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General Information To obtain the M.S.M.E., M.S.N.E., M.S.M.P., M.S.P.S.E., or M.S. BIOE degree, you must complete an approved program of study for the designated degree. If you wish to pursue interdisciplinary areas with substantial course work outside the Woodruff School, then the undesignated M.S. degree is your goal and you should submit the relevant program of study. You are encouraged to consult with your advisor about the program of study most advantageous to your chosen career. Additionally, we encourage you to examine the Georgia Tech General Catalog, the many Woodruff School publications, and our web sites to appreciate the myriad opportunities available. You may also use the resources of other schools at Georgia Tech to design your program of study. You should plan your activities to complete the Master's degree program in one to two years or four to six semesters of full-time study. All course work is elective, but is subject to the requirements for breadth, depth, and level. There are no language requirements for any graduate degree. Timetable for the Master's Degree Below is a timetable of actions needed for the master's degree. You bear the responsibility to see that all the necessary forms are submitted and approved by the stated deadlines.
Guidelines for Registration Full-time enrollment is required of all students receiving financial aid and for international students on visas. You must register for a minimum of twelve hours of letter-grade and/or pass/fail thesis or dissertation credit hours to maintain your status as a full-time student. Failure to register on time might delay the payment of a fellowship stipend or tuition payment. Research assistants doing thesis research must sign up for thesis hours (ME/NRE/MP 7000 for the MS and ME/NRE 9000 for the Ph.D.). Graduate research assistants conducting research should register for letter-grade course work (usually six to nine hours) and sufficient thesis hours to bring the total load to 21 credit hours. Teaching assistants may add three audit hours in recognition of the teaching assignment (ME/NRE 8997). The Institute Policy on Hour Loads for Graduate Students is found at www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu/thesis/policies/hr_load_grad.pdf Grades and Credit Hours As a master's degree student, you must maintain overall and semester grade point averages (GPA) of at least 3.0 to maintain good academic standing. In addition, the GPA for courses on your approved program of study must be 3.0 or higher . If your GPA drops below 3.0, you will be given two semesters in residence at Georgia Tech to raise your grade point average to good academic standing. Failure to do so will result in your being dropped from the program. You must earn a graduate grade point average of at least 3.0 or higher and satisfy all remaining requirements to be certified for the master's degree. A new graduate student (unless currently enrolled as a Georgia Tech undergraduate) who participates in the Graduate Cooperative Program during his/her first semester of enrollment must register for one hour of ME 6798 (Cooperative Internship) in order to establish a record of enrollment. You must also pay the appropriate out-of-state or in-state tuition and fees. If you complete both the bachelor's and master's degrees in the same discipline in the Woodruff School, you may use up to six credit hours of graduate-level course work in the major discipline for both degrees. To qualify for this option, you must complete the undergraduate degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.5 or higher and complete the master's degree within a two-year period from the award date of the bachelor's degree. If you are pursuing dual master's degrees in Mechanical Engineering and Nuclear and Radiological Engineering (the M.S.M.E. and M.S.N.E.) you may double count the six hours of course work used to fulfill the math/basic science minor requirement of both degrees. In addition, the Woodruff School has a five-year BS/MS program for those undergraduate students who have a GPA of 3.5 or higher and wish to obtain a graduate degree. Final admission to the graduate program is contingent upon completion of the BSME degree at Georgia Tech with a GPA of 3.0 or higher. In addition, you must matriculate into the graduate program immediately (excluding summer semester) upon receipt of your B.S. degree. For details, about the BS/MS program click here. Transfer Credit
Confer with the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies to ascertain whether the courses to be transferred are a logical part of your graduate program at Georgia Tech. The courses should appear on the approved program of study form. If the courses are appropriate, you will need to give the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies a copy of your current transcript and some descriptive course materials, including catalog descriptions, syllabi, and textbooks, which will be used to evaluate the course. The School Chair or the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies will consult with faculty of the appropriate Georgia Tech department to determine the equivalent Georgia Tech course and the number of credit hours to be accepted. The Associate Chair for Graduate Studies prepares and approves the Non-Resident Credit Report. The completed form is sent directly to the Georgia Tech Registrar with the supporting documentation.
Courses A list of the courses by number and their frequency of offering may be found in Appendix A. Appendix B is a list of the courses in each of the research areas in the Woodruff School. Distance-learning course projections are given for mechanical engineering and medical physics in Appendix C. Special Problem Courses A special problem is an individual study in a specialized area under the direction of a member of the Woodruff School faculty. To register for ME/NRE/MP 89XX you must select a project and find a faculty member to direct it. The Special Problems Course form can be submitted online. Each special problem must culminate in a written final report, which is to be submitted to the advisor for grading. All special problems are given a letter grade. Special Problem credits may not be included as part of the 30 hours of required coursework for master's thesis students. The Special Problem Statement represents a contract between the student and the Woodruff School. Therefore, the tasks to be performed must be stated clearly and careful consideration should be given to the amount of course credit proposed for these tasks. The student must complete enrollment for a special project before the end of the semester preceding the semester of enrollment. To initiate your Special Problem Course Form, please go to: https://www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/forms/STUDENT/SpecProb_stu/Spec-prob-gradstd.asp If you note any problems with this automated process, please notify the Office of Student Services by sending an email directly to Michael Leamy. If you are having problems logging in, please contact the Woodruff School Computer Support Help Desk at computer.support@me.gatech.edu. If you have forgotten your password, go to: https://www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/pwrdreset/ Degree Requirements Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering The Master of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering (M.S.M.E.) has the following minimum course credit-hour requirements. All courses must be at the 4000 level and above .
The minimum coursework requirements must also conform to these criteria:
Note that ME 6753, ME 6789, and ME 6799 may only be used to satisfy the course work in the coherent minor area. COA 8685-Building Simulation Seminar, COA 8833-Computational Simulation of Build Design, MGT 6165, and BC 6650 may be included in the coherent minor area. ME 6753 and BC 6650 may not be counted together in the coherent minor area. Only courses from the School of Mathematics fulfill the mathematics requirement. The coherent minor area must be distinctly different from the major area. ME xxxx credits do not include thesis credits (ME 7000). The items listed below cannot be used to meet the course requirements for the M.S.M.E. degree:
Master of Science (Undesignated) The undesignated master's degree (M.S.) enables you to pursue a program of highly interdisciplinary course work. For the undesignated degree, the major area is a coherent field of interest in the Woodruff School, but courses taken in the major area need not all have ME designations. Examples of major areas are acoustics and dynamics, bioengineering, materials science, MEMS, and thermal sciences. The list of major areas is limited only by the current interests of the faculty in the Woodruff School. The requirement for a major area is motivated by the need to have some coherent area of special expertise. ME 6753, ME 6789, and ME 6799 cannot be used to meet this requirement. CETL classes also do not meet these respective course requirements. The Master of Science has the following minimum course credit-hour requirements. All courses must be 4000-level and above. The minimum coursework requirements included in the proposed program must also conform to the following criteria:
The minimum coursework requirements must also conform to these criteria:
Only courses from the School of Mathematics fulfill the mathematics requirement. ME xxxx credits do not include special problem credits (ME 89xx). In addition, Any course in which you don't receive a C or higher, any course taken for a nonletter grade basis (except thesis, transfer credit, or advanced standing), or any course required for the B.S.M.E. do not meet these course requirements. Master of Science in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering The Master of Science degree in Nuclear and Radiological Engineering (M.S.N.E.) has the following minimum course credit-hour requirements. No more than six semester hours at the 4000 level can be counted toward the degree requirement.
The required courses for this degree are: • NRE 6101 Transport Fundamentals • NRE 6102 Plasma Physics • NRE 6201 Reactor Physics • NRE 6401 Advanced Nuclear Engineering Design (required for the nonthesis option) • NRE 6756 Radiation Physics *NRE 6102 Plasma Physics, NRE 6201 Reactor Physics and NRE 6756 Radiation Physics are taught as the second course in a two-course sequence, and knowledge of the material covered in the first course is assumed. Students who have not had an undergraduate course in plasma physics covering the material in NRE 4610 Intro to Fusion are advised to take that course as a make-up prior to taking NRE 6102; student who have not had an undergraduate course in reactor physics covering the material in NRE4204 are advised to take that course as a make-up prior to taking NRE 6201; and students who have not had an undergraduate course in radiation physics or the equivalent covering the material in NRE 3301 are advised to take that course as a make-up prior to taking NRE 6756. NRE 4610, 4204 and 3301 are offered Fall semester and NRE 6102, 6201 and 6756 are offered Spring semester. The courses in the MSNE curriculum require mathematics at least at the level found in advanced engineering mathematics courses. Knowledge of solutions of PDE boundary value problems by separation of variables and eigenfunction expansion, Fourier and LaPlace transforms and orthogonal polynomial expansions is required, and knowledge of vectors, tensors and complex analysis is desirable. MATH 4581 or the equivalent is recommended. Courses from the School of Mathematics as well as ISyE 6401, ISyE 6739, and NRE 6103 fulfill the mathematics requirement. Any course in which you don't receive a C or higher, or any course taken for a nonletter grade (except the thesis, transfer credit, or advanced standing) do not meet these course requirements. All courses must be at the 4000 level and above. No more than six semester hours at the 4000 level can be counted toward the degree requirements. CETL classes also do not meet these respective course requirements. Master of Science in Medical Physics The Master of Science in Medical Physics (M.S.M.P.) degree program is intended to prepare students for productive careers as medical physicists. The program is designed to be completed in one and one-half years by well-motivated, full-time students. The M.S.M.P. has the following course credit-hour requirements:
The required courses for this degree are:
Some suggested elective courses for this degree are:
Clinical Rotation (MP8104) On-campus students will work with clinical medical physicists at Emory University's hospital and clinic or at the Memorial Health University Medical Center in Savannah, Georgia. The clinical rotation class topics will be distributed in three areas:
Distance-Learning (DL) students are required to fulfill the clinical rotations and laboratories at their own (or nearby) facilities. In this case, the DL student must first submit the necessary information for approval to the course coordinator before admittance into the program. Prerequisites for MP 8104 are MP 4750, MP 6204, MP 6402, MP 6407. It is also desirable that student have taken MP 6300 and MP 6757 before registering for the clinical rotation course. All students must have obtained a C or higher in four required courses to register for the clinical rotation course. All students must have obtained a C or higher in four required courses to register for the clinical rotation course. Any course in which you don't receive a C or higher, or any course taken on a non-letter grade basis (except the thesis, transfer credit, or advanced standing) does not meet these course requirements. All courses must be at the 4000 level and above. No more than six semester hours at the 4000 level can be counted toward the degree requirements. CETL classes also do not meet these respective course requirements. Distance learning (DL) students are required to travel to Georgia Tech to complete any course with an on-campus experimental laboratory requirement and to complete the oral examinations for the clinical rotation courses. Sample 3 Semester Curriculum (Nonthesis Option) for On-Campus Students
Master of Science in Bioengineering The Woodruff School participates in Georgia Tech's Master of Science and Ph.D. in Bioengineering. Specific degree information on this interdisciplinary program is available at http://www.bioengineering.gatech.edu/
Master of Science in Paper Science and Engineering Students in the master's program who are interested in a unique multidisciplinary program in biotechnology and (M.S.P.S.E.) engineering sciences of paper and tissue production can select their degree with a major or minor in Paper Science and Engineering (PSE). These multidisciplinary degrees are supported by four Schools (referred to as Home Schools), namely the Schools of Mechanical Engineering, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Materials Science and Engineering, and Chemistry in conjunction with the Institute of Paper Science and Technology at Georgia Tech. The Master and Ph.D. degree programs with a major or minor in PSE in the Woodruff School of Mechanical Engineering provide a multidisciplinary approach to biotechnology of natural fiber production, manufacturing of paper and tissue, and energy production through woody biomass. Students admitted to the Master of Science program in PSE in the School of Mechanical Engineering must have a B.S. degree in engineering, science, or mathematics, and satisfy the admission requirements of the Woodruff School. The minimum PSE course requirements are the same for students who select their major in ME and minor in PSE or those who select their major in PSE. All PSE students must complete 12 credits of PSE coursework. These 12 credits constitute a PSE minor or, when combined with other courses determined by the student's advisor from the Home School, constitute the curriculum for a PSE degree. The Master of Science degree with major or minor in PSE has the following minimum course credit-hour requirements. Of the 33 total hours required, 27 hours must be at the 6000 level or above and six credit hours must be at the 4000 level or above.
Courses PSE Core Courses (each course is 3 credit hours)
PSE Elective Courses (each course is 3 credit hours) Students in the Woodruff School with a major in ME and a minor in PSE or with a major in PSE are required to take
and one course from the following list
Suggested Electives Students in the Woodruff School with a major or minor in PSE are required to take 9 (18 without thesis) credits in a coherent group of courses in Mechanical Engineering or multidisciplinary areas supporting their thesis project as approved by their advisor. A list of suggested electives is provided below. Other electives approved by the student's advisor can be included.
PSE Course Requirements for PSE Fellows All students funded on a PSE Fellowship must complete 12 credits of PSE coursework. These 12 credits constitute a PSE minor or, when combined with other courses determined by the Home School, constitute the curriculum for a PSE degree. Students completing the PSE minor must file the Certificate of Completion of PSE Coursework form with the Home School as well as the IPST Director's office prior to graduation.
PSE Course Descriptions
Develop a Program of Study A Proposed Master's Program of Study form must be submitted for approval during your first semester of study at the Woodruff School. At that time, you need to declare if you are going to do a thesis or just course work (nonthesis). If you are not going to do a thesis, then you will have to complete the necessary coursework. If you are preparing a thesis, refer to the M.S. Thesis Process section. Information on the contents of a thesis follows that section. In preparing your program of study, be aware that graduate courses are usually offered only once a year and, in some cases, less frequently (see Appendix A). Submit your program of study electronically. It will be routed to your advisor for approval and then to the Office of Student Services for final approval. You will be provided e-mails and links to monitor the approval process. If the program of study is not approved, the reasons will be noted. Any deviation from your proposed program of study should be approved in advance of taking the new course work by submitting a revised program of study. These revisions may be submitted at any time, except for the semester in which you graduate. Revisions during the semester in which you graduate must be made on or before the first day of classes. This will allow time for the review and approval process prior to the close of registration for classes. To initiate your MSME Program of Study submission, please go to the following link and follow the online instructions: https://www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/forms/STUDENT/pos_stu/MSME.asp If you note any problems with this automated process, please notify the Office of Student Services by sending an email directly to Michael Leamy. If you are having problems logging in, please contact the Woodruff School Computer Support Help Desk at computer.support@me.gatech.edu. If you have forgotten your password, please go to the following link to reset your password: https://www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/pwrdreset/
MS Undesignated Program of Study
MSBioE Program of Study (Nonthesis)
The M.S. Thesis Process Step 1. Identify an advisor, a thesis topic, and your thesis reading committee. You are encouraged to talk to various faculty members regarding possible thesis topics and to begin this process immediately upon embarking on a degree program. Composition of your reading committee should be decided in conjunction with your advisor. The committee consists of at least three members. The advisor or one of the co-advisors must be a tenure-track (academic) Woodruff School faculty member, or a Woodruff School research faculty member with an earned doctorate. Two members of the M.S. Thesis Reading Committee must be tenure-track (academic faculty with primary or joint appointments in the Woodruff School). All committee members must have an earned doctorate or equivalent professional experience. Step 2. Submit the Request for Approval of Master's Thesis Topic Form.
A suggested M.S. Thesis Reading Committee, proposed by the thesis advisor, should accompany the request. Your advisor must provide a short justification for the selection of each member of your reading committee to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. (This justification may be sent by e-mail.) If a proposed member is not a Georgia Tech faculty member, a biosketch of that proposed member must also accompany the request. The advisor must also inform the Woodruff School Graduate Committee in the event the thesis contains any proprietary information that will require a delay in placing the thesis in the library. Fill out the Request for Approval of Master's Thesis Topic form with only your signature and that of your advisor in time for a Woodruff School Graduate Committee meeting. No other signatures are needed at this time. Bring the form to the Office of Student Services for processing. Step 3. Receive approval from the Woodruff School Graduate Committee and then obtain signatures of remaining committee members. After the Woodruff School Graduate Committee approves your master's thesis reading committee and your Request for Approval of Master's Thesis Topic , you will receive a memo of approval from the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies as well as the original copy of the Request for Approval of Master's Thesis Topic form. Obtain the signatures of the other members of your reading committee. Bring the completed form to the Office of Student Services for the signature of the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies and additional processing. Change in Thesis Title or Abstract Complete an updated Request for Approval of Master's Thesis Topic form. Indicate on the form that this is only a change in title, abstract, or both. You and your advisor must sign the form and submit it to the Office of Student Services for processing. Changes to a master's thesis title or abstract are handled administratively and need not go to the Woodruff School Graduate Committee for approval. Change in Thesis Reading Committee Changes to your Master's Thesis Reading Committee must be submitted to the Office of Student Services on an updated Request for Approval of Master's Thesis Topic form. Your advisor must provide a short justification for the change in Reading Committee to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. (This justification may be submitted via email.) Upon approval by the Woodruff School Graduate Committee, the Request for Approval of Master's Thesis Topic form will be returned to you, so that you can secure the signatures of the new reading committee members. Return the completed form to the Office of Student Services. Research Completion and M.S. Thesis Presentation Step 1. Provide the completed written thesis to your committee members. Master's students who are preparing a thesis must give an oral presentation of their work. This presentation is not a formal defense. Rather, approval of the thesis is based upon the written document. The presentation may be scheduled only after the members of your M.S. Thesis Reading Committee have reviewed the completed written document and consider the thesis to be satisfactory. A copy of the completed final draft of the thesis must be in the hands of your reading committee before you are allowed to continue with scheduling the oral presentation. Step 2. Schedule the M.S. Thesis Oral Presentation and submit the Thesis Presentation Announcement to the Office of Student Services. Poll the members of your reading committee to establish a date and time for the presentation. Reserve a room for your oral presentation. Submit your announcement at the following link: www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/forms/STUDENT/MS_thesis_pres/announce.asp If you have forgotten your password, please go to the following link to reset your password: https://www2.me.gatech.edu/graddb/pwrdreset/ This step must be completed at least two weeks (14 days) before the presentation. The announcement will be posted to the Woodruff School calendar. Step 3. Submit the Certifcate of Thesis Approval. Before your presentation, get a Certificate of Thesis Approval form from http://www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu/thesis/forms.php (or download it from Appendix E). Members of your M.S. Thesis Reading Committee must sign the form to show their acceptance of your thesis. You must be registered during the semester in which the final presentation occurs, unless an Enrollment Waiver is requested and approved. Once you have obtained approval from your Reading Committee, you must bring the Certificate of Thesis Approval, to the Office of Student Services for final approval by the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Care should be taken to make your presentation professional. In all cases, clear, easy-to-read visual aids should be used (for example, overhead transparencies or Power Point slides). Practice or rehearse your presentation a number of times so that you are comfortable making an oral presentation of your work. The Master's Thesis The purpose of the master's thesis is to further your educational development by requiring you to plan, conduct, and report an organized and systematic study of importance. In keeping with the Woodruff School 's policy of educating both practicing and research engineers, a thesis might range from a design project to a fundamental research investigation. Although you may propose a thesis topic and seek an advisor, the usual procedure is for you to work on a problem suggested by a faculty member. If you are employed on a sponsored research project, the thesis will usually be derived from this work. Suggested Content of the Thesis A master's thesis should present information in four steps:
The first two of these steps provide introductory information that generally fills one or two chapters of the final document. The information provided in the third and fourth steps is governed by the scope of the project and by the kind of documentation that is deemed appropriate to the project. An experimental project, for example, is likely to require different kinds of evidence than might a redesign project. Such differences in the standards for evidence will directly impact the length of the final thesis, and they will impact the kinds of illustrations that are selected for inclusion in the final document. Next is a list of the most common format headings for a master's thesis. Under each heading, we list the kinds of information typically presented under that heading. These information listings are necessarily schematic. Since thesis documents will vary according to project scope and evidentiary standards, you should view the listings as a point of departure from which to begin your own work. Abstract On one sheet of paper, list the problem(s) addressed by the project and the solutions that are reported in the thesis. Introduction Describe the need or question that is addressed in the project. Also, explain the benefits of addressing the need or answering the question, and explain briefly what solution you have developed. Background Describe the background of the need or question, addressing some combination of the following:
Methods Explain your strategy for addressing the problem, including theory and comparative benchmarks, as required. Describe the specific steps you have taken to address the problem, such as experimentation, computer modeling or simulation, and design and evaluation. Results and Discussion Present, explain, and evaluate the results obtained on each component of the project. Closing Summarize your conclusions and outline the questions raised or left open by your project. Submitting Your Thesis Format Check To make an appointment to have the format of your thesis checked, please call the Graduate Thesis Office (Savant Building, Room 317) at 404-894-3092, or e-mail thesis@grad.gatech.edu. You are urged to have your thesis format checked before making the final copies for your committee . There is now a deadline for the initial format check that is one week before the final submission deadline. There is a recommended deadline, but initial format checks will not be done in the week leading up to the thesis deadline; only final submissions will be checked that week. The specific requirements for the format, publication, and distribution of the thesis are explained in the Manual for Graduate Theses, which can be viewed at http://www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu/thesis/forms/ChecklistofDocuments.pdf Electronic Submission of Theses and Dissertations You no longer have to submit any paper copies of your thesis or dissertation to the Graduate Thesis Office. Paper copies should be given to your advisor and the members of your reading committee, unless the members request a different format. Go to the Electronic Thesis and Dissertations web site at Enter the requested information about yourself and your thesis/dissertation on a form and upload your thesis or dissertation in PDF format. The Graduate Thesis Office will check your electronic document and let you know about any corrections your must make. Make the corrections and resubmit the corrected file. If the Graduate Thesis Office has all the related documents, your thesis/dissertation will be approved and they will notify the Registrar's Office that you are eligible to graduate. Once you have graduated, your thesis/dissertation will be released for electronic circulation. Once you submit the document electronically, an e-mail notice will be sent to your committee members. The Thesis Approval Page will be the second page in your thesis/dissertation, but it will not show any signatures. List the committee members who approved your thesis or dissertation, but remove the signature lines and be certain you type in the date, which is the date that the final draft of your thesis/dissertation was approved. Graduation The Georgia Tech Registrar's Office requires a student to complete a Graduate Petition for Degree to obtain a master's degree. This Georgia Tech form must be obtained from the Woodruff School's Office of Student Services or online at www.registrar.gatech.edu For on-campus students, the degree petition must be submitted to the Georgia Tech Registrar's Office prior to the end of the semester preceding your final semester. The deadline is listed by semester at Petition for the Degree You must complete the Graduate Petition for Degree and obtain your advisor's signature. Return the petition to the Office of Student Services three weeks before the end of the semester in order to obtain the signature of the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. Section 2 of the Graduate Petition for Degree should match the Woodruff School's Proposed Master's Program of Study. It requires the signature of your advisor and is then processed through the Woodruff School Office of Student Services for the remaining, required signatures. The Petition for Degree must be forwarded to the Georgia Tech Registrar by the published deadlines. Due to the time delay involved with the transmittal of exams and grades, off-campus (distance-learning) master's degree students should submit a degree petition for the semester after they have finished their course work. Deadlines The Georgia Tech Graduate Office establishes deadlines for the submission of theses. These deadlines are strictly enforced and failure to meet all the deadlines might jeopardize your graduate plans. Please check http://www.gradadmiss.gatech.edu/thesis/thesisdeadlines.php for deadlines applicable to the term in which you plan to graduate. Equipment Checkout clearance Form All M.S. thesis students are required to submit an Equipment Checkout Clearance form to the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies along with the Certificate of Thesis Approval form. Enrollment Reduction or Enrollment Waiver The student must be registered for a minimum of three credit hours at all times, except that thesis students may enroll for one hour of MAJR 7000 in the semester of graduation. This Enrollment Reduction may be used only once. Students who have met all requirements for graduation before the last day of registration for the graduation term and who were registered the preceding semester may be eligible for an Enrollment Waiver. The Enrollment Waiver must be submitted before the first day of classes. You must also reactivate your degree petition at the same time as you submit the enrollment waiver. The waiver must be signed by your advisor and the Associate Chair for Graduate Studies. |
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Any transfer of credit must be requested during your first semester in residence at Georgia Tech. You may receive up to six semester hours of transfer credit toward the M.S. degree for graduate-level courses taken at an accredited institution in the United States or Canada and not used for credit toward another degree. You must supply a current transcript of these courses for the evaluation.
At the same time, the faculty advisor submits a justification for the composition of the reading committee. This step should be completed as early as possible, but not later than the submission of the petition for degree. Once a thesis topic is chosen, a