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Jun 21, 2025
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University Catalog 2025-2026
Engineering (PhD) Materials and Infrastructure Systems Concentration
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General Core Courses (9 SCH)
Take the following 3 courses (9 SCH): Disciplinary (Materials and Infrastructure Systems) Core Courses
Requires research advisor’s approval Choose any 4 of the following courses (12 SCH) in consultation with your research advisor, 3 of which must be from the same discipline: Qualifying Examinations (No Credit)
In order to take ENGR 685N , a PhD student may contact the PhD program coordiantor and at least 4 instructors who taught those core courses or electives. One or two exam questions are requested from each instructor, and the coordinator collects all the questions and selects four or five for the exam. The exam is usually open-book or take-home. For the take-home exam, question(s) are handed out, answers are attempted without help from others, and the exam is returned within a specific period of time. Dissertation Enhancement Seminar in Engineering (1 SCH)
A PhD student must complete three one-SCH ENGR 6111 seminar courses. ENGR 6111 is typically offered each Fall quarter, and ENGR 6111 -004 is applicable for the emphasis area of Materials and Infrastructure Systems. For students admitted to the program before Spring 2016, they can either take one three-SCH ENGR 6103 course or three one-SCH ENGR 6111 courses. Independent Study and Special Topics (12 SCH)
At least two Doctoral Level Special Topics courses (ENGR 6573 ) are part of the required course work for the degree, for a total of 6 SCH. A PhD student must participate in 6 SCH of Doctoral Independent Study (ENGR 6501 ) under the supervision of a faculty member. Independent Study can be a preparation for the research leading to the dissertation. Recommended Elective Courses (18 SCH)
Choose 6 of the following courses (18 SCH): (or from the courses not included in the student’s program from the above core course lists. Note: No more than two other graduate courses may be substituted for the courses in Materials and Infrastructure Systems course lists. Also, such substitution courses must be applicable to the area of thesis research and be approved by the student’s committee.) Research and Dissertation (18 SCH)
Complete 9 SCH of ENGR 6511 prior to ENGR 686N . After successful completion of ENGR 686N , the student will beomce a PhD Candidate and will complete at least 9 SCH of ENGR 7511 . For ENGR 6511 or ENGR 7511 , registration in any quarter is for 1 to 3 semester hours or multiples thereof, up to a maximum of 9 semester hours per quarter. Total (66 SCH)
45 SCH of coursework + 3 SCH of doctoral seminar courses + 9 SCH of Pre-candidacy Doctoral Research + 9 SCH of Post-candidacy Dissertation Research = 66 SCH |
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