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The Graduate School has general requirements for M.E., M.S., and Ph.D. students that must be met by all degree candidates (including earning at least 30 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree for master’s degrees and at least 60 credit hours beyond the bachelor’s degree for doctoral degrees). The Department of Mechanical Engineering has added requirements (some of which are described below) that must be met before students can complete their degrees. Consult the department for complete, current requirements.

Degree Requirements (30 Hours)

For master’s degrees in nuclear engineering:An M.S. student must complete 24 hours of graded graduate courses and 6 hours of thesis credit leading to a thesis. An M.E. student must complete 30 hours of graded graduate courses. All master’s degree students will have the core of three required common nuclear engineering courses and one required math course from a given list and will choose the remaining courses from a given list.