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• Thesis, including the individual instruction thesis courses ECE 698A, and ECE 698B in the final semester of the master's degree;
• Report, including the individual instruction report course EE 398RECE 398R in the final semester of the master's degree; and
• No Thesis/No Report (Coursework Only).
Course Enrollment in course ECE 698A (research project) must precede enrollment in course ECE 698B (writing period); ECE 698A may not be repeated for credit. The student must register for ECE 698B in the semester they intend to graduate, and repeat the course as needed if the thesis is not completed by the Graduate School's submission deadline. The thesis cannot be accepted before the semester in which the student applies for graduation.
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For coursework taken at the University of Texas at Austin, a minimum grade point average (GPA) of 3.00 or greater or greater is required in on the master's Program of Work overall, combining major coursework grades and , separately, in supporting coursework grades. Moreover, students may count may count only one course with a letter grade less than B− B-minus, and no course with a letter grade less than C, toward the Program the Program of Work.
University policy also forbids transfer of coursework with a grade of less than B toward the Master’s Program of Work. Transfer of coursework must be approved by the Graduate School before completion of 12 hours of graduate coursework at UT Austin.
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