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degree program will, in general, take
such courses as deficiency courses.
A candidate is required to maintain a
grade-point average of at least 3.0.
A student who, at the end of any
term, has not attained the grade-point
average required for the degree may be
asked to withdraw. At least 30 points
of credit of graduate work beyond the
M.S. degree, or 60 points of graduate
work beyond the B.S. degree, are
required for the professional degree.
The final 30 points required for the
professional degree must be completed
in no more than five years.
Doctoral Degrees:
Eng.Sc.D. and Ph.D.
Two doctoral degrees in engineering
are offered by the University: the Doctor
of Engineering Science, administered
by The Fu Foundation School of
Engineering and Applied Science, and
the Doctor of Philosophy, administered
by the Graduate School of Arts and
Sciences. The Eng.Sc.D. and Ph.D.
programs have identical academic
requirements with regard to courses,
thesis, and examinations, but differ in
residence requirements and in certain
administrative details.
Doctoral students may submit
a petition to the Office of Graduate
Student Services to change from the
Eng.Sc.D. degree to the Ph.D. degree or
from the Ph.D. degree to the Eng.Sc.D.
degree. The petition must be submitted
within the first year of enrollment or
by the completion of 30 points. Any
petitions submitted after this period will
not be considered. Doctoral degree
status can be changed only once;
students, therefore, must determine
which doctoral degree program is most
appropriate for their academic and
professional endeavors.
Requirements for the Degrees
A student must obtain the master’s
degree (M.S.) before enrolling as a
candidate for either the Ph.D. or Eng.
Sc.D. degree. Application for admission
as a doctoral candidate may be made
while a student is enrolled as a master’s
degree candidate. The minimum
requirement in course work for either
doctoral degree is 60 points of credit
beyond the bachelor’s degree.
Candidates for the Ph.D. degree
must register full time and complete six
Residence Units. A master’s degree
from an accredited institution may
be accepted in the form of advanced
standing as the equivalent of one year
of residence (30 points of credit or two
Residence Units) for either doctoral
degree. An application for advanced
standing must be completed during
the first semester of study. Candidates
for the Eng.Sc.D. degree must (in
addition to the 60-point requirement)
accumulate 12 points of credit in the
departmental course E9800: Doctoral
research instruction. A holder of the
professional degree who wishes to
continue work toward the Eng.Sc.D.
degree will be required to complete not
less than 30 additional points of credit
in residence. All doctoral programs are
subject to review by the Committee
on Instruction of the School. In no
case will more than 15 points of credit
be approved for the dissertation and
research and studies directly connected
therewith without special approval by
this Committee. Normally, a doctoral
candidate specializes in a field of interest
acceptable to a department of the
School.
Departmental requirements may
include comprehensive written and oral
qualifying examinations. Thereafter,
the student must write a dissertation
embodying original research under
the sponsorship of a member of his
or her department and submit it to
the department. If the department
recommends the dissertation for
defense, the student applies for final
examination, which is held before an
examining committee appointed by the
Dean. This application must be made
at least three weeks before the date of
the final examination. A student must
have a satisfactory grade-point average
to be admitted to the doctoral qualifying
examination. Consult the department
requirements for details.
The candidate for the degree
of Doctor of Engineering Science
must submit evidence that his or her
dissertation has been filed in compliance
with requirements set by the Faculty of
Engineering and Applied Science.
The defense of the dissertation
constitutes the final test of the
candidate’s qualifications. It must be
demonstrated that the candidate has
made a contribution to knowledge in a
chosen area. In content the dissertation
should, therefore, be a distinctly original
contribution in the selected field of
study. In form it must show the mastery
of written English which is expected of a
university graduate.
Ph.D. candidates should obtain a
copy of the bulletin of the Graduate
School of Arts and Sciences, in which
are printed the faculty requirements
for the Ph.D. degree. These are
supplemented by the requirements of
the department of major interest
Doctoral Research Instruction
In order that the University may recover
the costs that are not defrayed by the
University’s income from tuition, charges
for research required for the Eng.Sc.D.
are assessed as given below.
Ph.D. candidates should consult
the bulletin of the Graduate School
of Arts and Sciences for the research
instruction requirements that apply to
them.
An Eng.Sc.D. candidate is required
to do the following:
1. At the time the student begins
doctoral research, the student is
eligible to register for E9800 (3, 6, 9,
or 12 points of credit). Twelve points
must have been accumulated by the
time the student is to receive the
degree.
2. Registration for E9800 at a time
other than that prescribed above
is not permitted, except by written
permission of the Dean.
3. Although 12 points of E9800 are
required for the doctoral degree, no
part of this credit may count toward
the minimum residence requirement
of 30 points (or 60 points beyond the
bachelor’s degree).
4. If a student is required to take course
work beyond the minimum residence
requirements, the 12 points of
doctoral research instruction must still
be taken in addition to the required
course work.
5. A student must register continuously
through the autumn and spring terms.
This requirement does not include the
summer session.
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