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Interdepartmental Doctoral Programs
There are three standing interdepartmental doctoral programs involving academic training and requirements outside the department that can be pursued by DMSE doctoral students. These are: the Archaeology and Archaeological Materials Program (AAM); the Program in Polymer Science and Technology (PPST); and the Technology and Policy Program/Engineering Systems Division (TPP/ESD). These programs have their own requirements, are overseen by their own standing committees, and may have their own General Examination formats. Generally, at least one-half of the DMSE subject requirements must be satisfied and a DMSE co-advisor must be designated if the principal thesis supervisor is not in DMSE.
Although there is sufficient choice and flexibility in these departmental Academic Programs and standing interdepartmental programs to accommodate the interests and goals of most materials students, provision is also made for the occasional student who may wish to pursue ad hoc academically sound programs that fall outside these options. Such students should address a letter to the Chair of the Departmental Committee on Graduate Students (DCGS) c/o Room 6-107 proposing an Interdepartmental Doctoral Committee, specifying the desired program in detail and giving reason for wishing to pursue it. The academic program must include 3.20 or 3.21 and of 3.22 and 3.23, and at least one-half of the departmental elective subject requirement. At least half of the committee(s) setting the General Exam and supervising the doctoral thesis must be faculty from DMSE.
If the DCGS approves it, the proposed program will be forwarded to the Dean of the Graduate School for approval. Thereafter, the Interdepartmental Doctoral Committee is responsible for setting and evaluating a General Examination and overseeing the thesis research. (The Graduate Education Manual gives detailed rules for pursuing interdepartmental degrees.)
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