SP23 Enrollment Guidelines

Funded student enrollment levels

Funded students (i.e., GRA or Fellow): A student's status relative to passing the Candidacy Exam and type of funding dictate the minimum number of credits required to activate funding.

Please follow the SP23 Enrollment Guide (pdf) to stay above these minimums.

Minimum credits to activate funding in SP23— n e v e r  drop below these credits after the 1st Friday:

• Post-candidacy PhD = 3 credits (see more details below)
• Pre-candidacy PhD or MS, funded by a GRA = 8 credits
  (if GRA is not administered by the Grad School)
• Pre-candidacy PhD or MS, funded by a Fellowship or GRA administered by the Grad School = 12 credits

If your credits drop below the minimum needed to activate your funding, the fees will revert to you and you will be responsible for the cost of enrollment.

See also the semester add / drop dates below.

Self-funded student enrollment levels

Examples include Distance Learning, GEACE, company-funded, etc.

Self-funded students pursuing a Master's degree or who have not yet passed the Candidacy Exam may enroll as needed; you are not required enroll.*

Self-funded PhD students who have passed the Candidacy Exam ("PCD" status) are required to enroll in a minimum of three graduate credits every AU & SP semester through the term of graduation (self-funded PCD students are not required to enroll in SU term unless graduating).

Ref: Enrollment Guide (pdf)

Fee payment deadlines

• If you are enrolled in SP23 credits on or before Monday, January 2, your SP23 fees must be paid by close of business on January 2. Failure to do so will cause a $200 late payment fee to be applied to your account. If you find it impossible to pay by this date, please email Mark Cooper(.73).
• If you enroll on or after January 3, you will have five business days to pay your fees.

* International self-funded students--different visa types may require minimum or maximum levels of enrollment to maintain the visa status. Please consult OSU's Office of International Affairs (OIA) for guidance.

MSE graduate elective courses in SP23

View course offerings for SP23 in MSE

MATSCEN 5000-level Grad-level courses

All 5000-level lecture courses may be taken for graduate credit. Check degree requirements to see how these credits can apply. 

MATSCEN 6000 & 7000-level Grad-level courses

6715, Principles of the Characterization of Materials, Hwang, 2 cr, syllabus

• Fundamentals of beam-solid interactions and their application to the characterizing the structure and composition of materials. The emphasis of this course will be on techniques utilizing X-ray and electron probes.
• Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor. 

6737, Diffusion and Interface Kinetics, Wang, 3 cr--PhD Core, syllabus

• Detailed atomic and phenomenological descriptions of rate limiting steps, diffusion, and interface kinetics with applications involving mass transport and phase transitions in the solid state.
• Prereq: Grad standing in MatScEn or permission of instructor. 

6740 Practical Scanning Electron Microscopy, Bagues-Salguero, 2 cr 

• NOTE: This course is graded S/U and thus cannot be used to fulfill graded graduate degree requirements.
• Meets at CEMAS facility, though the course will have some online aspects.
• This is a practical course designed to introduce students to basic operation techniques of the Scanning Electron Microscope. At the end of the course, students will have an understanding of 1) the capabilities of an SEM, 2) the types of samples compatible with SEM analysis, 3) how to prepare samples for SEM investigation, 4) how to obtain quality images from various types of specimens, and 5) how to overcome some of the issues encountered while analyzing specimens. Students who pass this course will be allowed to book time on Quanta SEM at CEMAS after demonstrating practical understanding of sample loading and vacuum pumping systems. Completion of this course does not count as training on more advanced SEMs and techniques, but will allow future SEM training sessions to focus on proper analysis of the students’ samples, as opposed to basic microscope operation.
• Prereq: none. Student advisor approval required to confirm that SEM techniques are an important component of their planned research project (provide to instructors on first day of class). MSE 6741 / 6715 are NOT prereqs.

6741, Practical Transmission Electron Microscopy Lab, Bagues-Salguero, 2 cr

• Transmission Electron Microscopy with emphasis on practical methods.
• Meets at CEMAS facility, though the course will have some online aspects.
• Prereq: Grad standing or permission of instructor

6765, Mechanical Behavior of Materials, Leonard, 3 cr, syllabus

• Mechanical response of materials to loads and deformation.
• Prereq: Grad standing in MATSCEN; or permission of instructor.

6777, Electronic Properties of Materials, Windl, 2 cr

• In-depth analysis of the structure - property relationships and application of materials in electronics, optics and magnetics.
• Prereq: Grad standing in Engineering or Science or permission of instructor.

7193.02--Dr. Ghazisaeidi, 1 cr [to be provided]

WELDENG graduate elective courses in SP23

View course offerings for SP23 in WE
All WE grad courses are available in 100% online format.

5027, Introduction to Additive Manufacturing, 3 cr

• Study of modern additive manufacturing processes with an emphasis on how processing parameters effect manufacturability and microstructure/property relationships for metals AM. Draws from state-of-the-art research to understand and address current issues in the application of additive manufacturing of metals.
• Prereqs: Graduate standing or permission of instructor

7002, Physical Principles in Welding Processes II, 3 cr--Primary Core course

• Study of the application of physical principles in engineering of non-arc welding processes and equipment. 
• Prereq: WELDENG 7001 or 4001, and Grad standing; or permission of instructor.  

7024, High Energy Density Welding Processes, 2 cr

• Theory and practice of laser, electron beam, and other high energy density welding processes.
• Prereq: WELDENG 7001 or 4001, and Grad standing; or permission of instructor. 

7101, Welding Metallurgy I, 3 cr--Primary Core course

• Application of physical metallurgy principles to nonequilibrium thermo-mechanical conditions associated with welding in structural alloys and focus on carbon steels.
• Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.  
    
  • 7611, Welding Metallurgy Laboratory I, 1 cr 
  • Optional add-on lab for 7101--Fundamental understanding of microstructure evolution in alloys and steels during heat treatment, as well as welding through various characterization techniques.
  • Prereq: Grad standing. Concur: 4101 or 7101, or permission of instructor.

7115, Computational Modeling of Additive Manufacturing and Welding, 3 cr--Secondary Core course

• Graduate-level instruction on the theory of temperature, stress, deformation and phase transformation for additive manufacturing and welding, as well as application of industry-standard simulation codes.
• Prereq: Grad standing in Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry; or permission of instructor.

7123, Advanced Metallurgy for Brazing and Soldering, 3 cr

• Graduate level physical-chemical concepts of brazeability and solderability of metals, ceramics, and glasses and focuses on wetting by liquid filler metals, interfacial reactions, phase compositions of joint metal, hetero-diffusion, liquid embrittlement, as well as strength and reliability of brazed and soldered joints manufactured in aerospace, electronic, optical, mining, and other industries. 
• Prereq: WELDENG 4023 or 7023, and Grad standing; or permission of instructor.

7202, Welding Design, 3 cr

• Fundamentals of design and application of codes and standards for welded structures. 
• Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor. 

7301, Nondestructive Evaluation, 3 cr--Secondary Core course

• Main concepts of Nondestructive Evaluation of materials as apply to inspections of joints and structures; principles of conventional methods, their capabilities and limitations.
• Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.

7406, Welding of Plastics and Composites, 3 cr--Secondary Core course

• Theory and practice in welding of plastics and polymeric composites, including theory and analysis of welding processes, part and joint design, and process selection.
• Prereq: Grad standing, or permission of instructor.

Request to take the Dissertation Overview in SP23

By 8:00 a.m. Friday, 1/13/23--please complete the Dissertation Overview Request form

The Dissertation Overview (DO) is an exercise to aid the student in developing and focusing the Dissertation. The DO is to be held at least six months before graduation. 

During the Overview the student gives a public presentation of the state of his/her research. The DO is not an examination, but rather a detailed status report describing the state of the student's research and writing. It allows the Dissertation Committee a chance to review progress and provide the student with feedback and direction. It is for this reason that the DO is not to occur in the term of graduation, but rather at least six months before graduation providing the student sufficient time to act on the committee's input.

The MSE and WE Dissertation Overviews

There are subtle differences between the two programs and their Overviews. These are described in detail at the links below.

• View MSE Dissertation Overview information--MSE students are required to enroll in MATSCEN 8000 in the term in which the Overview will be held. Completing the DO Request form will prompt Mark Cooper to enroll the student in MSE 8000. In other words, the MSE student's enrollment for the term would be 3 credits total: 1 cr MSE 8000 + 2 cr MSE 8999.
   
• View the WE Dissertation Overview information--Welding Engineering students are not required to enroll in any special credits during the term the Overview is held. However, WE students are to detail for their DO committee the status of the Presentation/Publication requirement. Enrollment for WE students is typically 1 cr WE 7895 + 2 cr 8999; WE does not have an 8000 "course" in which to enroll.

Congratulations! You have worked hard for your degree! There are a few items to address, both academic and administrative, in order to secure your degree.

Basic steps in the term of graduation:

1. Before the term of graduation, request a Graduation Review using the form at the link below.
2. Mark Cooper will review your status and, if ready to graduate, provide further details and deadlines needed to receive your degree.
3. Student submits an Application to Graduate on GradForms.osu.edu before third Friday of term.
4. Student completes the degree requirements (typically the presentation and defense of a research document). There are two sets of deadlines (detailed at the link below):
   1. Commencement--Deadlines that must be met in order to attend Commencement for that term.
   2. End-of-Semester (EoS)--If all requirements are met by the last business day of a term the student may receive the degree at or after Commencement in the following term. No enrollment in that following term is required.

View MSE-WE Graduation information
Includes Graduation Review Request form, general deadlines, degree-specific deadlines, Grad School Graduation Calendar, and more.