ECE Graduate Courses 2026-27

This proposed schedule is subject to change. To review the most up-to-date listings of all courses, instructors, times and locations refer to GOLD (UCSB Student Gaucho On-line Data). If you do not have access to GOLD, refer to the UCSB Schedule of Classes (SoC).

Students are responsible for determining and completing the necessary prerequisites for all ECE courses, located in the UCSB General Catalog.

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Graduate Courses

Courses Offered: X = ECE Instructor | XD = External Dept Instructor

Number Graduate Courses F2026 W2027 S2027 M2027
201A Electromagnetic Theory I     X  
205 Information Theory   X    
210A Matrix Analysis and Computation X      
210B Numerical Simulation   XD    
210C Numerical Simulation of PDE - Finite Difference Methods     XD  
210D Numerical Solution of PDE - Finite Element Methods XD      
211A Engineering Quantum Mechanics I        
211B Engineering Quantum Mechanics II     X  
215A Fundamentals of Electronics Solids I   XD    
215B Fundamentals of Electronics Solids II     XD  
217 Molecular Beam Epitaxy & Band Gap Engineering     X  
218A Communication Electronics X      
218B Communication Electronics II   X    
218C Communication Electronics III     X  
220A Semiconductor Device Processing X      
220B Semiconductor Device Processing   X    
221A Semiconductor Device Physics I X      
221B Semiconductor Device Physics II     X  
224A VLSI Project Design X      
224B VLSI Project Testing     X  
225 High Speed Digital Integrated Circuit Design     X  
226 Level Set Methods   XD    
227A Semiconductor Lasers I X      
227B Semiconductor Lasers II     X  
228A Fiber Optic Communications   X    
228B Fiber Optic Components & Systems        
229 Hybrid Systems   X    
230A Linear Systems I X      
230B Linear Systems II        
232 Robust Control Theory        
235 Stochastic Processes in Engineering X      
236 Nonlinear Control Systems        
238 Advanced Control Design Laboratory X      
240 Optimal Estimation and Filtering   X    
241 Multimedia Compression        
242 Digital Signal Compression        
243A Digital Communication Theory X      
250 Wireless Communication & Networking        
251 Mobile Embedded Systems        
252B Computer Arithmetic        
253 Embedded System Design *NO      
254B Advanced Computer Architecture: Parallel Processing        
256C Advanced VLSI Architecture and Design   X    
257A Fault Tolerant Computing        
258 Multirate Digital Signal Processing        
261 Introduction to Nanophotonics   X    
262 Physics of Solar Cells        
269 Network Systems: Dynamics and Control        
270 Noncooperative Game Theory        
271A Principles of Optimization X      
271C Dynamic Optimization     X  
272A Machine Learning in Design and Test Automation X      
272B Artificial Intelligence in Design and Test Automation   X    
272C Principles of Verification and Test     X  
273 Tensor Computation for Machine Learning and Big Data X      
274 Neurally Inspired Computing Systems   X    
275 From Statistical Mechanics to Quantum Computing: A Unified View     X  
276 Geometric AI: Equivariant, Topological and Geometric Deep Learning   X    
277 Pattern Recognition        
278A Digital Image Processing     X  
278C Imaging Systems X      
280 Computer Graphics (see ECE 594Q (PS)        
281B Advanced Topics in Computer Vision   X    
282 Error Correcting Codes X      
283 Machine Learning: A Signal Processing Perspective     X  
284 Theoretical Machine Learning   X    
285 Advanced Image Synthesis X      
289 Introduction to Robotics - Dynamics & Control     X  
594 Special Topics in ECE        
594A Special Topics in ECE: Circuits X (LS)      
594B Special Topics in ECE: Systems Theory        
594BB Special Topics in ECE: Computer Engineering

 

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X (TM)
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594C Special Topics in ECE: Communication Systems        
594F Special Topics in ECE:  Solid State        
594L Special Topics in ECE: Computer Architecture     X (DS)  
594N Special Topics in ECE: Pattern Recognition X (PS)      
594Q Special Topics in ECE: Imaging Systems        
594R Special Topics in ECE        
594T Special Topics ECE: Robot Control    

 

  
594V Special Topics in ECE: Scientific Computation        
594Z Special Topics in ECE: Nanotechnology        

Last Updated: 5/18/2026

*TBA = To Be Announced
*NO = Not Offered
*XD = External Department

Special Topics = (instructor initials)

*C = Canceled