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College-Level Graduate Admission Requirements
All graduate engineering applications will be submitted using EngineeringCAS, a centralized application service.
College-Level Graduate AdmissionsMaster of Engineering program degree plans consist of nuclear engineering and College of Engineering courses with the total credit hour minimum set at 30 hours. Some examples are provided for nuclear engineering and nuclear materials option. The actual degree plans are developed and decided by student’s advisor and advisory committee members.
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Sample Degree Plans
DISCLAIMER: These are sample degree plans and may be modified with advisor approval.
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Course Name Credits NUEN 601 - Nuclear Reactor Theory 3 hrs NUEN 604 - Radiation Interaction and Shielding 3 hrs NUEN 605 - Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Management 3 hrs NUEN 606 - Reactor Analysis and Experimentation
4 hrs NUEN 610 - Design of Nuclear Reactors 4 hrs NUEN 623 - Nuclear Engineering Heat Transfer and Fluid Flow 3 hrs NUEN 624 - Nuclear Thermal Hydraulics and Stress Analysis 3 hrs NUEN 681 - Seminar 2 hrs NUEN 685 - Directed Studies 2 hrs MATH 601 - Methods of Applied Mathematics I
MATH 602 - Methods and Applications of Partial Differential Equations
3 hrs Total Credit Hours 30 hrs
Notes:
- With advisor approval, students with sufficient background in heat transfer and fluid flow may substitute an elective.
- Instrumentation prerequisite for NUEN 606 can be met by a 2-hr NUEN 685 or other appropriate course(s).
- MATH course chosen by student's committee.
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Course Name Credits NUEN 601 - Nuclear Reactor Theory 3 hrs NUEN 604 - Radiation Interaction and Shielding
3 hrs NUEN 605 - Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Management 3 hrs NUEN 606 - Reactor Analysis and Experimentation
4 hrs NUEN 651 - Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear Material Safeguards 3 hrs NUEN 661 - Nuclear Fuel Performance 3 hrs NUEN 662 - Nuclear Materials Under Extreme Conditions 3 hrs NUEN 663 - Fundamentals of Ion Solid Interactions 3 hrs NUEN 661 - Seminar 2 hrs NUEN 685 - Directed Studies 5 hrs MATH 601 - Methods of Applied Mathematics I
MATH 602 - Methods and Applications of Partial Differential Equations
3 hrs Total Credit Hours 36 hrs
Notes:
- With consent of advisor, the NUEN 604/606 combination may be replaced with NUEN 624/610.
- Instrumentation prerequisite for NUEN 606 can be met by a 2 hour NUEN 685 or other appropriate course(s).
- MATH course chosen by student's committee.
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Course Name Credits NUEN 601 - Nuclear Reactor Theory 3 hrs NUEN 604 - Radiation Interaction and Shielding
3 hrs NUEN 605 - Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Management 3 hrs NUEN 606 - Reactor Analysis and Experimentation
4 hrs NUEN 650 - Nuclear Nonproliferation and Arms Control 3 hrs NUEN 651 - Nuclear Fuel Cycles and Nuclear Material Safeguards 3 hrs NUEN 681 - Seminar 2 hrs NUEN 610 - Design of Nuclear Reactors with Nuclear Security Integrated Project 4 hrs NUEN 685 - Directed Studies 2 hrs MATH 602 (Methods and applications of partial differential equations) or
NUEN 630 (Monte Carlo Methods for Particle Transport) or
NUEN 451 (Nuclear Security System Design) or
NUEN 657 (Emergency Response Dose Assessment) or
INTA 669 (Nuclear Terrorism Threat Assessment and Analysis) or
INTA 620 (International Security) or
INTA 617 (Deterrence and Coercion) or
INTA 652 (The role of intelligence in security affairs)3 hrs Total Credit Hours 30 hrs
Notes:
- Instrumentation prerequisite for NUEN 606 can be met by a 2 hour NUEN 685 or other appropriate course(s).
- MATH course chosen by student's committee.
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Course Name Credits NUEN 601 - Nuclear Reactor Theory 3 hrs NUEN 604 - Radiation Interaction and Shielding
3 hrs NUEN 605 - Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Management 3 hrs NUEN 606 - Reactor Analysis and Experimentation
4 hrs NUEN 612 - Radiological Safety and Hazards Evaluation 3 hrs NUEN 673 - Radiation Biology 3 hrs NUEN 681 - Seminar 2 hrs NUEN 685 - Directed Studies 3 hrs 6 Hours of Electives 6 hrs Total Credit Hours 30 hrs
Notes:
- Instrumentation prerequisite for NUEN 606 can be met by a 2 hour NUEN 685 or other appropriate course(s).
- Electives chosen by student's committee.
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Course Name Credits NUEN 601 - Nuclear Reactor Theory 3 hrs NUEN 604 - Radiation Interaction and Shielding
3 hrs NUEN 605 - Radiation Detection and Nuclear Materials Management 3 hrs NUEN 606 - Reactor Analysis and Experimentation
4 hrs One of the following courses: NUEN 618, 625, 629, or 647 3 hrs NUEN 681 - Seminar 2 hrs NUEN 685 - Directed Studies 4 hrs MATH 609 - Numerical Analysis
4 hrs MATH 610 - Numerical Methods in Partial Differential Equations
4 hrs Total Credit Hours 30 hrs Notes:
- Instrumentation prerequisite for NUEN 606 can be met by a 2 hour NUEN 685 or other appropriate course(s).