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Department of Mechanical Engineering

Foundation Track

A total of 30 hours are required for the M.S. degree. At least 18 must be in MCEN courses, or 15 must be in MCEN courses with 6 MCEN thesis hours.

In addition to the coursework for each track, M.S. students are required to take two semesters of Graduate Seminar, MCEN 5027. This class is pass/fail and is attendance based. It does NOT count towards the 30 credit hours required for the degree. Attendance is required at 2/3 of the seminars for a passing grade.

Core Courses (15 hours)
MCEN 5020 Methods of Eng Anal (3)
MCEN 5021 Fluid Mechanics (3)
MCEN 5022 Classical Thermodynamics (3)
MCEN 5023 Solid Mechanics (3)
MCEN 5024 Materials Chemistry & Structure (3)

Enrichment Courses ( 6 hours)
Any MCEN graduate level course
Some courses may have prerequisites.
Additional courses may be approved on a petition basis.

Elective Courses (9 hours) 5000 Level or Above

Thesis Requirements (Optional) (These 9 hours would replace 9 hours of elective courses above)
MCEN 5208 Intro to Research (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)
MCEN 6959 Masters Thesis (3)