The ECE PhD program requires a Program of Work consisting of at least thirty semester hours of graduate level classroom instruction courses (ten three-hour courses) taken for a letter grade and not used toward an undergraduate degree nor a prior PhD. PhD students must maintain a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.33 within the graduate program at the University of Texas at Austin prior to completing the PhD Program of Work.
The Program of Work is divided into the following categories.
- At least 24 hours must be at the graduate level.
- 18 hours must be “Major Coursework”.
- 6 hours must be “Supporting Coursework”.
- At least 12 hours of the 30 must be taken for graduate credit at UT-Austin.
- 6 hours must be “Supporting Coursework”.
Students must complete the full requirements of the PhD Program of Work prior to attempting 9 hours of classroom coursework that cannot be used toward the PhD Program of Work, except as approved for other purposes.*
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For coursework taken at The University of Texas at Austin, a minimum grade point average of 3.35 33 is required in major coursework and, separately, in supporting coursework within the Program of Work, and no course with a grade of less than a B- may be counted toward the Program of Work. University policy also forbids use of any course with a grade of less than B toward the Program of Work. The Program of Work including coursework taken at another university also should meet these standards.
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