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Master's Degree Requirements and Procedures
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- Select a faculty supervisor. The GPC is assigned as faculty supervisor
for all Master's Degree students when they enter the program. Before the end of
the first quarter students must select their own faculty supervisor from the
Mechanical Engineering faculty.
- Elect the thesis or non-thesis option. Students desiring research
experience and students who plan to continue into the Ph.D. program are encouraged
to select the thesis option. Part-time students, EDGE students and those
desiring additional coursework normally choose the non-thesis option. By the end
of the second quarter students should choose their option. The choice is indicated
by which "Plan of Study" for is filed.
- Submit a "Plan of Study" form. A Plan of Study form is available for
thesis and non-thesis options, and must be approved and signed by the student's
faculty supervisor before being returned to the Graduate Advising Office by the
end of the second quarter.
Students should meet with their faculty supervisors at least once every quarter
to confirm the schedule of courses being taken and to approve any revisions of
this plan.
Please note: EDGE and part-time students need to satisfy the first
requirement by the end of the quarter in which they first complete nine credits
in the MS program, and the last two requirements during the quarter they complete 18 credits.
