GRADUATE CATALOG - The Petroleum Institute

Graduate Catalog | Academic Year 2013 – 2014A tentative list of courses to be offered in the Fall and Spring semesters is given below. A full time graduatestudent is supposed to take at least 12 credit hours of course work each semester thus fulfilling most of therequirements of course work in two semesters followed by thesis work and remaining course work, if any, inthe third semester. A limited number of graduate courses are offered during the summer term to allowstudents to complete their coursework earlier.SemesterFall Semester 1CoursesCHEG 520 Mathematical Methods in Chemical EngineeringCHEG 522 Advanced Chemical Engineering ThermodynamicsElectives (2)CHEG 595 Graduate Seminar ISpring Semester 1CHEG 511 Advanced Reaction EngineeringCHEG 571 Transport PhenomenaElectives (2)CHEG 596 Graduate Seminar IICOMM 501 Technical and Scientific WritingFall Semester 2CHEG 599 Master of Science ThesisSpring Semester 2CHEG 599 Master of Science ThesisMaster of Science ThesisThesis work is a faculty-directed, independent study of a suitable chemical engineering problem, subject or researchtopic. The topic of research is to be selected in consultation with a student’s research advisor subject to approvalby the student’s GAC. The designated research advisor provides guidance to the student in the execution of thethesis. A co-advisor may also be appointed, if needed.The following specific guidelines apply:1. A student may not begin full-fledged work on the thesis until at least 8 credit hours of approved Master ofScience course work have been completed. The students are required to select a research advisor and formthe Graduate Advisory Committee (GAC) by the end of first semester. By end of the second semester a fulltime student should submit and defend a thesis proposal. Master Thesis Courses (CHEG 599) can beregistered after completion of 8 credit hours of course work and successful defense of a thesis proposal. Thestudent must register for the Master Thesis Course for each semester until the research is completed andapproved.2. Constraints due to propriety concerns must be agreed to by the student, his/her employer/sponsor, thefaculty member(s) involved in the research project, and the student’s research advisor. Confidentialityagreements must be adhered to.On completion of the thesis work, the student is required to submit a written report followed by oral presentationand defense of the thesis before the GAC and the defense coordinator. The thesis will be graded on a Pass/Failbasis.Master of Engineering (Non-thesis track)Minimum of 30 credit hours coursework including:o 12 credit hours core (or compulsory) courseso 18 credit hours elective courses2 credit hours of Graduate Seminar, one in each semester1 credit hour of COMM 501 Technical and Scientific WritingPage 42