No Engineering Degree?
Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Mechanics
The normal prerequisite for graduate study is a bachelor's degree in aerospace engineering or a related field of engineering. Graduate study in orbital mechanics, computational mechanics, and theoretical mechanics is possible, however, for those with degrees in science or mathematics.
Chemical Engineering
Those without a chemical engineering B.S. should contact the department's graduate advisor to arrange a special program for concurrent remedial training.
Civil Engineering
Those with a degree in natural sciences or mathematics can be admitted, but will need to complete course deficiencies in undergraduate preparation.
Students with bachelor's degrees in fields other than engineering will be required to satisfy the following course requirements in addition to the requirements for the graduate degree. Depending on the number of courses required, students may be asked to enroll as undergraduates until they are ready to begin graduate level course work. Credit is given for any course listed below that has been taken previously.
- Physics - 8 hours, must include laboratory work
- Chemistry - 3 hours (CH 302 or equivalent)
- Mathematics - 8 hours of calculus plus M427K or equivalent
- Digital computation - 3 hours (CE 311K or equivalent)
- Engineering mechanics - statics, dynamics, and elementary strength of materials (equivalent to at least EM 314 and 319)
- Engineering science - 3 hours, typically thermodynamics or electrical circuits
- Fluid mechanics - 3 hours (CE 354)
- Civil engineering - 12 hours, including courses in at least two areas
Electrical and Computer Engineering
Please contact your Graduate Coordinator:
Melanie Gulick
ENS 132
232-4297
melanie.gulick@mail.utexas.edu
Mechanical Engineering
Students may be admitted with a BS degree in mathematics or the sciences from an accredited institution. Applicants from other academic backgrounds may be admitted on the condition they obtain concurrent remedial training.
Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering
Students who are admitted without sufficient preparation are usually required to take some undergraduate courses in order to obtain the basic knowledge needed for graduate study in Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering. An evaluation of the student's previous university studies and work experience determines the specific undergraduate courses needed. Students who do not have a strong background in the subjects listed below are required to take courses covering these areas. Practical experience is taken into account.
- Physics: Mechanics, heat, electricity, magnetism, optics, wave phenomena
- Chemistry: General, physical, and inorganic
- Geology: Physical geology, stratigraphy, depositional processes
- Mathematics: Calculus through differential equations
- Engineering Sciences: Statics, dynamics, and mechanics of solids; scientific-language computer programming; thermodynamics; electric machinery and electronic circuits