PHD PROGRAM DEGREE REQUIREMENTS

This is a coordinated program between the College of Engineering and the 

Department of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics. It is designed to train 

students in the formulation, analysis, and solution of mathematical models in a 

variety of application areas. It also emphasizes interdisciplinary research 

and teamwork. The program addresses the State and Regional needs for students 

with advanced training in interdisciplinary research, and prepares 

students for employment in government agencies, industry, and universities.



Detailed admission requirements can be found in the Graduate Bulletin under the 

section Doctor of Philosophy in Engineering Degree. On gaining full 

admission to the Ph.D. program, the student will meet with an applied 

mathematics advisor from the Department of Theoretical and Applied Mathematics 

to discuss issues relating to fundamental courses, transfer credits, 

and degree requirements.



Students without a bachelor's or master's degree in mathematics may be 

required to complete the following fundamental courses or their 

equivalents. This course work is in addition to the other degree 

requirements. (Note that most of these courses can be taken for graduate credit 

and some will count as electives in the applied mathematics or engineering 

Master's programs.) 



The fundamental courses are:

3450:525 Complex Variables 3 credits

3450:427/527-528 Applied Numerical Methods I and II 6 credits

3450:521-522 Advanced Calculus I and II 6 credits 

3450:538-539 Advanced Engineering Mathematics I and II 6 credits



Students without a bachelor's or master's degree in engineering may be 

required to complete fundamental course work in engineering in addition to the 

other degree requirements. (Note that the graduate credits can count as 

electives in the applied mathematics Master's degree program.):



To receive the degree of Ph.D. in Engineering in the Engineering Applied 

Mathematics program, the student must:



   1. Meet with the initial advisor committee to conduct a placement review 

and to establish a first year plan of study.

   2. Identify a Dissertation Director, and an Interdisciplinary Doctoral 

Committee whose membership shall be equally distributed between faculty in 

the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and the College of 

Engineering. This committee should be formed before the student has completed 

18 credits of work in the doctoral degree program.

   3. Complete a formal Plan of Study that is acceptable to the 

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee. The Plan of Study must have at least 36 

credits of course work, at the 600/700 level. At least 18 credits of course 

work must be from the College of Engineering and at least 18 credits must 

be from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science. The minimum total 

credit hours for the doctoral program is 96.

   4. Satisfy the language requirement specified by the Interdisciplinary 

Doctoral Committee.

   5. Pass a Qualifying Examination composed and administered by program 

faculty from the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science and 

from one department in the college of Engineering. The purpose of the 

qualifying examination is to determine admissibility to the doctoral program 

and to identify any technical weakness.

   6. Present an acceptable Dissertation Proposal describing the proposed 

research to the Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee.

   7. Pass a Candidacy Examination whose purpose is to test the student's ability 

to conduct independent research.

   8. Present and successfully defend the dissertation before the 

Interdisciplinary Doctoral Committee.

   9. All this must take place within ten years of the student's admission to 

the Ph.D. program and must satisfy the university's residency requirement of 

two successive semesters of full-time study.