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Programs of Study, 1997-1999
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
GENERAL ENGINEERING
Head of the Department: T.F. Conry
Correspondence and Information: Graduate Programs, Department of General Engineering, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 117 Transportation Building, 104 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 333-2730. E-mail: deiskamp@uiuc.edu.
URL: http://www.ge.uiuc.edu/
GRADUATE FACULTY
Professors: T. F. Conry, W. J. Davis, D. E. Goldberg, E. N. Kuznetsov, J. V. Medanic, L. D. Metz, M. W. Spong
Associate Professors: S. A. Burns, O. Coskunoglu, W. B. Hall, M. H. Moeinzadeh, M. H. Pleck, H. L. M. dos Reis, D. L. Thurston, L. Wozniak
Assistant Professors: Y. S. Kim, R. S. Sreenivas, R. Srikant
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM
The Department of General Engineering offers graduate study leading to the degree of master of science. The program consists of a core of required courses including a thesis or design project with supplementary courses selected by the student together with an adviser.
The program offers an approach to systems engineering and engineering design that crosses disciplinary lines. Graduates of the program are prepared to enter professional engineering positions in industry, government, and private practice. Graduate study and research can be pursued in the following fields: computational design, optimization, design systems, manufacturing systems, nondestructive testing and evaluation, robotics, control, system dynamics and simulation, operations research/management science, and biomechanics.
ADMISSION
Applicants who have completed degree requirements in an accredited engineering program or its equivalent are eligible to apply for admission. Qualifications for admission include a minimum grade point average of 3.0 (A = 4.0) for the last 60 hours of undergraduate work. The Graduate Record Examination is not required but is highly recommended. For students whose native language is not English, the department requires a minimum TOEFL score of 600.
MASTER OF SCIENCE
The minimum requirement for the degree is eight units of credit with a thesis or nine units without a thesis. Each candidate must successfully complete a minimum of two units of project design for the nonthesis degree or one unit of thesis research for the thesis degree. Each candidate must also successfully complete at least seven additional units of graduate course work, of which at least three units must be at the 400 level; of these seven units, at least three units must be courses offered by the department and two units must be at the 400 level.
It is possible to pursue the M.S. in general engineering and the M.B.A. degree simultaneously. The total time required is less than that needed to obtain both degrees independently. A total of 18 units of credit is required, including four units of work consistent with normal M.S.G.E. requirements, 12 units of M.B.A. core courses, and two units of project design, General Engineering 497. Separate admission to both departments is required, although only one application is necessary.
An extramural M.S.G.E. program is available to off-campus students in videotape and telecommunications formats.
In addition, many students who graduate with a B.S. and/or M.S. in general engineering continue to do graduate work at both the master's and Ph.D. levels in related departments such as civil engineering, computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, and mechanical and industrial engineering. Many faculty in the Department of General Engineering also hold joint appointments in other engineering departments at the University, enabling them to directly supervise Ph.D. students in these departments.
FINANCIAL AID
Qualified students may apply for financial aid in the form of teaching and research assistantships and waivers of tuition and service fees.
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