MSE-WE Distance Learning Courses

To date, over 30 graduate courses in Welding Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering have been developed for web-based delivery, with more planned. The general cycle of course offerings is provided below. Offerings may be subject to change and may require minimum enrollment for online (DL) offering of a given course.

Enrollment and fee payment deadline

Course registration must be completed via the student's buckeyelink.osu.edu account.

Students enrolled on or before the 7th day prior to the start of a term must pay fees by the fee payment deadline 7 days before the start of a term.

Tuition Option Payment Plan (TOPP)
TOPP allows students to divide the cost of tuition and fees into installment payments - four installments for autumn/spring semesters and three installments for summer term. If students enroll in TOPP and make the first payment by the fee payment deadline no late fees will be assessed for the remaining balance. Cost to enroll = $30 each term.

Course delivery format

Log in to Carmen
At Ohio State, on-line course content is provided by means of Carmen, OSU's on-line course learning management system. Upon enrollment in a course, a distance student will be able to access the Carmen site and log in using his/her OSU user name (last name.##) and password, as established upon admission to the university.

Courses may be offered synchronously--at the same time as on-campus courses--or asynchronously--independent from on-campus course offerings (typical delivery is asynchronous). The course lectures are recorded in the classroom and then archived on the course's Carmen website for access and review by distance and on-campus students. In the asynchronous mode, students view and listen to lectures from the course website using a “self-study” format and schedule established by the instructor. Some instructors use weekly recitation sessions, website “chat rooms”, or simply e-mail to interact with their distance students. The website for each course also features a "Discussion Board" that can be used to ask and answer questions. Course materials (notes, technical papers, pre-recorded lectures, prior exams, etc.) are provided to the student either by e-mail or through the website.

Proctor

Testing is done by means of a proctor--typically an employee in the student's company--who oversees the integrity of the testing and forwards the test materials to the course instructor. Details will be provided by the course instructor. Please have the contact information for the proctor ready to provide to the instructor prior to the first day of class.

WE 7193 Independent Study

The Independent Study course (WE 7193) consists of a short-term project that is conducted under the supervision of a faculty advisor on a topic of interest to the student.  Generally, this project would be conducted at the student's work location, although other options are available. The project generally involves an open-ended problem that could be analyzed experimentally or theoretically or a combination of the two. We usually recommend considering a work-related problem so that you can get some support from your employer. If that is not possible then it will typically be a theoretical project that could also include a literature survey. You can propose a topic or work with your faculty advisor to come up with a topic.

The MS Non-Thesis independent study requirement is 4 credit hours, which can be taken in one term or over two terms. Most students take WE 7193.01, which is graded S/U, though some if a student cannot be reimbursed for their educational expenses with an S/U grade, s/he may take WE 7193.02, which is letter graded.


Course offerings for coming terms


 

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