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Attachment 4. Formal E-Mail Documentation of Consultation
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George
Department of Aerospace Engineering
Judith Todd
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 11:06 AM
George A. Lesieutre
RE: MS in Engineering Science and Mechanics Proposals
Actually – mechanics and materials are both considered part of the engineering sciences, but we retain the three categories as part of
the ESM heritage and core strengths.
Judy
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George A. Lesieutre
Tuesday, June 21, 2011 10:36 AM
Judith Todd
Re: MS in Engineering Science and Mechanics Proposals
High
Judy --
No problem here. It's interesting that you don't treat materials as a subset of engineering science.
-George
On Jun 21, 2011, at 10:28 AM, Judith Todd wrote:
George:
Trent Jaeger from the COE Graduate Studies Committee raised the same question you raised. I sent him the following
response. Does this address your question on our unified MS degree program?
Judy
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Trent Jaeger [mailto:tjaeger@cse.psu.edu]
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Monday, June 20, 2011 3:19 PM
To:
Judith Todd
Cc:
Terry K. Reed; Seungjin Kim; Adri van Duin; Ling Rothrock; Harriet B. Nembhard; Jesse Scott; Al Segall;
Christi M. Daniels; Susan J. Croyle; Renata S. Engel; David Spencer; Anthony Atchley; David N. Wormley;
Betty Mantz
Subject: Re: 06/21/11 (noon) ACTION ITEM: Review of Four (4) Co-Dependent Program Proposals in ESM
Hi,
Yes, that clears things up. Thanks.
I accept this proposal.
Regards,
Trent.
On Jun 18, 2011, at 12:36 PM, Judith Todd wrote:
Trent:
The unified MS degree serves students specializing in one of three areas: mechanics, materials, and engineering science.
All students are required to take a math course - a 3-credit mechanics course, and two credits of seminar. (Total 5 credits)
For breadth and to recognize the interdisciplinarity of the engineering sciences, all students are required to take one course from
each of the three areas - mechanics, materials, and engineering sciences (in addition to the math course) (Total 9 credits).
Note: some courses are cross-listed in two categories.
Students then take the balance of their course work (12 credits) plus conduct their thesis - 6-credits) in one of the three areas -
mechanics, materials, or engineering science.
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