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Program checklist · PhD

Materials Science and Engineering, PhD

Binghamton University · Vestal, NY

A checklist is the list of requirements to complete this program and receive the award, as the college publishes it in its catalog. It is the same for everyone. It does not say what you have completed; that comes from applying your own record.

Program
Award
PhD
Credential class
ceterms:DoctoralDegree
CIP
13.1209
Catalog edition
2026-2027
Checklist type
degree-program
Identifiers
IPEDS UNITID
196079
CourseShelf checklist
CK_196079_c58520ba
CollegeTransfer.Net
Institution Transfer Profile
Source
CourseShelf publish 61

Requirements to complete

Every course or condition the catalog lists, in the catalog's order.

Program Requirements

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    Course Requirements

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      A. Required Courses

      5 items
      1. MSE 511
        Techniques for Studying Solids
        Not resolved to a course
      2. MSE 593
        Frontiers in Materials Science
        Not resolved to a course
      3. MSE 565
        Crystallography & Diffraction
        Not resolved to a course
      4. MSE 590
        Materials Communications & Sem
        Not resolved to a course
      5. MSE 566
        Reactivity of Materials
        Not resolved to a course

      B. Additional required course

      3 items
      1. MSE 562
        Mechanical Behav of Engr Mtls
        Not resolved to a course
      2. CHEM 544
        Chemistry Of Solids
        Not resolved to a course
      3. MSE 572
        Physics of Materials
        Not resolved to a course

      Additional Information About the Program

      11 items
      1. Courses presented to satisfy degree requirements must have a grade average of at least 3.0.
        Not resolved to a course
      2. Most of the courses in a student’s program should be taken during the first year of residence, so that emphasis can be placed on research in subsequent years.
        Not resolved to a course
      3. A majority of electives must be MSE courses. Upper level electives only.
        Not resolved to a course
      4. Completion of required coursework and Graduate School residence requirements.
        Not resolved to a course
      5. Meet the proficiency in teaching requirements.
        Not resolved to a course
      6. Satisfaction of comprehensive exam requirement.
        Not resolved to a course
      7. Submission of proposal/prospectus and presentation of colloquium on proposed research.
        Not resolved to a course
      8. Acceptance of prospectus outlining dissertation research.
        Not resolved to a course
      9. The completion of an original piece of work in a specialized area of materials.
        Not resolved to a course
      10. Submission of dissertation.
        Not resolved to a course
      11. Successful defense of dissertation at oral examination.
        Not resolved to a course
      Source. Binghamton University, catalog 2026-2027 — https://catalog.binghamton.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=7&poid=2230&returnto=313. Captured page pages/0196.html.gz. Assembled from the institution's published catalog as captured; every record names its captured page and source URL. Assembled, not asserted.