Engineering Education

In addition to the criteria defined in the current Graduate Catalog, unsatisfactory performance in the Ph.D. program Engineering with concentration in Engineering Education is defined as any of the following.

• Failure to maintain a 3.50/4.00 or better GPA on all prerequisite undergraduate courses taken while in the ENE Ph.D. program,
• Failure to maintain a 3.30/4.00 or better GPA on all graduate courses attempted,
• Failure to maintain a 3.30/4.00 or better GPA on all courses on the student’s program of study
• Earning two or more grades of C in prerequisite undergraduate courses taken while in the ENE Ph.D. program and courses listed on the student's program of study
• Earning a grade of U, D, or F in any course while enrolled in the ENE Ph.D. program,
• Failure of the comprehensive exam,
• Failure of the preliminary exam, or
• Unsatisfactory evaluation of dissertation

Any one of the conditions above will constitute the basis for review for possible immediate dismissal from the program.

If the student’s GPA drops below the required average 3.30/4.00, the graduate coordinator will review the record along with the student’s graduate committee and will recommend a final course of action, which will be immediate dismissal or the establishment of a probationary period in which corrective action must take place.

While on probation, the student is not eligible to receive an assistantship and is required to raise his/her cumulative GPA to 3.30/4.00 or better by the end of the following semester of enrollment. Directed Individual Study courses are excluded.

In case of a dismissal from the graduate program, a student may appeal his/her academic dismissal in accordance with policy in the MSU Graduate Catalog.

Because of the interdisciplinary nature of the Engineering Education program, courses listed under Program of Study in the catalog are typical of those used to assemble a program of study. Courses not listed can be used for graduate credit with the approval of the student’s graduate committee and the Engineering Education Program Coordinator. The program of study must demonstrate the student has achieved a working knowledge of

• engineering education theory and practice
• education theory, and
• an engineering technical area

No program of study can contain more than 6 credit hours of Directed Individual Study courses.