The
formal requirements for the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees are stated in the
General Catalogue under the Graduate Program in Mechanical and
Aerospace Engineering. When you get here, you will work with your
faculty advisor to formulate a program of study. In the meantime, the
following is intended to give you an idea of the possibilities.
For the
M.S. degree, you may choose either the Thesis Option or the
Comprehensive Examination Option. Within the Comprehensive
Examination Option, you can choose the Courses Only Suboption or the
Project Suboption. The requirements are stated in terms of units, but
roughly speaking the Thesis, Project, and Courses Only require 7, 9
and 11 courses, respectively. All options require a total of 36
units; for the Thesis and Project Options, research units supplement
the course units. For the Ph.D. degree, six courses additional
courses are required. Because the program of study for the Ph.D.
degree is very student and research topic specific, we will limit our
attention to programs of study for the M.S. degree in the following.
The
Department is separated into a Fluid/Thermal Sciences Section and a
Systems and Design Section. The following example programs of study
for the M.S. degree are provided to illustrate some but not all
possibilities in Systems and Design.
Core Courses
(required for all students):
MAE200A Engineering Analysis I (4
units)
MAE200B Engineering Analysis II (4
units)
MAE241 Dynamics (3
units)
MAE270 Linear Systems Theory I (3
units)
MAE298 Seminars in Mechanical Engineering
(1 unit each quarter)
For the Thesis, Project, and Courses Only Options, the remaining 3, 5 and 7 courses, respectively, could be chosen in one of the following areas. Most if not all of the courses listed are 3 units. For the Thesis and Project Options, research possibilities are listed for each area and should be investigated further through consultation with the associated faculty member.