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2019-2020 SDSM&T Academic Catalog 
    
2019-2020 SDSM&T Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, MS


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Contact Information

Dr. Steve Smith
Nanoscience and Nanoengineering
(605) 394-5268
E-mail: Steve.Smith@sdsmt.edu
http://nano.sdsmt.edu

MS in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering refer to fields of science and engineering with a focus on visualizing, manipulating and delineating the laws governing all phases of matter on the scale of one billionth of a meter, roughly one hundred thousandth the diameter of a human hair. Nanotechnology refers to the specific technologies enabled by Nanoscience and Nanoengineering. The Nanoscience and Nanoengineering (Nano SE) MS program complements the Nanoscience and Nanoengineering PhD, with an emphasis on visualizing, manipulating and understanding nano-scale materials, nano-bio systems, and phenomena which define nanotechnology. The MS in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering and is available with a non-thesis option only.

The Accelerated MS option is not available for this degree.

Degree requirements for non-thesis option


Distribution of credits


Core requirements: 16 credits
Research or project requirements: 2 credits
Elective requirements: 12 credits
Total credits: 30

A minimum of 15 credits of the 30 required must be taken at the 600 level or above.

Research or project requirements


The completion of a master’s research project is required for this degree.

Elective requirements


  • At least 12 credits of 500/600/700 level courses approved by the student’s advisory committee

Examples of electives are given below (see the SD Mines catalog for a full list):

Examinations


No final degree examination is required for the non-thesis option. Individual courses may hold final examinations as part of the course.

Additional requirements


In addition to these degree-specific requirements, the student must also meet the requirements and policies applied to all graduate degrees  by the Council of Graduate Education.

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