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Engineering, Col ofGraduate Degree SeekingME - Master of Engineering
Completion requirement

Minimum Credit Units

30 

Core Coursework Requirements

  • Students with cumulative GPA of 3.0 may take up to nine (9) - 500 level units and those with GPA 3.5 or higher may take up to 12 - 500 level units.

  • Have completed, or nearly completed the general education requirements at the time of application

  • Undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible for admission to the Master's degree.

 

Elective Coursework

Category 1 – Engineering management/business (3 units) – Valid for all emphases

Category 2 – Applied engineering mathematics (3 units)  

Category 3 – Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design (3 units)

  • course: Foundation Engineering (3)

  • course: Computer Applications in Hydraulics (3)

  • course: Advanced Structural Design in Concrete (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Transportation Engineering (3)

Category 4 – Advanced Engineering Science (3 units)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

Other courses may be approved by Department Advisor for the Categories

Major Requirements and Electives

Engineering Mechanics

  • course / course: Wave Propagation in Solids (3)

  • course: Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (3)

  • course: Advanced Structural Dynamics (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Elasticity Theory and Application (3)

  • course: Fracture Mechanics (3)

  • course: Mechanical Behavior of Materials II: Special Topics (3) 

Geotechnical

  • course: Numerical methods in Geotechnical engineering (3)

  • course: Foundation Engineering (3)

  • course: Earth Structures in Geotechnical Engineering (3)

  • course: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Ground Improvement (3)  

  • course: Special Topics in Geomechanics (3)

  • course: Geoenvironmental Engineering (3) 

Hydraulics  

  • course: Open-Channel Flow (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering (3)

  • course: Watershed Engineering (3)

  • course: Computer Applications in Hydraulics (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Hydrology (3)

  • course: Sedimentation Engineering (3)

  • course: Statistical Hydrology (3)

  • course: Stochastic Methods in Surface Hydrology (3)

Structural

  • course: Advanced Structural Design in Steel (3)

  • course: Design of Wood and Masonry Structures (3)

  • course: Prestressed Concrete Structures (3)  

  • course: Advanced Structural Design in Concrete (3) 

  • course: Reinforced Concrete (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Advanced Structural Stability (3)

Transportation

  • course: Traffic Flow and Capacity Analysis (3) 

  • course: Highway Geometric Design (3)

  • course: Urban Transportation Planning (3)

  • course: Travel Demand Modeling (3)

  • course: Traffic Modeling and Simulation (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Transportation Engineering (3)

  • course: Advanced Transportation Modeling and Analysis (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Transportation Data Management and Analysis (3)

 

Additional Requirements

None

 

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Credit Units

30 

Core Coursework Requirements

12 units of coursework with a focus on business and management.

Choose one from the following courses:

  • course: Technical Sales & Marketing (3)

  • course: Engineering Decision-Making under Uncertainty (3)

18 units of coursework covering advanced materials and cutting-edge developments in materials science and engineering.

12 units of required courses.

  • course: Materials Selection for the Environment (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Materials Science and Innovation (3)

  • course: Integrated Computational Materials Science and Engineering (ICMSE) (3)

  • course / course: Research Proposal Preparation (3)

6 units of signature foundational course work.

  • course: Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection (3)

  • course: Advanced Characterization Methods in Materials Science and Engineering (3)

Elective Coursework

None

 

Additional Requirements

None

 

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Credit Units

30 

Core Coursework Requirements

Core courses: 17 units

  • At least 9 units in emphasis area

  • 5-8 units of electives (including up to 6 units of one-unit short courses)

  • 0-3 units of independent study or report

Business Fundamentals (at least 3 units)

  • course: Project Management (3)

  • course: Mine Examination and Valuation (3)

Applied Engineering/Mathematics (at least 3 units)

  • course: Engineering Statistics (3)

  • course: Applied Biostatistics (3)

  • course: Data Analysis and Application Development for Mining Engineers (3)

Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design (at least 3 units)

  • course:Financial Modeling for Innovation (3)

  • course: Surface Mine Planning and Design (3)

  • course: Rock Excavation (3)

Advanced Engineering Science (at least 3 units)

  • course: Geomechanics (3-4)

  • course: Mineral Processing (3)

  • course: Equipment Operations Technology (3)

Students must select one emphasis area and take at least 9CH from that area and 5-8CH of elective courses. Additionally, all ME candidates must enroll in one unit of course.  Students in the ME program may take no more than 6 units of short courses and no more than 3 units of independent studies or report.  

 

Elective Coursework

Electives (5-8 units)
These courses are subject to the approval of the advisory committee. Up to 6 units of short courses (696x, 697x, etc.) may be used as elective credit.
 

Additional Requirements

This program is only open to current students enrolled in the Bachelor of Science Mining Engineering program at the University of Arizona.

 

Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

30 

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

  1. Requirements to meet 40% COMMONALITY ACROSS ALL MENG SUBPLANS: 

Students in all subplans of the MEng degree (including the Aerospace Systems subplan) must choose courses from the following required 4 core areas (12 units), which constitute the required common 40% of the coursework for all MEng subplans:

To satisfy the Applied Engineering/Mathematics requirement, MEng students must choose one of the following courses:

  • course:Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)

  • course: Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)

  • course: Introduction to System Identification Methods (3)

To satisfy the Engineering Management/Business requirement, MEng students must choose one of the following courses

  • course / course: Law for Engineers/Scientists (3)

  • course: Financial Modeling for Innovation (3)

  • AME 5XX: Business Planning for Engineers (3) 

To satisfy the Innovation/Design requirement, MEng students must choose one of the following courses:

  • course: Aircraft Conceptual Design (3)

  • course: Aerospace Engineering Design (3)

  • course: Orbital Mechanics and Space Flight (3)

To satisfy the Advanced Engineering Science requirement, MEng students must complete

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

Students can select additional 18 units from the following lists of courses according to their area of specialization:

Space Systems (choose at least 3 courses):

  • course: Spacecraft Optimal Estimation (3)

  • course: Advanced Rocket Propulsion (3)

  • course: Interplanetary Mission Design (3)

  • course: Spacecraft Attitude Dynamics and Control (3)

  • course: Orbital Mechanics and Space Flight (3)

  • course: Finite Element Methods (3)

  • course: Fundamental of Guidance for Aerospace Systems (3)

  • course: Introduction to Advanced Control Theory (3)

Aeronautical Systems (choose at least 3 courses):

  • course: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (3)

  • course: Fundamentals of Fluid Mechanics (3)

  • course: Compressible Fluid Dynamics (3)

  • course: Advanced Rocket Propulsion (3)

  • course: Composite Materials (3)

  • course: Finite Element Methods (3)

  • course: Introduction to Advanced Control Theory (3)

Other Interdisciplinary Courses with Relevance to Aerospace Technology (chose at least one):

  • course: Fabrication Techniques for Micro- and Nanodevices (3)

  • course: Advanced Thermodynamics (3)

  • course: Convective Transport Phenomena (3)

  • course: Renewable Energy Systems (3)

  • course: Fuel Cell Fundamentals and Design (3)

  • course: Independent Study* (1-6)

*Students enrolled in approved double-degree programs have the option to substitute course with course and prepare a Master Report. 

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

None

 

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

30 

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

Category 1 – Engineering management/business (3 units)

Category 2 – Applied engineering mathematics (3 units)  

Category 3 – Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design (3 units)

  • course: Foundation Engineering (3)

  • course: Computer Applications in Hydraulics (3)

  • course: Advanced Structural Design in Concrete (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Transportation Engineering (3)

Category 4 – Advanced Engineering Science (3 units)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

 Other courses may be approved by Department Advisor for the Categories

Emphasis Elective Coursework

Major Requirements and Electives

Engineering Mechanics

  • course / course: Wave Propagation in Solids (3)

  • course: Structural Dynamics and Earthquake Engineering (3)

  • course: Advanced Structural Dynamics (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Elasticity Theory and Application (3)

  • course: Fracture Mechanics (3)

  • course: Mechanical Behavior of Materials II: Special Topics (3) 

Geotechnical

  • course: Numerical methods in Geotechnical engineering (3)

  • course: Foundation Engineering (3)

  • course: Earth Structures in Geotechnical Engineering (3)

  • course: Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Ground Improvement (3)  

  • course: Special Topics in Geomechanics (3)

  • course: Geoenvironmental Engineering (3) 

Hydraulics  

  • course: Open-Channel Flow (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Hydraulics and Water Resources Engineering (3)

  • course: Watershed Engineering (3)

  • course: Computer Applications in Hydraulics (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Hydrology (3)

  • course: Sedimentation Engineering (3)

  • course: Statistical Hydrology (3)

  • course: Stochastic Methods in Surface Hydrology (3)

Structural

  • course: Advanced Structural Design in Steel (3)

  • course: Design of Wood and Masonry Structures (3)

  • course: Prestressed Concrete Structures (3)  

  • course: Advanced Structural Design in Concrete (3) 

  • course: Reinforced Concrete (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Advanced Structural Stability (3)

Transportation

  • course: Traffic Flow and Capacity Analysis (3) 

  • course: Highway Geometric Design (3)

  • course: Urban Transportation Planning (3)

  • course: Travel Demand Modeling (3)

  • course: Traffic Modeling and Simulation (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Transportation Engineering (3)

  • course: Advanced Transportation Modeling and Analysis (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Transportation Data Management and Analysis (3) 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

None

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

30 

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

Students must complete 18 Units from the following:

12 units of required core courses as follows:

  • course: Water Chemistry for Engineers (3)

  • course: Fate and Transport Processes in Environmental Engineering (3)

  • course: Water Treatment System Design (3)

  • course: Wastewater Treatment Design System (3)

6 units of  electives from the list below:

Up to 3 units may be course: Independent Study. Other electives may be approved by the department advisor for the following focus areas.


Air Quality/Pollution

  • course: Air Pollution I: Gases (3)

  • course: Air Pollution II: Aerosols (3)

Hazardous Waste

  • course: Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (3)

  • course: Analysis of Emerging Environmental Contaminants (3)

Water Resources

  • course: Water Resources Systems Planning and Management (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering (3)

Hydrology

  • course: Fundamentals of Subsurface Hydrology (3)

  • course: Fundamental in Surface Hydrology (3)

  • course / course: Hydrology (3)

  • course: Fundamentals: Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling (3)

Energy

  • course: Sustainable Water Supplies for Remote Communities (4)

  • course: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems (3)

Students complete 12 Units consisting of one course (3 units) in each of the following categories:

Engineering Management/Business - Take one of the following courses:

  • course: Business law (2) AND course: Project management (1)

  • course: Natural Resource Law and Economics (3)

  • course / course: Law for Engineers/Scientists (3) 

  • course: Technical Sales and Marketing (3)

  • course / course: Project management (3)

  • course: Financial Modeling for Innovation (3)

Other courses may be approved by Department advisor

Applied Engineering/Mathematics - Take one of the following courses:

  • course: Applied Biostatistics (3)

  • course: Introductory Finite Element Methods (3)  

  • course: Subsurface Fluid Dynamics (3)

  • course: Elasticity Theory and Application (3)

  • course: Probability in Civil Engineering (3)

  • course: Hydrology (3)

  • course: Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)

  • course: Advanced Chemical Engineering Transport Phenomena (3)

  • course: Advanced Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics (3)

  • course: Advanced Chemical Reaction Engineering (3)

  • course: Advanced Linear Systems Theory (3)

  • course: Probability and Random Processes for Engineering Applications (3)

  • course1: Numeric Modeling of Physics & Biological Systems (3)

  • course: Modeling of Mass and Energy Flow in Soils (3)

  • course: Computer Applications in Hydraulics (3)

  • course: Risk Assessment for Environmental Systems (3)

  • course: Applied Groundwater Modeling (3)

  • course: Introduction to SIE Methods: Probability and Statistics (1)

  • course: Quality Engineering (3)

  • course: Reliability Engineering (3)

  • course: Stochastic Modeling I (3)

  • course: Engineering Decision-Making Under Uncertainty (3)

  • course: Engineering Statistics (3)

  • course: Simulation Modeling and Analysis (3)

  • course: Fundamentals of Data Science for Engineers (3)

  • course: Survey of Optimization Methods (3)

  • course: The Systems Engineering Process (3)

Other courses may be approved by Department advisor

Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design - Take one of the following courses:

  • course: Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment (3)

Advanced Engineering Science - Take one of the following courses:

  • course: HVAC System Design (3)

  • course: Weather Fundamentals (3)

  • course: Introduction to Atmospheric and Hydrology Remote Sensing (3)

  • course: Air Pollution I: Gases (3)

  • course: Air Pollution II: Aerosols (3)

  • course: Atmospheric Radiation and Remote Sensing (3)

  • course / course: Watershed Engineering (3)

  • course: Open-Channel flow (3)

  • course: Geoenvironmental Engineering (3)

  • course: Hazardous Waste Management (3)

  • course: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems (3)

  • course: Environmental Soil and Water Chemistry (3)

  • course: Survey of Optimization Methods (3)

Other courses may be approved by Department advisor

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

One elective may be taken from the following focus areas:

Air Quality/Pollution

  • course: Air Pollution I: Gases (3)

  • course: Air Pollution II: Aerosols (3)

Hazardous Waste

  • course: Introduction to Hazardous Waste Management (3)

  • course: Analysis of Emerging Environmental Contaminants (3)

Water Resources

  • course: Water Resources Systems Planning and Management (3)

  • course: Special Topics in Hydraulics & Water Resources Engineering (3)

Hydrology

  • course: Fundamentals of Subsurface Hydrology (3)

  • course: Fundamental in Surface Hydrology (3)

  • course / course: Hydrology (3)

  • course: Fundamentals: Systems Approach to Hydrologic Modeling (3)

Energy

  • course: Sustainable Water Supplies for Remote Communities (4)

  • course: Photovoltaic Solar Energy Systems (3)

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

None

 

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

30 

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

12 units of coursework with a focus on business and management:

18 units of coursework covering advanced materials and cutting-edge developments in materials science and engineering.

12 units of required courses.

  • course: Special Topics in Materials Science and Innovation (3)

  • course: Materials Selection for the Environment (3)

  • course: Technology of Polymers and Ceramics (3)

  • course / course: Research Proposal Preparation (3)

6 units of signature foundational course work.

  • course: Engineering Materials: Properties and Selection (3)

  • course: Advanced Characterization Methods in Materials Science and Engineering (3)

Emphasis Elective Coursework

MSE electives (3 units required).   Course options include the following list or can be chosen in consultation with advisor.

  • course: Corrosion and Degradation (3)

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

None

 

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

30 

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

Core courses: 17 units

  • At least 9 units in emphasis area

  • 5-8 units of electives (including up to 6 units of one-unit short courses)

  • 0-3 units of independent study or report

  • course: Graduate Seminar (1)

Business Fundamentals (at least 3 units)

  • course: Project Management (3)

  • course: Mine Examination and Valuation (3)

Applied Engineering/Mathematics (at least 3 units)

  • course: Engineering Statistics (3)

  • course: Applied Biostatistics (3)

  • course: Data Analysis and Application Development for Mining Engineers (3)

Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design (at least 3 units)

  • course:Financial Modeling for Innovation (3)

  • course: Surface Mine Planning and Design (3)

  • course: Rock Excavation (3)

Advanced Engineering Science (at least 3 units)

  • course: Geomechanics (3-4)

  • course: Mineral Processing (3)

  • course: Equipment Operations Technology (3)

Example Focus Areas (at least 9 units, not including short courses)

Geomechanics

  • course: Geomechanics (3-4)

  • course: Underground Construction Geomechanics (3)

  • course: The Mechanics of Fracture in Rock and Other Brittle Materials (3)

  • course: Rock Excavation (3)

  • course: Tailings Storage Facility Design (Planning, Design and Analysis) (3)

Mine Information and Production Technology

  • course: Equipment Operations Technology (3)

  • course: Mine Planning Software (short course) (1)

  • course: Surface Mine Design (3)

  • course: Underground Mine Design (2)

  • course: Simulations Modeling and Analysis (3)

  • course: The Systems Engineering Process (3)

Mine Health and Safety

  • course: Basic Principles of Epidemiology (3)

  • course: Public Health Policy and Management (3)

  • course: Environmental and Occupational Health (3)

  • course: Biostatistics in Public Health (may be used to satisfy math requirement) (3)

  • course: Sociocultural and Behavioral Aspects of Public Health (3)

  • course: Engineering Sustainable Development (3)

  • course: Health and Safety in Mining (1)

  • course: Mine Ventilation (4)

Mineral Processing

  • course: Mineral Processing (3)

  • course: Surface Chemistry of Flotation (3)

  • course: Elements of Solution Mining (3)

  • course: Hydrometallurgy (3)

Sustainable Resource Development

  • course: Watershed Engineering (3)

  • course: Natural Resource Law and Economics (3)

  • course: Engineering Sustainable Development (3)

  • course: Environmental Management and Mine Reclamation (3)

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

Electives (5-8 units)
These courses are subject to the approval of the advisory committee. Up to 6 units of short courses (696x, 697x, etc.) may be used as elective credit.
 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

Pre-requisites Needed for Graduate Admission: The background coursework we look for is 3 semesters of calculus (for some emphasis areas differential equations is required), 1-2 semesters of physics (depending on the emphasis area), statics (for some emphasis areas strength of materials and mechanics of fluids), and a basic understanding of geologic principles. For those entering Mining Engineering from another discipline, we have developed a course to cover these pre-requisites. This 'bridge course' may be a required to be taken in your first semester and will apply for up to 3 units on your plan of study.

 

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

30

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

Core (6 units):

  • course: Quantum Sensing and Quantum Machine Learning (3)

  • course: Quantum Communications and Quantum Networks (3)

Business Fundamentals (3 units)

  • course / course: Law for Engineers/Scientists (3) OR

  • course: Technical Sales and Marketing (3)

Applied Engineering/Mathematics (3 units)

  • course: Advanced Linear Systems Theory (3) OR

  • course: Probability and Random Processes for Engineering Applications (3)

Entrepreneurship/Innovation/Design (3 units)

  • course / course: Photonics Innovation to the Marketplace (3) OR

  • course: Financial Modeling for Innovation (3)

Advanced Engineering Science (3 units)

  • course: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Information Processing (3)

Emphasis Elective Coursework

Select 4 of the following courses (12 units):

  • course: Advanced Linear Systems Theory (3)

  • course: Probability and Random Processes for Engineering Applications (3)

  • course: Optical Communication Systems (3)

  • course*: Advanced Topics in Optical and Electronic Materials (3)

  • course: Digital Communications Systems (3)

  • course: Free-Space Optical Communications Systems (3)

  • course: From Photonics Innovation to the Marketplace (3)

  • course: Fundamentals of Optics for Electrical Engineers (3)

  • course: Fundamentals of Computer Networks (3)

  • course: Electromagnetic Field Theory (3)

  • course*: Advanced Optical Communication Systems (3)

  • course*: Quantum Information Processing and Quantum Error Correction (3)

  • course: Information Theory (3)

  • course: Detection and Estimation in Engineering Systems (3)

  • course: Information in a Photon (3)

  • course: Photonic Quantum Information Processing (3)

Additional Emphasis Requirements

None

Emphasis Student Handbook

Not available

Completion requirement

Minimum Emphasis Units

30 

Emphasis Core Coursework Requirements

Sub-plan Core (12 units)

  • course: Advanced Engineering Analysis (3)

  • course: Design of Mechatronic Systems (3)

  • course: Introduction to Advanced Control Theory (3) 

One of the following:

  • course / course: Law for Engineers/Scientists (3)

  • course: Financial Modeling for Innovation (3)

  • course: Technical Leadership for Engineers I (3)

Students must take the following 4 courses (12 units)

  • course: Introductory Robotics: Kinematics, Dynamics, and Path Planning (3)

  • course: Design of Mechatronic Systems (3)

  • course: Non-Linear and Optimal Control (3)

  • course: Introduction to System Identification Methods (3)

 

Emphasis Elective Coursework

Select two courses at minimum to meet 6 unit elective requirement

  • course: AME Special Topics (3)

  • course: Composite Materials (3)

  • course: Electronics Packaging Principles (3)

  • course: Advanced Dynamics (3)

  • course: Master's Report (1-6)

  • course: Sensor System Engineering (3)

 

Additional Emphasis Requirements

None

 

Emphasis Student Handbook

Please refer to the Graduate Student Handbook for students who are pursuing this program of study.

Completion requirement

This program has multiple emphases; see below for specific requirements for each emphasis.