Graduate Nuclear Engineering Degree Requirements

 

Degree Requirements: Master of Science (MS) in Nuclear Engineering
Required Courses: Elective Courses:
Choose four or more of the following courses.
NUCL 6030: Graduate Radiation Interactions (3 cr.)
NUCL 6050: Reactor Physics (3 cr.)		NUCL 5060: Reactor Operation & Regulatory Policy (3 cr.)
NUCL 6032: Graduate Radiochemistry (3 cr.)
NUCL 7110: Nuclear Environmental Engineering (3 cr.)
NUCL 7220: Analytical Nuclear Forensics (3 cr.)
NUCL 7000: Health Physics (3 cr.)
NUCL 7500: Nuclear Safeguards (3 cr.)
NUCL 7100: Nuclear Instrumentation (4 cr.)
MET E 6210: Nuclear Materials (3 cr.)
CVEEN 6120: Numerical Methods (3 cr.)
Minimum Credit Hour Requirements: 30 Credits of Graduate-Level Coursework
Important Information:
• Up to 3 credits of independent research, taken as NUCL 6900 or 7900.
Degree Requirements: Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Nuclear Engineering
Required: Elective Courses:
Choose two or more of the following courses:
NUCL 6030: Graduate Radiation Interactions (3 cr.)
NUCL 6050: Reactor Physics (3 cr.)
NUCL 7000: Health Physics (3 cr.)
NUCL 7100: Nuclear Instrumentation with Labs (3 cr.)
CVEEN 6555: Research and Seminar (3 cr.)		NUCL 6032: Graduate Radiochemistry (3 cr.)
NUCL 6060 Reactor Operation & Regulatory Policy (3 cr.)
NUCL 7110: Nuclear Environmental Engineering (3 cr.)
NUCL 7220: Analytical Nuclear Forensics (3 cr.)
NUCL 7500: Nuclear Safeguards (3 cr.)
Minimum Credit Hour Requirements:
  • MS to PhD: Students with a previously awarded MS degree in nuclear engineering or a nuclear engineering-related field to complete a minimum of 18 additional credit hours of graded coursework and 14 credit hours of dissertation research.

  • BS to PhD: All direct admit PhD students must complete a minimum of 30 credit hours of graded coursework and a minimum of 14 credit hours of dissertation.
    • Important Information:
  • The four required nuclear engineering courses serve as the foundation of the qualifying examination completed in the fourth semester of study.

  • Milestone Masters: An MS degree can will be granted after completion of (1) at least 30 hours
    of coursework, (2) successful completion of the qualifying exam, and (3) submission of one peer-reviewed first-author paper from a journal
    approved by the committee.

    		•

     

    The following information applies to both degrees listed above:

    • Graduate credit hours are listed as 5000 and above.
    • Students can include no more than 9 credit hours of graduate level non-matriculated coursework, taken within 3 years of credit hour approval, with a final grade of B or better.
    • Students can apply no more than 6 credit hours of graduate level coursework from another institution, with a final grade of B or better. This credit may not have counted towards the completion of a prior degree.

    Form for Non-Matriculated Coursework.
    Form for Coursework from An Outside Institution.