MS Plan A

Credit requirements for M.S.M.E. degree

● Note: A significant revision in the graduate course requirements was implemented for students entering in Fall 2021 or later. If you entered the program before that time, you may follow the course requirements from the time you entered.

Thesis based M.S. plan (Plan A): The M.S. Plan A degree is intended for students interested in research. Students must develop a course plan in consultation with their research advisor and record the plan in the GPAS Planner. The degree requires successful completion of the following credits:

○  20 graduate-level course credits taken on an A/F grade basis (with the exception of graduate seminar which are taken on a S/N grade basis) must be completed.  All courses must be graduate level courses with significant scientific or engineering content. In general, courses should be 5XXX and 8XXX level courses offered within the College of Science and Engineering. Coursework must include the following:

■        One math course from the following list:

●        Any 3 or 4 credit graduate MATH class except MATH 50XX

●        CHEN/MATS 8201-Applied Mathematics

●        CSCI 5304 - Computational Aspects of Matrix Theory

●        ME8012 Mathematical Methods for Mechanical Engineering

■        Two core courses selected from any of the foundational topical areas below which includes Controls and System Dynamics, Design and Manufacturing, Fluid Mechanics, Reacting Systems, and Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer. 

●        Controls and System Dynamics:

○        ME 5281 - Analog and Digital Control

○        ME 8281 - Advanced Control System Design I

○        ME 8282 - Advanced Control System Design II

●        Design and Manufacturing:

○        ME 5223 - Materials in Design OR ME 8222 

○        ME 5243 - Advanced Mechanism Design

○        ME 5247 - Applied Stress Analysis

●        Fluid Mechanics:

○        ME 5332 - Intermediate Fluid Mechanics

○        ME 8332 - Advanced Fluid Dynamics in Mechanical Engineering

●        Reacting Systems:

○        ME 8111- Multiphase Systems

○        ME 8361 - Molecular Gas dynamics

○        ME 5446 - Intro Combustion OR[1] ME 5113 (Aerosol/particle engineering)

●        Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer:

○        ME 8341 - Conduction

○        ME 8342 - Convection

○        ME 8343 - Radiation

■        One research and professional ethics course taught during orientation.

■        1 or 2 seminar credits taken on a S/N grade basis. Seminars may be taken in other CSE departments but must have significant scientific or engineering content. Note the same seminar course with the same designation may be taken in multiple semesters.  Seminar credits count towards the 20 required course credits.

■        Six credits may be taken for a designated minor.

                                  ○  10 thesis credits (ME 8777).
           ■        A minimum of ten (10) 8XXX-level course credits within the College of Science and Engineering. 

[1] One of these two classes can only be considered as a core class. In the case that both classes are taking, one should be taking as an elective class.