Applicable only to students admitted during the 2023-2024 academic year.

Engineering – MS in Engineering-Materials Science, 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 Area Director by the Engineering Online Department. This information can be found on the program’s homepage https://www.msol.ucla.edu/materials-science/. New students should contact the school’s student affairs officer and the faculty area director on notification of admission to discuss their program of study.

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 International Initiatives & On-Line Programs. 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 International Initiatives & On-Line Programs.

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

Materials Science. See https://www.msol.ucla.edu/materials-science/.

Foreign Language Requirement

None.

Course Requirements

At least nine courses are required (36 units), of which at least five must be graduate courses at the 200 level (excluding the ENGR 299 Capstone Project course), and meet the Capstone Plan requirement. Courses applied toward the degree must be taken for letter grade; S/U grading is not acceptable.

At least 6 of the courses must be from the Department of Materials Science and Engineering:

MSE 105, MSE 120, MSE 122, MSE 143A, MSE 151, MSE 243A, MSE 200, MSE 223, MSE 224, MSE 243A, 252, MSE 270, MSE 271, MSE 298A, MSE 298, MSE 243C, MSE 250B

MAE 166C, MAE 256F, MAE C296A, MAE M297B, MAE M297C

Electives: The remaining courses may be electives selected from the above or from any MSE courses.  Courses from other departments may be used with approval of the area director.

Additional course information is located at https://www.msol.ucla.edu/materials-science/.

Teaching Experience

Not required.

Field Experience

Not required.

Capstone Plan

Students can meet the Capstone Plan requirement in two ways:

Choose (1 option below)

Option 1:

Take and pass the ENGR 299 Capstone Project course.

Option 2:

Take and pass three written exams for three different graduate level courses within the student’s area of specialization. The written exams are held concurrently with the final exam of the graduate level courses. Students may select which exams they would like to count towards the Capstone Plan requirement.

Thesis Plan

None.

Time-to-Degree

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

DEGREE	NORMATIVE TIME TO ATC (Quarters)	NORMATIVE TTD	MAXIMUM TTD
M.S.	9	9	10

Academic Disqualification and Appeal of Disqualification

University Policy

A student who fails to meet the above requirements may be recommended for academic disqualification from 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 academic disqualification 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 academic disqualification is reviewed by the school’s Associate Dean for International Initiatives & On-Line Programs. In addition to the standard reasons noted above, a student may be recommended for academic disqualification 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 maintain satisfactory progress toward the degree within the ten-quarter maximum time-to-degree for completing all degree requirements.