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Report Option 

The following describes the program requirements specific to the report option.  For requirements shared by all MS students, please see the Master of Science Program Requirements page.

The report option requires a minimum of 36 hours consisting of 33 hours of course-work and three hours of ME 6301, Master’s Report.  

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Required Coursework

• Nine hours of course-work must be selected from the designated core courses in the students’ selected area (please see list of core courses in each area). 

• At least 6 hours of course-work must be in the designated breadth areas (breadth areas are areas outside the students’ core area, but within Mechanical Engineering).

• All report students are required to take 6 hours of advanced mathematics.

• In addition to the core and breadth courses, students must take an additional 12 hours of graduate level course-work designated as graduate free elective.  These free electives could be selected from any of the areas inside the ME department, other engineering departments, and/or sciences (up to three hours may be independent study or special topics).

• Up to three hours of free elective courses may be substituted by graduate research, ME 7000, on the official degree plan. If a student participates in a graduate internship/coop, an additional 3 hours of ME 7000 may be included on their official degree plan to replace three additional hours of free-elective. *

Time required to complete the report option Master's degree is usually between 15 and 18 months.

*F-1 international students may not use a graduate internship/coop as graduate research, ME 7000, unless it is an integral part of the student's academic program and is stated so in writing by the student's academic advisor (per United States immigration regulations).

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Report

The master's report is not as extensive as a thesis and may represent work other than original research, but the quality of the work and the level of activity will still be expected to meet the high standards required for a master's degree in mechanical engineering. A final approved copy of the report must be supplied to the Mechanical Engineering Department for archival purposes.

The report need not conform strictly to the Graduate School booklet, but rather to the individual requirements of the student's Faculty Advisor. The student must satisfy their report committee by giving a formal report presentation that is open to faculty and students. Students are required to present a draft of the report one week prior to the presentation. An announcement of the presentation must be given to the Department two weeks in advance of the presentation.

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