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Graduate MS in Petroleum Engineering

Requirements

The candidate for the degree of non-thesis Master of Science in Petroleum Engineering must demonstrate proficiency in petroleum engineering by passing the following:

Mandatory Courses:

  • PETE 2160 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering (3 cr.)
  • PETE 2201 Recovery of Oil by Waterflooding (3 cr.)
  • PETE 2202 Petroleum Drilling & Production (3 cr.)
  • PETE 2204 Enhanced Oil Recovery Processes (3 cr.)
  • PETE 2207 Petroleum and Natural Gas Processing (3 cr.)
  • PETE 2208 Petroleum Drilling and Well Completion Design (3 cr.)
  • ChE 2410 Mathematical Methods in Chemical Engineering (3 cr.)
  • One Geology or Civil Engineering course from the accepted electives list (3 cr.)

Students should choose two (2) other courses from the accepted electives list in order to fulfill the 30 credits required for the MS degree.

Accepted Electives:

  • GEOL 1100 Structural Geology (4 credits)
  • GEOL 1410: Exploration Geophysics (3 credits)
  • ME 2055: Computer Aided Analysis in Transport Phenomena (3 credits)
  • ME 2060: Numerical Methods (3 credits)
  • CEE 2405: Groundwater Hydrology (3 credits)
  • CEE 2801 Advanced Soil Mechanics (3 credits)

No single course (e.g. GEOL 1100) can be used to satisfy both a core requirement and elective requirement.

Other Required Courses:

Students without a BS degree in engineering must take either the on-line “bridging courses” offered in Jan (1st class) and May (2nd class) by Michigan State University  (See http://www.chems.msu.edu/academics/cont.ed for details about the bridging courses, CHE 804 and 805) or the ChE 0100 (sophomore-level) “Foundations of Chemical Engineering” class offered during the Fall Term.  Neither of these classes can serve as an elective nor core course substitute in the MS PetE required classes.

Recommended Schedules

Two-term non-thesis option (for students who enter the MS program with an undergraduate degree in petroleum engineering)

Fall Spring
ChE 2410 PetE 2208
PetE 2160 PetE 2202
PetE 2207 PetE 2204
PetE 2201 Elective
CEE 2801 Elective

 

Three-term non-thesis option

Fall 1 Spring 1 Fall 2
ChE 2410 PetE 2202 PetE 2207
PetE 2160 PetE 2204 Geol. Req. or Elective

PetE 2201

 PetE 2208 Elective
  Elective or Geol. Req.  

 

Four-term thesis option

Fall 1 Spring 1 Summer 1 Fall 2 Spring 2
ChE 2410 PetE 2202 Research PetE 2207 Research
PetE 2160 PetE 2204   Geol. Req.  
PetE 2201 PetE 2208      

Additional requirements for four-term thesis option

Seminar

All full-time thesis-option students must attend graduate seminar during the fall and spring terms and register for ChE 3001 Graduate Seminar.

 

ChE 2982 Issues in Research

All thesis-option students must also take ChE 2982 - Issues in Research

 

MS final examination (Defense)

A final review (oral defense) of the thesis must be conducted by the thesis committee in order to determine the acceptability of the thesis. The committee consists of the student's major advisor and two other members of the faculty.

 

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