Engineering - MS in Engineering, Online

At least nine upper division and graduate courses (36 units) are required, of which five (20 units) must be 200-series courses. For students who pursue the individual research project plan, one of the nine courses is an Engineering 299 course. Courses applied toward the degree must be taken for letter grade; S/U grading is not acceptable.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

Students can meet the Capstone Plan requirement in two ways: (1) extra readings and a major design project and report; students enroll in one four-unit course of Engineering 299 to reflect credit for this work; or (2) in consultation with their adviser, students may elect to take and pass three extra examination questions offered separately from each of the final examinations of three graduate courses, to be selected from a set of common department courses.

Thesis Plan

Every master's degree thesis plan requires the completion of an approved thesis that demonstrates the student's ability to perform original, independent research.

Students who request and are approved to pursue the thesis plan enroll in two four-unit courses of Engineering 598 to reflect credit for thesis work.

Time-to-Degree

Students are expected to complete the degree within nine academic quarters, or seven academic quarters and two summer terms. The maximum time allowed in this program is ten academic quarters (excluding summer terms).

MAXIMUM TTD

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A recommendation for academic disqualification is reviewed by the school's Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for academic disqualification for:

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