Introduction

The discipline of Electrical Engineering is at the core of today's technology-driven society. Personal computers, computer-communications networks, integrated circuits, optical technologies, digital signal processors, and wireless communications systems have revolutionized the way we live and work, and extraordinary advances in these fields are announced every day. Because today's society truly is a technological society, graduate education in electrical engineering offers exceptional opportunities for financial security and personal satisfaction.

The Department of Electrical Engineering at SMU offers a full complement of courses at the master's and Ph.D. level in communications, information technology, communications networks, digital signal processing, lasers and optoelectronics, electromagnetics and microwaves, microelectronics, VLSI design, systems and control, and image processing and computer vision. The courses and curriculum are designed and continuously updated to prepare the student for engineering research, design, and development at the forefront of these fields.

A professionally-oriented master's degree in Telecommunications, the MS in Telecommunications, is also offered through the Electrical Engineering Department, and courses in this curriculum (designated EETS) prepare the student for leadership roles in Telecommunications Systems management and planning, and for developing new telecommunications products, services, and applications.