Online Master of Engineering in Petroleum Engineering

Requirements

• Include a minimum of 32 credit hours on your degree plan. Additional hours may be added at either your or your advisory committee’s discretion.
  • Take at least three of the core courses (required for students without a Bachelor of Science in petroleum engineering).
  • Take up to two courses from outside of the department, if advised by the chair of your committee
  • Take one to two hours of PETE 685 and/or PETE 692 to complete your engineering project. Course selection is at the discretion of the committee chair.
• Observe University limits on certain courses:
  • No more than nine hours of transfer credit from another peer department/ university.
  • No more than 12 hours of 689 courses.
• Select the chairman of your committee before the start of your second semester.
  • Agree on at least three committee members, with one outside the department.
  • File a degree plan before the beginning of your second semester.
• Maintain an average GPR of 3.0 for all courses on your degree plan before you take the final exam.
• Write your independent project (PETE 692 as a professional journal paper) report involving petroleum engineering subject matter and complete your final oral examination. Note that you MUST work closely with your chair (advisor) in planning, organizing, drafting and completing the report.
• Complete all degree requirements within seven years.

Learn more in our course catalog