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Degree Information

The Degree of Doctor of Engineering

Degree Plan

The student’s advisory committee will evaluate the student’s previous education and degree objectives. The committee, in consultation with the student, will develop a proposed degree plan which will constitute the basic academic requirements for the degree. The degree plan must be filed with the Office of Graduate Studies following the deadline imposed by the student’s college, and no later than 90 days prior to the preliminary examination. The degree plan should be submitted through the online Automated Degree Plan System located on the website ogsdpss.tamu.edu.

The graduate portion of the proposed degree plan will include a minimum of 96 semester credit hours. Of these, 80 semester credit hours of course work are required; the Professional Internship (see section on Internship) will earn 4 semester credit hours per semester and per summer term.

The 80 semester credit hours of graduate course work shall include a minimum of 20 semester credit hours of required core course work, 12 semester credit hours of elective professional development courses, 32 semester credit hours of department-oriented graduate level courses, 12 semester credit hours of engineering design courses and 4 semester credit hours of professional development seminar.

Additional course work may be added by petition to the approved degree plan by the student’s advisory committee if such additional course work is deemed necessary to correct deficiencies in the student’s academic preparation.