Every M.S. program must meet all the Basic Requirements for the Master's Degree delineated in the current Graduate College bulletin and each student is responsible for insuring compliance with these requirements. In addition, the specific AME requirements for the appropriate M.S. plan options delineated below must be met.
This plan requires satisfactory completion of 24 course credit hours and six credit hours of research thesis enrollment (AME 5980). The course credit hours shall consist of:
Examination requirements consist of approval of the thesis by the supervising professor and a satisfactory thesis defense before an examining committee comprised of the supervising professor and at least two other graduate faculty members. An M.S. candidate has only one opportunity to defend his or her thesis.
This plan requires satisfactory completion of 36 hours of graduate-level coursework. These 36 hours shall include:
Examination requirements consist of satisfactory completion of the comprehensive examination covering the major fields offered for the degree program. This examination is normally offered as a written/oral examination and should be completed prior to or in the projected final semester of a student's M.S. program. A student who fails to perform satisfactorily on this exam may be permitted, at the discretion of the Examination Committee, to retake the examination one time.