What is the Program's Content?

Distance students can complete the entire coursework requirements for the Master of Science in Nuclear Engineering program by taking primarily interactive web courses that are basically the same as graduate nuclear engineering courses taught on campus at The University of Tennessee (UT). Click here for a schedule of available courses. The requirements for the M.S. degree in Nuclear engineering are as follows:

Course work:

The minimum requirements for the M.S. degree in nuclear engineering are:

• A major consisting of 12 semester hours of graduate courses in nuclear engineering which must include at least one of the following sequences: 551, 552; 571, 572; 581, 582.

• A minor consisting of 6 semester hours of elective courses in mathematics,
  statistics or computer science.

• Six semester hours in either nuclear engineering or a related field.
  One of the following three options for a culminating experience:
  a. A thesis project (6 hours of 500).
  b. Two to four engineering practice projects (6 hours of 598).
  c. One engineering practice project (3 hours of 598) plus 6 hours of additional nuclear engineering coursework.

There are two options resulting in either 30 or 33 required hours:

Option 1:
30 hour program:
24 hours coursework
6 hours research (thesis or 2-4 engineering practice projects)

Option 2:
33 hour program:
24 hours coursework
3 hours research (1 engineering practice), plus an additional 6 hours of
additional nuclear engineering coursework

Prerequisites

Applications without a B.S. in Nuclear Engineering or the equivalent must take the following:

• NE 301: Fundamentals of Nuclear & Radiological Engineering
• NE 431: Radiation Protection
• NE 470: Nuclear Reactor Theory I

However, NE 431 and NE 470 can be used to satisfy M.S. degree requirements and may be taken simultaneously after the completion of NE 301. Up to one-third of the credit hours required for the M.S. degree can be taken from 400-level classes, and up to one-third can be transfer credit from another accredited institution. 

  The UT Graduate School

General Information about entrance requirements, fees, calendar, news, and catalog, is available at http://web.utk.edu/~gsinfo

The UT Nuclear Engineering Graduate Program

Detailed information about degree requirements, course descriptions, research projects, and faculty biographies can be found at http://www.engr.utk.edu/nuclear