All students pursuing the master’s degree with the Department of Mechanical Engineering must plan their degree program with the assistance of the graduate advisor, major professor and their advisory committee as applicable. The MS with a major in mechanical and energy engineering requires a minimum of 30 semester credit hours for the thesis option and 33 credit hours for the non-thesis option. Students need to maintain at least a B average in all graduate courses to be eligible for graduation.

All students pursuing the MS in Mechanical and Energy Engineering must select one of the concentrations (areas of specialization) and complete the relevant courses listed below. Program information is also available in the Department of Mechanical Engineering Graduate Handbook.

MS in Mechanical and Energy Engineering has thesis and non-thesis options with concentrations in:

• Materials and Manufacturing
• Mechanics, Mechanical Systems and Design
• Thermal-Fluids Systems
• Energy, Environment and Sustainability
• Infrastructure.

Mechanical and energy engineering, Thesis option (30 credit hours)

Student in the MS in mechanical engineering thesis option are required to take 30 semester credit hours that are to be taken as follows:

1. Twelve hours of course work from the required core courses in one of the concentrations listed below.
2. Twelve hours of course work chosen from graduate-level (5000 or higher) courses offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MEEN, MSET) and related departments (BMEN, MTSE, CSCE, EENG). Of these, at least 6 hours of course work must be chosen from the elective courses in one of the concentrations listed below. A maximum of 3 hours of directed study (MEEN 5890) is allowed as part of the 24 hours of course work. Students taking directed study courses must submit a report to receive credit for the course.
3. At least 18 hour of course work from required core and elective courses must come from Department of Mechanical Engineering courses.
4. Six hours of thesis ( MEEN 5950 ). Work for the master’s thesis is comprised of an independent and original study. As part of these requirements, the student must present and defend a written thesis that must be approved by the major professor and the advisory committee and filed with the graduate dean’s office. The thesis must conform to the graduate school requirements, which may be found at tgs.unt.edu. It is expected that this material will be of archival quality.
5. An oral presentation of the master’s thesis is required. A decision on acceptance of the thesis will be made by the student’s advisory committee. For the thesis format, additional preparation guidelines can be found on the web site of the graduate school.
6. Students must also register and attend seminar (MEEN 5940 ) for one semester.
7. The selection of courses should be done with the approval of the student’s major professor and graduate advisor.

MS in mechanical engineering, Non-thesis option (33 credit hours)

The graduate credit requirement for the MS in mechanical engineering degree non-thesis option is 33 semester credit hours taken as follows:

1. Twelve hours of course work from the required core courses in one of the concentrations listed below.
2. Twenty-one hours of course work chosen from graduate-level (5000 or higher) courses offered by the Department of Mechanical Engineering (MEEN, MSET) and related departments (BMEN, MTSE, CSCE, EENG). Of these, at least 12 hours of course work must be chosen from the elective courses in one of the concentrations listed below. A maximum of 6 hours of directed study (MEEN 5890 ) is allowed as part of the course work. Students taking directed study courses must submit a report.
3. At least 24 hours of course work from required core and elective courses must come from the Department of Mechanical Engineering courses.
4. Students must also register and attend seminar (MEEN 5940 ) for one semester.
5. The selection of courses should be done with the approval of the student’s major professor an graduate advisor.