Ph.D. Program of Study (POS)

The student in consultation with his/ her advisor and the PC must file a POS. The POS must meet general University requirements including residency and the need for rigorous fundamental knowledge of engineering principles. A minimum of 84 semester hours of credit, including six (6) hours of dissertation is required for the Ph.D. degree. A minimum of 36 hours of this total must be formal graduate-level course work including four core courses completed after the B.S. The PC for each student shall determine the content and total number of class hours on the POS subject to the following minimum requirements:

1. At least eighteen (18) hours in the major area
2. At least nine (9) hours of mathematics
3. At least nine (9) hours of other graduate level course work outside the candidate's major (research) area; thesemust be restricted to mathematics, engineering and/or science

Additional course work may be required to insure competence in a particular discipline area. Students are required to establish their PC and POS no later than the semester after successfully completing the qualifying criteria. The PC and the MAE Chair must approve any changes to the POS.