Program Overview

Professional Masters in Mechanical Engineering Track

The College offers a M.S degree tailored to mechanical engineering professionals. The program is administered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering.

Requirements for the Professional Masters in Mechanical Engineering

The Professional MS in Mechanical Engineering is a 33-semester-hour non-thesis program. Coursework includes one of the following two options:

• A minimum of fifteen (15) semester hours of mechanical engineering classes, with nine (9) hours needing to be 5000 level or higher.
• Three (3) semester hours of a graduate project.
• The balance of fifteen (15) semester hours in graduate classes that support the student's thematic focus. Or
• A minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours of mechanical engineering classes, with twelve (12) hours needing to be 5000 level or higher.
• The balance of fifteen (15) semester hours in graduate classes that support the student's thematic focus.

Course Plan and Thematic Areas

The student is required to develop a course plan of the classes out of the mechanical engineering program that he/she wishes to take and a statement of how these classes satisfy the student's area of interest. This must be approved by the Graduate Program Director of the Department of Mechanical Engineering. Thematic areas may include:

• Manufacturing
• Product development
• Management
• Systems
• Biomechanical
• Aerospace

Degree Plan and Required Credits

Degree Plan: Required Credits: 30

Course List

Code | Title | Hours -----|-------|------ MS in Mechanical Engineering (All courses require a grade of C or better)

Major Electives: Required

• MECH 5301: Mathl Methods for Mech Eng

Select fifteen hours of the following:

• MECH 5302: Solid Mechanics I
• MECH 5303: Heat Transfer I
• MECH 5306: Fluid Dynamics
• MECH 5310: Thermodynamics
• MECH 5312: Solid Mechanics II
• MECH 5318: Analytical Dynamics
• MECH 5351: Intro to 3D Eng & Additive Mfg
• MECH 5390: Special Topics Mechanical Engr
• MECH 5391: Individual Studies
• MECH 5396: Graduate Projects
• MECH 5397: Graduate Projects

Thesis/Non-Thesis Option: Select one sequence below

• Thesis Option: 6
  • MECH 5398 & MECH 5399: Thesis and Thesis
• Professional Track Option: 9
  • Select nine additional hours of graduate courses in BIOL, CE, CHEM, CS, ECON, EE, GEOL, IE, IMS, MATH, MECH, MFG, MGMT, MIT, MME, PHYS, SE

Other Electives: 6

• Select six additional hours of graduate courses in BIOL, CE, CHEM, CS, ECON, EE, GEOL, IE, IMS, MATH, MECH, MFG, MGMT, MIT, MME, PHYS, SE

Total Hours

Total Hours: 30