problems using digital computation. Modeling of
engineering systems for numerical analysis.
ENGR 206. Probability Theory and Statistical Analysis (3)
A first course in probability theory and statistical analysis at the graduate
level. Finite sample spaces, conditional probability and independence, one-dimensional
random variables, functions of random variables, two- and higher-dimensional
random variables, poisson and other discrete random variables, continuous
random variables, moment-generating function, reliability theory, sums of
random variables, samples and sampling distributions, estimation of parameters,
testing hypothesis.
ENGR 210. Linear Control Systems (3)
A first-year graduate course covering the analysis, synthesis, and performance
of linear control systems. Partial fraction expansion, Routh's criterion,
the impulse function. Basic servo characteristics and types, block diagrams,
transfer functions. A detailed treatment of the root locus method for analysis
and synthesis. Frequency response, logarithmic and polar plots, Nyquist's
criterion, stability characteristics, phase margin and gain margin.
ENGR 212. Advanced Control Systems (3)
Prerequisite: ENGR 210 or permission of coordinator. Describing function
analysis of nonlinear control systems; phase-plane analysis; Liapunov stability
analysis; discrete-time systems; z-transform-method; linear stochastic systems;
application of statistical design principles; optimal and adaptive control
systems; digital control systems.
For a complete listing and descriptions of all graduate courses, see
Electrical Engineering and Mechanical Engineering.
Courses
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