Curriculum requirements summary
Degrees and curriculum
The requirements for each graduate degree in Materials Science and Engineering include—
Foundation (also called prerequisite or leveling) courses as needed.
Prospective students who do not have a B.S. or M.S. in materials science and engineering or a related discipline may be required to take undergraduate courses in prerequisites for the gradulate-level courses in the degree program. All leveling coursework will be assigned on an individual basis after a review of the application by the student's committee chair.
Designated Electives
Courses from the MSEN Designated Electives list.
Math: MATH 311; MATH 601, or other graduate math course; OR PHYS 615 or PHYS 616, or CHEN 604.
Seminar: MSEN 681 seminar
Free electives
On an individual basis, the student will consult with his/her committee chair to choose additional courses appropriate to research area.
Materials-related courses, Spring 2007 semester.
Steps to Ph.D. This printable sheet is a roadmap of the path, with links to forms.
Equivalency for any courses taken at another university is established through discussion with the student, the student's advisory committee, the MSEN Department Graduate Advisor, and the MSEN chair, and the MSEN curriculum committee, if necesssary. A student may petition to use alternate classes for required courses. If otherwise acceptable to the committee, certain courses may be used toward meeting credit hour requirements for a degree under the following limitations: for a master of science degree program a student may transfer a maximum of 12 semester hours. For the doctoral program, there is no University limit on the number of hours of transfer credit which may be allowed.
Courses taken in residence at an accredited U.S. institution or approved international institution with a final grade of B or better will be considered for transfer credit if, at the time the courses were completed, the student was in degree-seeking status at Texas A&M University or at the institution at which the courses were taken and if the courses would be accepted for credit toward a similar degree for students in degree-seeking status at the host institution. Extension courses are not acceptable for graduate credit.
Course work without formal grades or with grades other than letter grades (for example, CR, P, S, U, H, etc.) is not accepted for transfer credit. Transfer credit for course work from any college or university must be shown in semester credit hours or equated to semester credit hours. You must have an official transcript sent directly from the university in which the transfer course work was taken to the Texas A&M Office of Admissions and Records. Transfer courses are not included in the calculation of the GPR.
More information can be found on the Transfer Credit Factsheet, Office of Graduate Studies.