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Degree Requirements
M.S. Degree Requirements
A student will meet the Graduate School's requirements for the
master's degree (30 credits). There is a thesis option and a project
option. In
both options, the student is required to take MS 860, Thermodynamics
and Kinetics of Materials; MS 961, Thermodynamics and Kinetics
of Materials
II; one course each satisfying the areas of synthesis and processing,
characterization, and structure-property relationships and take
two semesters of MS 900,
Materials Science Seminar. For the thesis option, the student will
take one additional course (24 course credits) and six credits
of MS 899, Master's
Thesis. For the project option, the student will take two additional
courses (27 course credits) and three credits of MS 898, Master's
Project. All
students are expected to take at least six course credits at the 900
level.
Ph.D. Option Requirements
Students must complete 39 post-baccalaureate course credits. The student
is expected to take MS 860, Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials
I; MS 961, Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Materials II; one course
each satifying the areas of synthesis and processing, characterization,
and structure-property relationships and take two semesters of MS 900,
Materials Science Seminar. In addition, the student must take five
additional courses with at least 12 total credits at the 900 level
(including those courses taken at the Master's level).
The student will be advanced to candidacy after he/she has completed an M.S. degree or 24 credits of graduate courses with at least six credits at the 900 level and the qualifying examination. The qualifying exam shall consist of two parts. The student must present a written proposal adhering to NSF guidelines, followed by an oral defense of that proposal. In addition, the student must submit a substantive review paper and an oral presentation on that paper. A materials science program faculty committee will determine the subject of the paper. A substantive record of publication in conjunction with an oral presentation at a conference may substitute for the review paper. A materials science program faculty committee will decide whether the previous publication record is substantive. The committee will evaluate the paper, the proposal, and the two oral presentations to determine whether the student is suitably prepared for graduate research at the Ph.D. level. The proposal and paper for the qualifying exam should normally be completed within six months of completing 24 credits of coursework.
Upon the successful completion of the qualifying examination, the student
is advanced to candidacy and, upon the recommendation of the graduate
coordinator, a doctoral committee is appointed by the dean of the Graduate
School. The doctoral committee conducts an annual review of the student's
progress, supervises and approves the doctoral dissertation, and administers
the final dissertation defense.