© May 2001,1 Ph.D., in Applied Science with Major in Systems Engineering

© May 2001,2 Ph.D. in Applied Science with Major in Systems Engineering  General Requirements  Admission Requirements  Degree Requirements

© May 2001,3 General Requirements  General requirements for the Ph.D. degree include the following components: (1) total academic credit, (2) residence requirements, (3) course requirements, (4) preliminary counseling examination, (5) qualifying examination, (6) admission to candidacy, (7) dissertation, (8) final examination, and (9) supervisory committee. A student admitted to a doctoral program is expected to have been awarded a Master's degree in the same or a closely related program or to earn such a Master's degree during the course of the program. SMU Engineering Web Page, April 2001

© May 2001,4 Admission Requirements  Master’s degree in SE, mathematics, engineering management, or a related field. In the case of admission without a Mater’s degree, the baccalaureate degree must be conferred prior to the time the student begins classes a a graduate student.  G.P.A. of at least a 3.40 on a 4.00 scale. SMU Engineering Web Page, April 2001

© May 2001,5 Admission Requirements  A graduate student does not become a candidate for the Ph.D. degree until the formal application for candidacy has been approved. Such admission requires the approval of the student's supervisory committee, the department chair, and the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies. The approval is based upon (1) passing the qualifying examination, (2) the academic record of the student as attested by a G.P.A. of 3.00 or better (4.00 = A), (3) selection of a tentative title for the dissertation, and (4) the student's overall fitness as judged by the supervisory committee. The formal SMU Engineering Web Page, April 2001

© May 2001,6 Admission Requirements application for candidacy should be submitted as soon as these four requirements have been met as judged by the supervisory committee. SMU Engineering Web Page, April 2001

© May 2001,7 Degree Requirements  The minimum academic course work of 54 term credit hours should include a major as well as a minor area of investigation. Specific course requirements for these areas are identified by the individual departments. As a general guideline, at least 12 term credit hours are required for the minor, which should be in an area providing breadth as well as support to the major field of investigation.  For a Ph.D. program, qualifying examinations and the dissertation are paramount. Course requirements are identified to facilitate the student's training toward the SMU Engineering Web Page, April 2001

© May 2001,8 Degree Requirements qualifying examination. Of the 24 term hours required in course work beyond a Master's degree, 12 term hours must be taken at SMU. Generally speaking, up to 12 term hours of graduate courses may be transferred into the Ph.D. program from an institution approved by the Graduate Division, provided that such course work was completed in the five years prior to matriculation; that the transferred courses were taken toward a Ph.D. degree; and that grades of B- or higher were received in the courses to be transferred. The request to transfer credit must be made, using appropriate forms, during the term of matriculation SMU Engineering Web Page, April 2001

© May 2001,9 Degree Requirements to the Graduate Division. Grades of courses transferred for credit are neither recorded nor used in computing grade- point averages. Acceptance of transfer credit requires approval of the student's faculty adviser, department chair, and the Assistant Dean of Graduate Studies. Transfer of any credit for courses taken at other institutions after admission to SMU is not normally permitted. SMU Engineering Web Page, April 2001

© May 2001,10 Degree Requirements  The following courses must be taken at SMU or credited from another graduate institution: Systems Engineering Satisfactory completion of the following: EMIS 7300 Systems Analysis Methods EMIS 7301 Systems Engineering Process EMIS 7303 Integrated Risk Management EMIS 7305 Systems Optimization and Analysis EMIS 7307 Systems Integration and Test Satisfactory completion of four (4) from the following: EMIS 7310 Systems Engineering Design EMIS 7312 Software Systems Engineering EMIS 7320 Systems Engineering Management EMIS 7330 Systems Reliability Engineering EMIS 7340 Logistics Systems Engineering

© May 2001,11 Degree Requirements Engineering Management CSE 8364 Management for Engineers CSE 8362 Engineering Accounting or CSE 8363 Engineering Finance Operations Research CSE 8360 Operations Research Models CSE 8378 Optimizations Models or CSE 8381 Nonlinear Programming Computer Science / STAT EMIS 7369 Reliability Engineering CSE 7377 Statistical Design and Analysis of Experiments or EMIS 7370 Statistics for Engineers

© May 2001,12 Degree Requirements Satisfactory completion of three (3) elective courses, approved by the adviser, in business, computer science, engineering, mathematics, or statistics. This may be collectively in one area or spread out in various areas.