Academic Regulations for M.E.E.
The following is a summary of some of the academic regulations
concerning graduate students as stated in the
General Announcements and
augmented by department policy. Students are advised to review the
complete list of academic regulations in the General Announcements, in
the section providing general information for graduate students and in
the section describing the Department of Electrical and Computer
Engineering.
Courses of Study
Graduate students may register for courses of study only with the
approval of their departmental advisors or chair. Similary, students
are allowed to drop or add courses only if departmental approval has
been given.
Course Hour Requirements
The M.E.E. degree requires 10 courses, totaling at least 30 semester
hours of study, 27 of which must be done at Rice.
Grade Standards
Students must achieve at least a B (3.00) average in the courses
counted toward a graduate degree. In addition, no course in which the
student earned a grade lower than a C may count toward a graduate
degree.
Probationary Status
A graduate student is considered to be on probationary status whenever
the cumulative GPA, or the GPA for one semester falls below 2.33. A
second semester of probationary status will lead to dismissal by the Office of Graduate Studies unless a
plea for exception is presented by the student's department and
approved by the Graduate Council. A student may be dismissed by
departmental action after only one semester of performance at the
probationary level.
Transferring Graduate Credit to Rice
A student may transfer no more than 3 hours of course credit from a
graduate program at another university for the M.E.E. degree
requirements. Transfer of credit is subject to approval by the Graduate Committee.
Course Credits from another Graduate Program at
Rice
Students may use course credits earned in another graduate program only
if the Graduate Committee determines that those courses would have been
approved had the student been enrolled as a graduate student in the
department, in accordance with general guidelines regarding course
requirements for the degree.