Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

January 2008

PLAN FOR COMPLETING THE TECHNICAL QUALIFYING EXAMINATION
IN AREAS I, III, IV, V, VII

Name _________________________________________________ MIT ID #: _______________________________

Date submitted _______________________ e-mail _____________________________ Area __________________

If you do not intend to continue for the doctorate,

 please check here, sign and return the form_____

Circle two subject numbers in the table of basic topic areas below.   (The names of the subjects are on the reverse side of this form.)  These subjects will be the basis for the written examinations that you will take on May 28, 2008.  The choice of basic topic areas may  be changed up until May 21, 2008 by submitting a new plan.

Circle two subject numbers from the list of advanced topic areas below.  Do not circle more than one subject in any cell.  If you have already received a grade in the subject, enter the grade in the cell.  Please enter the term in which you took or will take the subject in the cell (e.g. FT07 is the term starting in September 2007, ST08 is the term starting in February 2008).  Prior to Drop Date of Spring Term 2009, changes in your choices may be made by submitting a new version of this form; after that date, a petition to the Committee on Graduate Students is required.

THIS FORM IS DUE IN THE GRADUATE OFFICE, 38-444, BY FEBRUARY 8, 2008.

YOUR SIGNATURE: _____________________________________________________________________________

GRADUATE COUNSELOR’S SIGNATURE_________________________________________________________

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For Graduate Office use only:

Status:     app          oral          subj _____              TA _____               comp       del

Letters:    T1, 1a      T2           T3           T4           T5, 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d, 5e              T6           T7           T8, 8a, 8b

Committee:  _____________________________________________________________________________________

For students in Areas I, III, IV, V, VII

Basic Topic Areas

                                6.002                       Circuits and Electronics

                                6.003                       Signals and Systems

                                6.012                       Microelectronic Devices and Circuits

                                6.013                       Electromagnetics and Applications

                                6.041                       Probabilistic Systems Analysis

Advanced Topic Areas

                                6.241                       Dynamic Systems and Control (FT)

                                6.251*                     Introduction to Mathematical Programming (FT)

                                6.255*                     Optimization Methods (FT)

                                6.262                       Discrete Stochastic Processes (ST)

                                6.334                       Power Electronics (ST)

                                6.336                       Introduction to Numerical Simulation (FT)

                                6.341**                   Discrete-Time Signal Processing (FT)

                                6.374                       Analysis and Design of Digital Integrated Circuits (FT)

                                6.376****               Low Power Analog VLSI (FT)

                                6.437***                 Inference and Information (ST

                                6.438***                 Algorithms for Estimation and Inference(ST)

                                6.450                       Principles of Digital Communication I (FT)

                                6.521                       Quantitative Physiology:  Cells and Tissues (FT)

                                6.522                       Quantitative Physiology:  Organ Transport Systems (ST)

                                6.551                       Acoustics of Speech and Hearing (FT)                  

6.555**                   Biomedical Signal and Image Processing (ST)

                                6.561                       Fields, Forces, and Flows in Biological Systems (FT)

                                6.630                       Electromagnetics (FT)

                                6.631*****             Optics and Photonics (FT)

                                6.632*****             Electromagnetic Wave Theory (ST)

                                6.641                       Electromagnetic Fields, Forces and Motion (ST)

                                6.720                       Integrated Microelectronic Devices (ST)

                                6.728******           Applied Quantum and Statistical Physics (FT)

                                6.730******           Physics for Solid-State Applications (ST)

                                6.775*** *              CMOS Analog and Mixed-Signal Circuit Design (ST)

                                6.777                       Design and Fabrication of MEMS (ST)

                                6.823                       Computer System Architecture (FT)

                                                *              You may not choose both 6.251 and 6.255                                           

                **            You may not choose both 6.341 and 6.555

                ***          You may not choose both 6.437 and 6.438

                ****        You may not choose both 6.376 and 6.775

                *****      You may not choose both 6.631 and 6.632

                                                ******    You may not choose both 6.728 and 6.730