Graduate Certificate in Electrical Engineering at Pennsylvania State University

The Electrical Engineering Post-Baccalaureate Credit Certificate provides working professionals specific electrical engineering subject knowledge or an additional breadth of electrical engineering knowledge that can support career goals or needs. This certificate provides flexibility for students to choose online technical electives that best suit their needs, without stipulation of required courses. Nine (9) electrical engineering course credit hours with a 'C" or better are required. All completed electrical engineering certificate courses with a grade of 'B' or better can be applied to the Electrical Engineering M.Eng. degree program offered through World Campus, subject to restrictions outlined in GCAC-309 Transfer Credit. Certificate students who wish to have certificate courses applied towards a graduate degree in Electrical Engineering must apply and be admitted to that degree program. Admission to the Electrical Engineering graduate degree program is a separate step and is not guaranteed. Students who earn the electrical engineering certificate with an overall GPA of 3.0 are encouraged to apply for the Electrical Engineering M.Eng. program offered through World Campus and will not need to submit letters of reference with their application. Electrical engineering technical elective subjects include: power systems, electronic communication systems, control systems and signal processing.

1. KNOWLEDGE. Graduates will be able to demonstrate understanding of principles in electrical engineering knowledge in either a broad sense of electrical engineering topics or focused subject area.
2. CRITICAL THINKING. Graduates will be able to conceptualize, evaluate and formulate electrical engineering problems, as well as perform the analyses required for problem defining and solving.
3. PROBLEM SOLVING. Graduates will be able to apply advanced knowledge, techniques, skills and use software simulation to solve electrical engineering problems.
4. COMMUNICATE. Graduates will be able to effectively communicate, using Penn State online learning resources, their solutions to electrical engineering problems, including the use of software simulation tools such as MATLAB.
5. PROFESSIONALISM. Graduates will be able to demonstrate professionalism, including the accomplishment of timely assignments and professional communication.