The Master of Science program in the Mechanical Engineering Department are designed to accommodate a wide variety of students with diverse backgrounds and research interests, and guide them to extend their knowledge in their specialty areas contributing to their career goals. The MSc Program offers thesis and non-thesis options. The thesis option requires a minimum of 21 credit hours of course work, a non-credit seminar course, and completion of a Master of Science Thesis. The non-thesis option requires a minimum of 30 credit hours of course work and completion of a Master of Science Project.