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ECE 600 Seminar in Electrical and Computer Engineering
REQUIRED — However, course enrollment is not necessary.

On-campus students attend ECE 600 for 2 semesters. Each semester there are about 8 required seminars plus 3 of your own choice. Each seminar is about 50 minutes. For each student, most of the 8 seminars are not in their area of interest. Some are on the boundaries of ECE and other areas. At least one can be a seminar on how to use the library. The idea is to make sure that the student is exposed to a *wide variety of topics*.

For off-campus students for whom it is not practical to attend the on-campus seminars, other ones may be used. Some can even be ones you went to in the past, as long as you have some documentation.

The ECE seminar requirement may be fulfilled by off-campus students through attending any of the following:

  • Short courses
  • Technical conferences
  • Seminars
  • Other similar approved activities

Off-campus MS students are required to fulfill the ECE seminar requirement through activity the ECE Graduate Committee deems equivalent to two semesters of attendance at ECE departmental seminars. Students must send a proposal for fulfillment of the requirement and a current resume to the committee. If the proposal is not approved the committee will recommend additional outside activities.

The committee judges the proposals mainly on the breadth and quantity of material to which the student will be exposed. Students should be exposed to novel ideas to the same extend as on-campus MS degree students.

The following are activities that would constitute sufficient exposure to seminars. Students may concentrate on one type of activity or focus on a combination of activities.

  • Short courses or workshops: Courses or workshops offered at students' places of employment, local college campuses or elsewhere are accepted, provided students can demonstrate breadth of subject matter beyond their specialty. Documentation should include a copy of registration materials and course handouts.
  • Technical conferences: Students may attend technical conferences containing sessions not directly related to their specialty. Students should make an effort to sit in on a wide variety of sessions. Documentation should include copies of registration forms and conference programs, as well as a listing of sessions attended.
  • Seminars: Lectures offered locally may be used, provided that most topics are outside of their specialty. Students must provide copies of seminar announcements and either their notes summarizing lectures or a signed statement by a supervisor verifying attendance.
  • Other similar experiences or activities: A variety of experiences beyond those mentioned may also constitute sufficient exposure to seminar-related activity. Such experience should meet the main criteria described above; documentation should be supplied confirming participation and the nature of the activity. you should have participated in approximately 25 hours of these activities.