2003-2005 - Graduate School - The University of Alabama

355Accreditation Board for Engineering and Technology (ABET) at the time the degree wasconferred. An applicant with a bac ca lau re ate degree in another area may be admittedto those graduate programs in which the ABET criteria are not applicable to the degreeearned. Examples of these graduate programs includeM.S.E. (Environmental Engineering)M.S.E.S.M.M.S.C.S.Ph.D. (Engineering Science and Mechanics)College of EngineeringInternational admission. International applicants for engineering graduate pro gramsmust satisfy the above re quire ments and must also have TOEFL scores of at least 550.The student’s proposed plan of study shall include a schedule for removing any un der -grad u ate course defi ciencies.Conditional admission. Each applicant is required to submit a statement of pur poseas part of the application packet; there are no exceptions. Conditional ad mis sion maybe granted to applicants who• have earned baccalaureate degrees from institutions with programs accredited bythe Ac cred i ta tion Board for Engineering and Tech nol o gy (ABET) or, for applicantsfor com put er science programs, institutions accredited by ABET or the ComputingSci enc es Accreditation Board (CSAB)• have overall grade point averages of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scaleOther appropriate requirements may be established by the individual engineering departments.Conditional admission may be granted to applicants who are not graduates of ABETorCSAB-accredited programs and who have Graduate Record Examination generaltest scores of 1000 or higher, as specifi ed by the department of interest. Each applicantshould have the equivalent of a 2.5 or higher grade point average (as in requirementslisted above). Other appropriate requirements may be es tab lished by the individualengineering departments.A student admitted conditionally is required to maintain a “B” average for the fi rst12 semester hours of graduate coursework and to remove any conditions imposed foradmission in order to continue graduate study.Applicants with GPAs of less than 2.5 (out of a possible 4.0) may be consideredfor admission to the Graduate School only after demonstrating the ability to pursueadvanced work successfully.Advisement and committees. After admission to graduate study by the dean of theGraduate School, the student will be referred to the head of the appropriate departmentfor assignment to a temporary adviser. The chairman and other members of thegraduate student’s supervisory committee are usually appointed during the fi rst term ofenrollment. The examining committee (the membership of which is normally the sameas that of the supervisory committee) is appointed approximately one semester beforethe student expects to graduate.MASTER OF SCIENCE DEGREESMaster of science degrees with appropriate designations are conferred on thosestudents who satisfy the requirements of (a) the programs or departments in whichthey are enrolled, (b) the College of Engineering, and (c) the Graduate School. Anyre quire ments es tab lished by the individual departments are outlined in the departmentalinformation that follows.Master of science degree requirements. Minimum requirements for the master’sdegree in all programs are 24 semester hours of acceptable coursework under Plan I or