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Interdepartmental programs
Interdepartmental doctoral
degree program | Interdepartmental
engineer’s degree program | Interdepartmental
master's degree program
Occasionally a graduate student may desire a program whose
boundaries overlap two or more departments. If a group of
faculty representing the departments concerned agree the interdepartmental
degree proposal is adequate in scope and depth to meet degree
standards, the Dean for Graduate Education will entertain a
recommendation approved by the student's department of registration
to appoint an ad hoc interdepartmental committee to administer
this program.
The initiative for arranging such an interdepartmental program
lies with the student. The student should consult with the
departmental graduate registration officer or the chair of
the departmental graduate committee, in order to identify
those members of the faculty most appropriate for membership
on this proposed interdepartmental committee. A proposal should
be drafted including educational background, relevant work
experience, details of the proposed program, and educational
objectives. The proposal should be reviewed, revised, and
approved by the professors proposed for this committee (preferably
three to five in number), then submitted to the departmental graduate officer for approval and transmittal to the Dean for
Graduate Education. The Dean will formally approve the program
and appoint the interdepartmental committee. Thereafter, the
student's interdepartmental committee is responsible for supervising
the entire degree program.
Interdepartmental doctoral
degree program
In the case of the doctorate, the interdepartmental committee
must approve the program, set and evaluate a general examination
consisting of both oral and written parts at such a time and
in such a manner as the committee shall approve, supervise
the research program, administer the thesis examination, and
finally, recommend to the department of registration that
the doctoral degree be awarded.
In certain fields, continuing interdepartmental activity
has led to the formation of standing faculty committees concerned
with graduate work in these fields. Among these fields are instrumentation,
biomedical engineering, operations research, mining resources
and engineering management, economics and urban studies, transportation,
polymer science and technology, and computational systems biology. In these fields the formation
of an ad hoc interdepartmental committee and its guidance
of a student's program should have the benefit of counsel
from the standing committee. Requests for these interdepartmental
committees should also be routed to the Dean for Graduate
Education through the student's department of registration.
Interdepartmental engineer’s
degree program
A graduate student may enter an interdisciplinary engineer’s
degree program leading to a degree of Environmental Engineer
or Materials Engineer supervised by a special standing committee
of the faculty. Specific information concerning these programs
can be obtained from the chairpersons of the respective committees.
Interdepartmental master's
degree program
A graduate student may enter an interdisciplinary master's
degree program in operations research supervised by a special
standing committee of the faculty.
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