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All students take at least 6 credits of mechanics.
The course balance was adjusted in this way to ensure that all students had some mechanics and to accommodate the breadth of
interests now encompassed by ESM graduate students. For example, students coming into neural engineering require a major
immersion in neural engineering courses (listed primarily under the engineering science category - but could include materials and
mechanics - controls courses). Students pursuing bionanotechnology would pursue predominantly materials and engineering science
courses.
Alternatively, students pursuing mechanics could take 24 credits in mechanics courses (some of which are also cross-listed in the
materials category).
The course balance was considered by the ESM faculty to most closely reflect the course distributions of the current MS in
Engineering Science and current MS in Engineering Mechanics, through a unified MS in Engineering Science and Mechanics degree.
Please let me know if this addresses your question.
Judy
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I am generally OK with this, but I agree with the point made by the Aerospace Engineering folks that only 3 credits per area seems a
bit low for a composite program. Perhaps we can get an explanation.
Regards,
Trent.
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George A. Lesieutre
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The faculty of Aerospace Engineering has no objections to this streamlining.
At first glance, and given the new title of the degree, the requirement to take a minimum of 3 credits in each of the areas of
Engineering Science and Engineering Mechanics seems a bit low. However, a number of courses (e.g. finite element analysis) are
listed in both areas, so maybe the distinction is not so clear in the first place.
-GL
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