5.3 Engineer's Degrees
(Approved November 16, 1994) (Amended January 17, 2007) (Amended January 25, 2012)
An Engineer's degree may be awarded upon successful completion of a program preapproved for this degree.
The NPS requirements for an Engineer's degree are as follows:
- 72 hours of graduate level courses beyond the bachelor's level, including greater than 30 hours in courses numbered 4000 or above; and
- a thesis approved by the academic unit.
The student must complete all departmental requirements for the degree, and must possess a GQPR of at least 3.0 upon completion of the program.
A maximum of 27 hours of graduate level courses, including no more than 12 hours numbered 4000 or higher, may be waived in consideration of course hour credits acquired in pursuit of an appropriate master's degree from another institution. Students need not request formal transfer of credit for this purpose, but must gain departmental approval for this waiver.