Master of Science in Engineering
Program Description
The Master of Science in Engineering(abbreviated MS-ENGR) will prepare students to enter professional work requiring advanced knowledge and study in the engineering disciplines represented by the undergraduate engineering programs at A&M-Corpus Christi. Upon completion of the MS-ENGR degree, the graduate will have both a solid education in the fundamentals of engineering as well as specialized knowledge on current topics in the field and will have developed the skills necessary to maintain knowledge of the current state-of-the-art in engineering, allowing for continuing career advancement.
The MS is designed to operate in conjunction with the five-year BS/MS degree program in engineering at A&M-Corpus Christi, in which students are admitted into the program during their junior year, and then enter directly into the MS-ENGR program upon completion of their senior year, taking dual-credit courses during their senior year which are applied to both degrees (BS and MS).
Options available for entry of students who have already completed their BS degrees in engineering, either at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi or another institution whose engineering programs are accredited.
To see the full degree plan, view the course catalog.
The Engineering MS program will:
- Allow each student to choose a concentration in one of the disciplines of civil, electrical, industrial, or mechanical engineering.
- Have a thesis option and a non-thesis option. The thesis option will require 33 semester credit hours (SCH) and the non-thesis option will require 36 SCH. All students take a common required core of 12 SCH, consisting of three lecture courses and two seminar courses. Students will take 9 SCH of prescribed electives in their chosen concentrations. Thesis-option students will take an additional 6 SCH of free electives and 6 SCH of research/thesis. Non-thesis-option students will take 12 SCH of free electives plus 3 SCH for a capstone projects course.
- Provide students with the fundamental background and training that will prepare them to pursue research, further graduate study involving research, or positions in industry at higher levels than those that are available to students with a Bachelor’s degree only.
- The core classes in mathematics and experimental methods are standard for such programs, as are the concentrations in specific discipline areas.
The programs in Engineering at A&M-Corpus Christi are all housed in a single Department of Engineering, and the common Master of Science in Engineering, including the single set of educational objectives listed above, will make use of the commonality among the engineering programs and their faculties to facilitate multidisciplinary studies and research leading to the MS degree.