Advancement to Candidacy
Associateships
General Information
Specific Requirements for the Master of Science Degrees
Graduate teaching associateships and graduate assistantships in engineering are available to a limited number of qualified students. Application forms and additional information may be secured from the chair of the appropriate department.
The College of Engineering offers graduate study leading to the Ph.D. degree in engineering science/applied mechanics and Master of Science degrees in aerospace, civil, electrical, and mechanical engineering. The Ph.D. degree program is offered jointly with the University of California, San Diego. These curricula are designed to augment the student's undergraduate training by advanced study in one of the various fields of engineering. Recognizing the increasing importance in modern technology of the engineer-scientist team, San Diego State University has developed an academic pattern which offers to individuals holding a first degree in engineering, an opportunity to pursue advanced study in a specialized area of knowledge.
All students must satisfy the general requirements for admission to the Graduate Division with classified graduate standing as described in Part Two of this bulletin. Candidates for admission to aerospace engineering, civil engineering, electrical engineering and mechanical engineering programs must have attained a grade point average of at least 2.75 (when A equals 4) in the last 60 semester (90 quarter) units of technical study attempted in the undergraduate degree program. In addition, applicants must have a bachelor's degree in a field of engineering appropriate to the field in which they desire to earn an advanced degree or in a field closely related thereto from an institution acceptable to the College of Engineering and the Graduate Division. If undergraduate preparation is deemed insufficient, the student will be required to take specified courses for the removal of the deficiency. Such courses may be in addition to the minimum of 30 units for the master's degree in engineering.
Students should contact specific engineering department for GRE test requirements.
All students must meet the general requirements for advancement to candidacy, which are described in Part Two of this -bulletin.
In addition to meeting the requirements for classified graduate standing as stated above, the student must satisfy the basic requirements for the master's degree as described in Part Two of this bulletin. With the approval of the appropriate department the student working toward the master of science degree may elect either Plan A, requiring a thesis and an oral defense, or Plan B, requiring a comprehensive written examination.
Students shall arrange their course pattern, in conference with their graduate adviser, according to the following requirements for the specific degree.
General information: The Department of Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics offers graduate study leading to the Master of Science degree in aerospace engineering.
Students are encouraged to engage in thesis research or special study projects. Available areas of research include experimental, theoretical and computational aerodynamics and fluid mechanics, structural mechanics, fracture mechanics, composite structures, random vibrations, fluid-structure interactions, acoustics, and aircraft and spacecraft stability and control
Specific requirements for the degree: The student's program prepared in conference with and approved by the graduate adviser, must satisfy the following requirements:
1. Twenty-one units of 600- and 700-numbered courses in aerospace engineering and/or engineering mechanics. At least one course must be outside the student's area of specialization.
2. Nine additional units of 500-, 600- and 700-numbered courses approved by the graduate adviser.
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