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The Ohio State University

College of Engineering


MS with thesis degree requirements

The master's degree program is designed to give students the opportunity to gain additional knowledge and necessary skills in a specific area of Materials Science. A thesis option master's degree is made up of two primary aspects; academic course work and research used to support a written document. The requirements for the M.S. with thesis degree, as established by the MSE Graduate Studies Committee, are as follows:

I 45 total graduate credit hours are required for an MS degree.

Courses that apply toward the degree:

  • MSE courses at the 600 level or above that may be taken for graduate credit.
  • Non-MSE courses at the 500 level or greater in the hard-sciences, math, and engineering that may be taken for graduate credit.

A Of these 45 hours, at least 21 must be graded graduate level courses.

  1. Of these 21 hours, at least 15 credit hours MUST be taken in MSE (thus allowing for up to 6 hours of non-MSE study to count toward fulfillment of an MSE Master's degree--it is understood that all 6 hours are to be related to the student's area of materials study unless previously approved by the Graduate Studies Committee).
  2. Of these 15 hours in MSE, at least 6 credit hours MUST be taken at the 700 level or greater in MSE.

B At least 24 credit hours may come from other courses, besides those listed in A1&2, to bring the total graduate credit hours to 45 or greater.

  1. Of these 24 hours, no more than 6 credit hours of MSE 795 (Graduate Seminar and Colloquium) may apply towards this 24 hour total (though registration in MSE 795 is required for AU, WI, & SP quarters, regardless of the total number of 795 credits a student has earned).
  2. Of these 24 hours, at least 3 credit hours are to be from MSE 899.01 and 899.02 (Instruction in Materials Science and Engineering) earned while assisting faculty with instruction of MSE courses.
  3. Of these 24 hours, at least 15 credit hours are to be from MSE 999 (Research in Materials Science and Engineering).

[Link to more about MSE 795, 899, and 999.]

II   Presentation and defense of an acceptable thesis.

 

Updated 9/08
rev 4/98