ECE Graduate Courses List
See the UA Course Catalog for full course descriptions.
Core Courses
| Course Number | Course Title | Offered | Available Online | Core |
| ECE 500A | Photonic Communications Engineering I A | Fall | ||
| ECE 500B | Photonic Communications Engineering I B | Fall | ||
| ECE 500C | Photonic Communications Engineering I C | Fall | ||
| ECE 501B | Advanced Linear Systems Theory | Fall | Yes | ECE, QISE |
| ECE 501C | Data Management | Fall | Yes | CSE |
| ECE 502C | Operating System Design | Spring | CSE, SFWE | |
| ECE 503 | Probability and Random Processes for Engr Appls | Fall | Yes | ECE, QISE |
| ECE 503A | Mathematical Methods for Optics & Photonics | Spring | ||
| ECE 503C | Algorithms Design and Analysis for Engr Appls | Fall | Yes | CSE |
| ECE 504 | Optical Spectroscopy of Materials | Spring (odd years) | ||
| ECE 505C | Advanced Data Structures | Spring | CSE, SFWE | |
| ECE 506 | Reconfigurable Computing | Spring | ECE, CSE | |
| ECE 506C | Compiler Design | Fall | CSE | |
| ECE 507 | Digital VLSI Systems Design | Fall | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 508 | Agent-Based Simulation | Spring | Yes | |
| ECE 509 | Cyber Security - Concept, Theory, Practice | Spring | CSE | |
| ECE 511 | Numeric Modeling of Physics & Biological Systems | Fall | ||
| ECE 513 | Web Development and the Internet of Things | Contact Dept. | ||
| ECE 514A | Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems | Spring | ||
| ECE 515 | Microelectronics Manufacturing and the Environment | Fall | ||
| ECE 517 | Measurement and Data Analysis in Biomedical Engr. | Spring | ||
| ECE 522 | Trustworthy AI and ML | |||
| ECE 523 | Engr. Appls of Machine Learning and Data Analytics | Spring | Yes | ECE, CSE |
| ECE 524 | Fundamentals of Cloud Security | Spring | ||
| ECE 525 | Intro to Deep Learning: An Engr Perspective | Fall | ECE, CSE, SFWE | |
| ECE 527 | Holography and Diffractive Optics | Fall | Yes | |
| ECE 529 | Digital Signal Processing | Fall | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 530 | Optical Communication Systems | Fall | Yes | |
| ECE 531 | Software Defined Radio | Fall | Yes | |
| ECE 532 | Digital Image Analysis | Spring (alt. yrs.) | Yes | |
| ECE 533 | Digital Image Processing | Spring (alt. yrs.) | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 534 | Advanced Topics in Optical and Electronic Materials | Spring (even yrs) | QISE | |
| ECE 535A | Digital Communications Systems | Spring | ECE, QISE | |
| ECE 536A | Free-Space Optical Communications Systems | Spring | QISE | |
| ECE 537 | Digital Communications Systems II | Fall | ECE | |
| ECE 538 | Radar Signal Processing | Fall | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 539A | From Photonics Innovation to the Marketplace | Spring | Yes | QISE |
| ECE 540 | Quantum Sensing and Quantum Machine Learning | Fall | ECE, QISE Reqd. | |
| ECE 541A | Automatic Control | Fall | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 542 | Digital Control Systems | Spring | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 543 | Quantum Communications and Quantum Networks | Spring (odd yrs.) | Yes | ECE, QISE Reqd. |
| ECE 544 | Information Theory with Quantum Light | Spring | ||
| ECE 546 | Semiconductor Processing | Fall | Yes | |
| ECE 550 | Analog Integrated Circuits | Fall | ECE | |
| ECE 554 | Electronic Packaging Principles | Spring | Yes | |
| ECE 555 | Intro to Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Info Proc. | Spring | ECE, QISE Reqd. | |
| ECE 556 | Optoelectronics | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 559 | Fundamentals of Optics for Electrical Engineers | Fall | ECE | |
| ECE 562 | Computer Architecture and Design | Spring | Yes | ECE, CSE |
| ECE 563C | Introduction to Extended Reality (XR) | |||
| ECE 564 | Advanced Topics in Computer Networks | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 565 | Microelectronic Packaging Materials | Spring | ||
| ECE 566 | Knowledge-System Engineering | Spring | ||
| ECE 568 | Introduction to Parallel Processing | Spring | ||
| ECE 569 | High-Perf. Computing: Technology, Arch., and Algs | Spring | Yes | ECE, CSE |
| ECE 571 | Fundamentals of Information and Network Security | Spring | Yes | CSE |
| ECE 572 | Des., Model., and Sim. for High-Tech. Sys. in Med. | Fall | ||
| ECE 573 | Software Engineering Concepts | Spring | SFWE | |
| ECE 574A | Computer-Aided Logic Design | Fall | Yes | ECE, CSE |
| ECE 575 | Adv. Cryptog. Tech's with Appls to Real-World Sys. | Fall | ||
| ECE 576A | Engineering of Computer Based Systems | Fall | ||
| ECE 576B | Embedded System Design and Optimization | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 577 | Computer System and Network Evaluation | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 578 | Fundamentals of Computer Networks | Fall | Yes | ECE, CSE |
| ECE 579 | Principles of Artificial Intelligence | Spring | Yes | CSE |
| ECE 581A | Electromagnetic Field Theory | Fall | ECE | |
| ECE 581B | Electromagnetic Field Theory | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 584 | Antenna Theory and Design | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 586 | Microwave Engineering I: Passive Circuit Design | Fall | ECE | |
| ECE 587L | Photonic Communications Laboratory | Spring | ||
| ECE 588 | Microwave Engineering II: Active Circuit Design | Spring | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 632 | Advanced Optical Communication Systems | Spring | ||
| ECE 633 | Quantum Info Proc. and Quantum Error Correction | Fall | ECE, QISE | |
| ECE 635 | Error Correction | Fall | ECE, QISE | |
| ECE 636 | Information Theory | Fall | Yes | ECE |
| ECE 638 | Wireless Communications | Fall | ECE | |
| ECE 639 | Detection and Estimation in Engineering Systems | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 678 | Wireless Protocols | Spring | ECE | |
| ECE 695 | Colloquium | Fall | ||
| ECE 696B | Advanced Topics in Electrical Engineering | Fall, Spring | ||
| SFWE 501 | Software Assurance and Security | Spring | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 502 | Software DevSecOps | Fall | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 503 | Software Project Management | Fall | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 504 | Software Requirements Analysis and Test | Spring | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 505 | Software Architecture and Design | Fall | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 507 | Foundations of Software Engineering | Fall, Spring | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 509 | Cloud Computing Principles | Fall | SFWE | |
| SFWE 510 | Cloud-native | Spring | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 511 | Software for Industrial Control Systems | Fall | Yes | SFWE |
| SFWE 513 | Research Methods | Fall | Yes | SFWE |
Pre-approved Electives
| Course Number | Course Title | Offered | Available Online | Core |
| AME 545 | Renewable Energy Systems | Spring | Yes | |
| AME 555 | Introduction to System Identification Methods | Spring | Yes | |
| AME 556 | Nonlinear and Optimal Control | Spring | Yes | |
| AME 558 | Introduction to Advanced Control Theory | Fall | Yes | |
| AME 587 | Design of Mechatronic Systems | Spring | Yes | |
| BME 516 | Biomedical Imaging | Fall | ||
| BME 520 | Biophotonics | Spring | ||
| BME 547 | Sensors and Controls | Fall | ||
| BME 577 | Intro to Biomedical Informatics | Fall | ||
| BME 638 | Advanced Medical Imaging | Spring | ||
| BME 639 | Magnetic Resonance Imaging | |||
| CSC 533 | Computer Graphics | Spring | ||
| CSC 539 | Statistical Natural Language Processing | Fall | Yes | |
| CSC 544 | Advanced Data Visualization | Fall | ||
| CSC 585 | Algorithms for Natural Language Processing | Fall, Spring | ||
| CSC 588 | Machine Learning Theory | Fall, Spring | ||
| ENGR 514 | Law for Engineers/Scientists | Spring | Yes | QISE |
| ENGR 532 | Sports Analytics | Fall, Summer | Yes | |
| ENGR 567 | Financial Modeling for Innovation | Fall | Yes | QISE |
| ENTR 506 | Principles of Entrepreneurship | Fall, Summer | ||
| INFO 510 | Bayesian Modeling and Inference | Spring | ||
| INFO 523 | Data Mining and Discovery | Fall, Spring | Yes | |
| INFO 526 | Data Analysis and Visualization | Fall, Spring, Summer | Yes | |
| INFO 555 | Applied Natural Language Processing | Fall, Spring, Summer | Yes | |
| INFO 557 | Neural Networks | Fall | Yes | |
| INFO 579 | SQL/NoSQL Databases for Data and Information Science | Fall, Spring, Summer | Yes | |
| MATH 513 | Linear Algebra | Fall, Spring | ||
| MATH 515A | Introduction to Abstract Algebra | Fall | ||
| MATH 515B | Second Course in Abstract Algebra | Spring | ||
| MATH 517A | Group Theory | Fall (even yrs.) | ||
| MATH 517B | Group Theory | Spring (odd yrs.) | ||
| MATH 523A | Real Analysis | Fall | ||
| MATH 524 | Theory of Complex Variables | Spring | ||
| MATH 525A | Real Analysis of One Variable | Fall | ||
| Math 525B | Real Analysis of Several Variables | Spring | ||
| MATH 543 | Theory of Graphs and Networks | Fall (even yrs.) | ||
| MATH 546 | Theory of Numbers | Spring (odd yrs.) | ||
| MATH 547 | Combinational Mathematics | Spring (odd yrs.) | ||
| MATH 571A | Advanced Statistical Regression Analysis | Fall | Yes | |
| MATH 574M | Statistical Machine Learning | Spring | Yes | |
| MATH 581A | Methods of Applied Mathematics I | Fall | ||
| MATH 581B | Methods of Applied Mathematics II | Spring | ||
| MSE 547L | Semiconductor Processing Laboratory | Spring | ||
| OPTI 502 | Optical Design and Instrumentation I | Fall | Yes | |
| OPTI 505R | Diffraction and Interferometry | Spring | Yes | |
| OPTI 506 | Radiometry, Sources, and Detectors | Fall | Yes | |
| OPTI 507 | Solid-State Optics | Fall | ||
| OPT 509 | Statistical Optics | Fall | ||
| OPTI 511R | Optical Physics and Lasers | Spring | Yes | |
| OPTI 516 | Modern Astronomical Optics | Spring | Yes | |
| OPTI 536 | Intro to Image Science | Spring | Yes | |
| OPTI 570 | Quantum Mechanics | Fall | Yes | |
| OPTI 584 | Polarized Light and Polarimetry | Spring | ||
| OPTI 595B | Info in a Proton | Spring | Yes | QISE |
| OPTI 613 | Intro to Infrared Systems | Spring | Yes | |
| OPTI 636 | Noise in Imaging Systems | Fall | Yes | |
| OPTI 646 | Intro to Quantum Info & Computation | Fall | Yes | |
| OPTI 647B | Photonic Quantum Info Processing | Fall | QISE | |
| PHYS 534 | Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics | Fall (odd yrs.) | ||
| PHYS 570A | Quantum Mechanics | Fall | ||
| SIE 515 | Technical Sales & Marketing | Fall, Spring | Yes | QISE |
| SIE 522 | Engr. Decision Making Under Uncertainty | Fall | Yes | |
| SIE 531 | Simulation Modeling & Analysis | Fall, Spring | Yes | |
| SIE 533 | Fund of Data Science for Engineers | Fall | Yes | |
| SIE 540 | Survey of Optimization Methods | Spring | Yes | |
| SIE 549 | Optimization for Machine Learning | Spring | Yes | |
| SIE 554A | The Systems Engineering Process | Fall | Yes | |
| SIE 557 | Project Management | Fall | Yes | |
| SIE 565 | Supply Chain Management | Spring | Yes | |
| SIE 571 | Systems Cyber Security Engineering | Fall | Yes | |
| SIE 572 | Info Security & Research (INSuRE) | Spring | Yes |