M.S. Degree Requirements
The interdisciplinary M.S. degree requires a minimum of 24 semester hours (beyond the Baccalaureate) of formal coursework as outlined above for the Ph.D. Degree, plus a thesis signed by two faculty members. At least 6 additional semester hours in graduate research must also be completed. The thesis is expected to be defended in a public setting with questions from the committee and public attendees as in a Ph.D. defense. No qualifying exam is required. The semester hours will include at least three of the four core program courses.
The core consists of:
- Materials Fundamentals
- MSE 6310 Atomic Arrangements in Solids
Two courses from two of the four areas below:
- Solid State Materials
One of the following:
- EECE 6301 Solid-State Materials
- EECE 6306 Solid-State Effects and Devices I
- ME 8364 Nanophotonic Materials
- PHYS 5640 Physics of Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics & Thermodynamics
One of the following:
- CHBE 6110 Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics
- CHEM 5350 Statistical Thermodynamics
- ME 8320 Statistical Thermodynamics
- PHYS 5200 Statistical Physics
- PHYS 8040 Statistical Mechanics - Quantum
One of the following:
- CHEM 5320 Quantum Chemistry
- PHYS 5651 Advanced Quantum Mechanics
- PHYS 8030 Quantum Mechanics
- PHYS 8152 Quantum Mechanics of Solids - Chemistry
One of the following:
- CHEM 5040 Nanoparticles
- CHEM 5340 Applications of Group Theory
- CHEM 5410 Molecular Modeling Methods
- CHEM 5420 Computational Structural Biology
- CHEM 5610 Chemistry of Inorganic Materials
- CHEM 5620 Chemistry of Biological Materials
- CHEM 5630 Macromolecular Chemistry
- ME 8391 ST-Spectroscopy