Specific Requirements for the Ph.D. Degree
Please refer to the MSE Graduate Handbook for specific degree requirements. Students are required to maintain a cumulative 3.3 GPA in all their coursework.
Coursework
As a minimum, every Ph.D. Program of Study in MSE must include:
- 72 total credits
- A minimum of 21 coursework credits, including:
- course credits necessary to satisfy the MSE core requirements
- course credits necessary to satisfy the MSE Core supplement and Pre-doctoral qualification
- non-MSE credits, approved by the Graduate Program Committee for graduate credit.
- GrSt Responsible Conduct of Research
- A minimum of 36 credits of MSE 699 (research – graded as A,B,C,D,F)
- Ph.D. degree students will be required to have 5 credits of MSE 601X (SEMINAR) to receive the Ph.D. degree. Students earn 1 credit for each semester of attendance at the seminars. This requirement will become effective for Ph.D. students graduating in Spring, 2012 or later. Students with special circumstances that prevent them from attending a sufficient number of semesters of seminars to meet the requirement may petition the Graduate Studies Committee to have this rule waived.
- 1 credit of Professional Practice: Carrying Responsible Research course (currently
- ChE 565, but will also be a cross-listed MSE course)
Note: Eligibility for the Ph.D. Preliminary Examination requires a minimum grade point
average of 3.30 for all MSE graduate coursework and for all MSE 699 credits (computed separately).
The Ph.D. Core Requirement
As a part of the coursework requirements, Ph.D. students are required to complete an 18-
credit core. To satisfy the core requirement, a Ph.D. student must:
- Complete MSE 510, MSE 520, MSE 530, and MSE 540 (earning a grade of “B” (not B-) or better in each course, as described in the next section); and
For more information about the requirements, visit the MSE Graduate Handbook.
Past Handbooks
For more information on the previous catalogs, see past handbooks: