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Instructions for Applying to the Wireless Certificate Program.
Grad Certs will now be using the FACTS Non-degree On-line Enrollment form for
students who are new to USF, or have not taken a course for 12 months and need to
re-activate their enrollment.
This is used to set up the student account in OASIS and assign the USF-ID. It
also allows the student to pay the application fee by credit card or e-check.
Please visit
http://www.outreach.usf.edu/gradcerts/admissions.asp to review the new link
and refer students who have questions about the procedure to Graduate Certificates
at 4-2442.
The Department Approval form* will continue to be a manual form the student
completes and submits along with letter, resume and transcripts. However, we will
now scan these documents and e-mail them to certificate advisors. The e-mail
subject line will say: “Graduate Certificate application.” Please print out the
Department Approval forms daily and get the certificate director signature if the
application is complete. Return the Department Approval form to us in SVC1072 by
campus mail. This will eliminate the mailing time on the front end and expedite the
overall application process.
Note that in the EE Department, there is specific Wireless Certificate form that
MUST be approved by Dr. Dunleavy. Also remember that unless Dr. Dunleavy approved
the specific EE form that an applicant will not be addmitted to Wireless
certificate program. Applying to the USF Certificate program and paying the
application fee does not guarantee admittance to the Wireless Certificate Program.
Note: The Wireless certificate is a Post Bachelors Certificate. All applicants
must have BSEE degree in Electrical Engineering or a Bachelor's degree in a very
closely related engineering field.
Also see: Tuition costs,
etc website for more information. Also: the Oasis system.
Student Eligibility and Admission Criteria: Students must apply and be accepted
into the graduate certificate area of study to
be eligible to receive a certificate. The prerequisites and general criteria of
eligibility for admission to any graduate certificate area of study include:
An earned baccalaureate degree or its equivalent from a regionally accredited
college or university or enrollment in a USF five-year academic program is
required. Students in five-year academic programs may be admitted upon completion
of 120 semester hours.
The application process is the same as for graduate students. The Departmental
Approval form, letter of interest and resume should be submitted. There is no
application fee.
Dr. Dunleavy must approve your choice of four courses for the wireless certificate.
APEX Certificate ONLY students MUST register for the "certificate specific sections"
of the courses they are taking in order to receive the pricing of classes specific to
them.
Degree seeking students at USF who are also applying for a wireless certicate will
register for the "regular" sections of these courses whether classroom or
web-based.
Then - AFTER COMPLETION OF THE CERTIFICATE there is the formal
request to receive your certificate ("Completion
Form") that must be filled out and mailed to the Electrical Engineering
Department for departmental and college approval and then forwarded to the
Graduate Certificate Program (with your transcripts) for approval. It takes
about six weeks for your certificate to be printed and signed and mailed to the
address on your completion form.
This certificate consists of 12 credit hours. There is special pricing for
fully online graduate certificates. For those who are not residents of Florida
the tuition and fees for the 2007/2008 academic year would be approximately $1507
per 3-credit course. This
includes
base tuition, the online graduate certificate fee, the college of engineering fee
and the university's flat fee. This comes to approximately $6031 for four courses,
or 12 credit hours. Please note that non-florida residents would initially be
charged the out of state
rate, but then would receive a waiver which comes out to the amount stated above.
The above rate is subject to change.
Five-year students: A student enrolled in a 5-year program may apply to a graduate
certificate after completing 120 credit hours. However, graduate certificate
credits may not be included in that total. The certificate credits would have to be
applied to the master's degree work, or those credits taken after 120 hours is
achieved. Here is the applicable rule from the Graduate Council Policies for
Graduate Certificates:
| Brief Description: This
certificate recognizes post-bachelors preparation for
engineering of
modern wireless circuits, antennas and communication systems. The
applicable course list allows significant flexibility to accommodate
variability in student preparation and course scheduling. The program
allows emphasis to be placed in either circuits and antennas or systems
and networks, while requiring exposure to both. All applicants to the Certificate Program MUST provide Official Transcripts proving they have a BSEE degree. Applicable courses: Under the supervision of a certificate faculty advisor, students will select 12 credits of course work from the following options, The plan will allow 4 approved 3 credit courses to suffice. Alternately,one of these 3 credit chunks could be comprised of Wireless Seminar combined with either the WAMI Lab or the 2 credit (lecture only) version of the RF & MW Meas. offered each Spring. (Note: Upon departmental certificate advisor approval, substitution may be allowed for a course not on the below list, if consistent with the certificate’s intent. ) |
This fully on-line graduate certificate requires the completion of 12 credit hours. All courses must receive a "A" or "B" grade.
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Fall 08 certificate only specific courses
CERN: 88439 - EEL 5462 - 401 - Antenna Theory
CERN: 88440 - EEL 6534 - 401 - Digital Communications Systems
For help with registration, contact Gayla at: gayla@eng.usf.edu with your full name and USF ID number plus the reference number of the course.. |
Students may focus
on one or more wireless engineering areas.
Courses are to be selected under the
supervision of the certificate program advisor from the following options:
Required course credits (12 credit hours):
RF and Microwave courses (2 to 9 credits required)
Wireless Communications & Systems courses - (2 to 9 credits required)
Adv. Wireless Communications (3)
Independent Study (1 credit if needed in the event a 2 credit class is used above)
EEL 6908 - Independent Study (Project) (1)
EEL 5935 - Special Elec. Eng. Topics I: Wireless Seminar (1)