Applicable only to students admitted during the 2018-2019 academic year.

Engineering – MS in Engineering, Online

Henry Samueli School of Engineering and Applied Science

Graduate Degrees

The School of Engineering and Applied Science offers the Master of Science (M.S.) degree in Engineering (an online degree program) as a schoolwide degree.

For information about degree programs in specific engineering majors, applicants should consult the program requirements for that major.

Master of Science

Admissions Requirements

Advising

Each student in this program is assigned an adviser and may be changed upon written request from the student. New students should contact the school’s student affairs officer and the faculty adviser on notification of admission, in order to plan the program of study and sequence of courses.

Continuing students are expected to remain in contact with the faculty adviser and the student affairs officer. Based on the quarterly transcripts, student records are reviewed at the end of each quarter by the student affairs officer and the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs. Special attention is given if students were admitted provisionally or are on probation. If their progress is unsatisfactory, students are informed of this in writing by the Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Students are strongly urged to consult with the Engineering – M.S. Online Office regarding procedures, requirements and implementation of policies. In particular, advice should be sought on advancement to candidacy for the M.S. degree.

Areas of Study

Areas of study include Mechanics of Structures, Data Science, Environmental and Water Resources, Systems Engineering, and Engineering Management.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

At least nine upper division and graduate courses (36 units) are required, of which five (20 units) must be 200-series courses. For students who pursue the individual research project plan, one of the nine courses is an Engineering 299 course.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

The Capstone Plan requirement is fulfilled by (1) extra readings and a major design project and report; students enroll in one four-unit course of Engineering 299 to reflect credit for this work, or (2) in consultation with their adviser, students may elect to take and pass three extra examination questions offered separately from each of the final examinations of three graduate courses, to be selected from a set of common department courses.

Thesis Plan

Every master’s degree thesis plan requires the completion of an approved thesis that demonstrates the student’s ability to perform original, independent research.

Students who request and are approved to pursue the thesis plan enroll in two four-unit courses of Engineering 598 to reflect credit for thesis work.

Time-to-Degree

Students are expected to complete the degree within seven academic quarters and two summer terms. The maximum time allowed in this program is nine academic quarters (excluding summer terms).

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
M.S.	8	9	9

Termination of Graduate Study and Appeal of Termination

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for termination of graduate study. A graduate student may be disqualified from continuing in the graduate program for a variety of reasons. The most common is failure to maintain the minimum cumulative grade point average (3.00) required by the Academic Senate to remain in good standing (some programs require a higher grade point average). Other examples include failure of examinations, lack of timely progress toward the degree and poor performance in core courses. Probationary students (those with cumulative grade point averages below 3.00) are subject to immediate dismissal upon the recommendation of their department. University guidelines governing termination of graduate students, including the appeal procedure, are outlined in Standards and Procedures for Graduate Study at UCLA.

Special Departmental or Program Policy

A recommendation for termination is reviewed by the school’s Associate Dean for Academic and Student Affairs.

Master’s

In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for termination for

(1) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in all courses and in those in the 200 series.

(2) Failure to maintain a grade point average of 3.0 in any two consecutive terms.

(3) Failure of the Capstone Plan.

(4) Failure to complete the thesis to the satisfaction of the committee members.

(5) Failure to maintain satisfactory progress toward the degree within the three-year time limit for completing all degree requirements.