All graduate degrees offered by the School of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering include specific mathematical or math/science course requirements.
The Master’s program requires a minimum of three credit hours of mathematical content courses, with a recommended three hours from the Department of Mathematics. Doctoral programs require a minimum of six credit hours taken in mathematics or science topics.Specific courses shall be chosen within the following general guidelines, and with the advice and approval, as appropriate, of the student’s major professor,doctoral advisory committee, and the Graduate Liaison.
These courses emphasize the identification and solution of applications-oriented problems and models. They are designed for math-users and will beneficially contribute to most programs of graduate study in engineering.
It is the responsibility of each student to verify current MATH prerequisites(or alternative background acceptable to the course teacher) at the time of enrollment.
Other graduate level courses from the Department of Mathematics with content and level that will make an appropriate, beneficial contribution to the students total program of study. Courses must be approved in advance by the AME Graduate Liaison.
This group includes more advanced mathematically oriented topics as well as introductory graduate courses that emphasize math theory. These latter courses may constitute a preferred sequence for graduate students who expect to under take advanced work in applied mathematics and computational techniques or to elect a substantial number of 5000 and 6000 level MATH courses.
Taught within the College of Engineering these courses may be used to fulfill a part of these mathematical requirements. Currently approved courses include:
Generally chosen from approved graduate credit courses these courses are offered in the physical science departments. Courses offered in the College of Engineering that focus predominantly on science rather than on applied science and engineering may also be approved for these scientific electives; for example, CH E 5453 Polymer Science, CH E 5673 Colloid and Surface Science, etc. The science electives should be approved by the doctoral advisory committee.
