Admission from USC

It was long long journey until I received an admission letter.
I'm very pleased to write this article 'NOW' ^^
Anyway, it's the time to prepare for graduate study.


[Department of Electrical Engineering]

• Master of Science
• Research
• Professors
  1) Gaurav S. Sukhatme
  2) Viktor Prasanna
• http://nanolab.usc.edu/
• Koreans
  - Jeong-Yoon Lee: Change Major(EE > CS)
  - Taek-Jun Kwon
  - Inkwon Hwang
  - Kyu Jeong Han
• MSCEEVL - Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (VLSI DESIGN)
  - Degree Requirements: A GPA of 3.0 must be earned on all 400-level and above course work.
  
  . EE 536a: Mixed-Signal Integrated Circuit Design (Prerequisite: EE 479)
  . EE 577a: VLSI System Design (Prerequisite: EE 477)
  . EE 577b: VLSI System Design (Prerequisite: EE 577a)
  . EE 552: Asynchronous VLSI Design
  
  - two courses from one of the following areas and one course from a second area:
  . Area 1: CSCI 455x, EE 560, EE 577b (see above), EE 658, EE 680 and EE 681
  CSCI 455x: Introduction to Programming Systems Design
  EE 560: Digital System Design --  Tools and Techniques
  EE 680: Computer Aided Design of Digital Systems
  
  . Area 2: EE 448, EE 504L, EE 536b (see above), EE 537 and EE 630
  EE 448: Comunication Electronics
  EE 504L: Solid State Processing and Integrated Circuits Laboratory
  EE 537: Modern Solid-State Devices
  
  . Area 3: CSCI 455x, CSCI 570, EE 557, EE 577b (see above), EE 659, EE 677
  
  
• MSCENG - Master of Science in Computer Engineering
  - ENTRANCE REQUIREMENT COURSES
  . CSCI 455 Introduction to Programming Systems Design
  . EE 357 Basic Organization of Computer Systems
  
  - FUNDAMENTAL COURSES
  . CSCI 402x Operating Systems
  . EE 450 Introduction to Computer Networks or EE 465 Probabilistic Methods in Computer Sytems Modeling
  . EE 457x Computer Systems Organization
  . EE 477 MOS VLSI Circuit Design
  
  - CORE COURSES
  . EE 550 Design and Analysis of Computer Communication Networks or EE 555 Broadband Network Architectures
  . EE 557 Computer Systems Architecture
  . EE 577a VLSI System Design

[Computer Science Department]

• Research
  
  
• Keith Price
  1) Computer Vision Lab
  2) Ph.D. Students: Eunyoung Kim
  
  
• Korean Students
  1) Jeongyeup Paek
  
  

[Academic Policies]

• Catalogue
• Language Academy
• American Language Institute
• Schedule of Classes
  - Fall 2009
  - EE
• Defer
• Intent to Enroll
  
• USC FAQ by Gaurang Khetan
  
• Orientation website
  
• Office of International Services website
  

[Financial Aid]

• Estimated Budget
  - Tuition: 1,331 * 18(9units*2) = 23,958
  - Living Expenses: 15,000
  - Sum : 38,958
• Fellowships