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Ph.D. Degree Requirement

If you began your PhD program prior to Fall 2007, see Academic Services Office (ASO) regarding your program.

Requirements for Ph.D. Degree

  • Required Credit Hours: 90 beyond the bachelor's degree
  • 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: 6 credits hours of coursework outside the Department; of these 3 credit hours may be an undergraduate course with a course number 3000-4999
  • Maximum 8 credits EMA 6905 - Individual Work
  • Maximum 5 credit hours EMA 6910 - Supervised Research
  • Students who do not have Material Science Background must take EMA 3010 as a graduate student
  • PhD students for whom English is not a native language will be required to take the Test of Spoken English (TSE) within their first month of enrollment in MSE


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