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GENERAL ENGINEERING
Head of the Department: H. E. Cook
Correspondence and Admission Information: Graduate Programs, Department of General Engineering, 117 Transportation Building, 104 South Mathews Avenue, Urbana, IL 61801; (217) 333-2732;
E-mail: ge-grad@uiuc.eduURL: www.ge.uiuc.edu/
GRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAM
The Department of General Engineering offers graduate study leading to the degree of master of science. 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 resea rch may be pursued in the following fields: computer-aided design, optimization, design systems, manufacturing systems, nondestructive testing and evaluation, robotics, real-time decision making, reliability, entrepreneurial engineering, 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 (GRE) is not required but is highly recommended. For students whose native language is not English, the department requires a minimum paper-based Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) score of 600 (250 on the computer-based test).
MASTER OF SCIENCE
The program consists of a core of required courses, a thesis or design p roject, and supplementary courses selected by the student and adviser. Minimum requirements for the degree are eight units of credit with a thesis or nine units of credit with a project. Each candidate must successfully complete at least seven units of graduate coursework. Three of these must be departmental courses, two of which are required to be at the 400 level. The remaining four units are chosen by the student with the help of his or her adviser. In addition to these seven units, either one unit of thesis credit or two units of project credit must be completed.
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 21 units of credit is required, including four units of engineering coursework and a project or thesis. The M.B.A. requires 11 units of core coursework plus four units of business electives. Separate admission to both programs is requ ired, although only one application is necessary.
An extramural M.S. 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 pursue master's or doctoral degrees 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 supervise Ph.D. students directly 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.