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• Required Credit Hours: 30
• Required: 18 hours EMA5000-6000 level courses with a minimum grade of C or better and must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 or above
• Maximum: One 3000 level or above undergraduate course (outside the Department)
• Maximum - 6 credit hours of EMA 6905 - Individual Work
• Maximum - 6 credit hours of S/U work (includes max. 5 hours of EMA 6910 - Supervised Research)
• Overall grade point average for all course work must be 3.0 or better.
• Courses cannot have been used for a previous degree.
• Transfer credits: by petition to the graduate school, up to 9 hrs. graduate level courses, B or better may be transferred to the MS program with approval by the graduate coordinator
• Time Limitation: all work, including transferred credits, counted toward the master’s degree must be completed during the seven years immediately preceding the date on which the degree is awarded
• Supervisory Committee: must have one member in MSE Dept. by the end of the 2nd semester or after 12 credit hours; if you are not working with an individual faculty member one of the graduate coordinators will supervise your MS Non-Thesis degree
• MSE Non-Thesis Paper: Three weeks prior to graduation for the semester, you must email this document to the ASO. Guidelines for the paper may be found by following the directions below:
  • Click on Forms
  • Click on MS Non-Thesis Paper Guidelines in the SUPERVISORY COMMITTEES/DEFENSES section