Sample curriculum: Ph.D. in Civil Engineering and M.A. in Earth & Planetary Sciences:

Graduate students enrolled in the Civil Ph.D. program can apply to receive M.A. in EPS after fulfilling the EPS requirements for Masters of Arts. The student must successfully complete a coordinated sequence of 10 courses (or 30 credits) with special emphasis in geophysical and environmental fluid mechanics. Depending on student’s background, up to two undergraduate courses in EPS  (300 level or above) can be acceptable.

A possible sequence of courses would include:

270.601          Fluids Seminar (Haine)

270.646          Fluid Dynamics of the Earth and Planets (Olson/Waugh)

270.653          Fluid Dynamics of the Earth and Planets II (Haine/Waugh)

270.6??           Master's term paper (Staff)

270.643          Oceanic Turbulence and Mixing (Osborn)

270.659          Seminar in Oceanography (Osborn)

270.614          Atmospheric and Oceanic Vortices (Waugh)

560.731           Theoretical Methods in Computational Mechanics (Ghanem)

565.665           Ocean Engineering Mechanics (McCormick)

565.670           Coastal Engineering

With these (or equivalent set) courses the student can petition the EPS Department for award of a M.A. degree.

Completion of Ph.D. thesis in Civil Engineering requires additional courses according to Civil Engineering rules.