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2022-2023 Academic Catalog 
    
2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Nanoscience and Nanoengineering, MS


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Contact Information

Dr. Steve Smith, Professor
Nanoscience & Biomedical Engineering
Office: EP 220 (Electrical Engineering and Physics)
Phone: (605) 394-5268
E-mail: Steve.Smith@sdsmt.edu

Department Website

Students are responsible for checking with their advisors for any program modifications that may occur after the publication of this catalog.

MS in Nanoscience and Nanoengineering

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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