Completion Guidelines for Professional Master's Degree

This Completion Guidelines information is merely designed as a guide to provide general information. Please consult the handbook or the Grad office if you have any questions.

Semester 1

  • Familiarize yourself with your degree requirements (see MSNT Handbook).
  • Complete your Responsible Conduct of Research training
    • Visit www.citiprogram.org and select “Log In” and then “Log In Through My Institution.”
    • Click on Purdue University. Log in with your BoilerKey and complete the registration process.
    • Once logged in, click to add courses and select the Responsible Conduct of Research Training – Faculty, Postdoctoral, and Graduate Course.
    • Complete all modules. This will meet the CoE online training requirement.
  • Submit your Plan of Study (POS) late in your first semester (please note, you will not be able to file your POS until ~2 months into your first active semester, e.g. if you began in August, the system should be available in October, while if you began in January it will be available in March). Information on how to complete your POS can be found in appendix B of the handbook.

Final Semester

  • Declare Candidacy for Graduation. Register in CAND 99100 using the scheduling assistant before the end of the first week of classes in the term you plan to graduate. 
  • Update your Plan of Study using a Change of Plan of Study form as necessary.
  • Register for Commencement. If you plan to participate in commencement, you must notify the graduate school via the Commencement tab on myPurdue. Please note that this tab will not open until about a month and a half into the semester.

Program Overview

 

The Professional Master’s Program (PMP) provides graduate-level technical education, with a focus on professional skills development that meets the needs of globally dispersed industrial enterprises.

The program provides students with the technical skills they would acquire in a traditional master’s program, but also develops skills needed in industry, such as leadership and management skills, professional communications, client engagement skills, and managing projects.

  • Flexible MSIE Study Plan!
  • Finish in 9 months or up to 24 months.
  • Multiple Industry Sponsored Capstone Projects: Up to 1 year combined internship and co-op experience.
  • Advanced IE Courses: 21 Credits + Professional Consulting Training.
  • Connections with Corporate Executives and Senior Management!
  • Opportunity to receive PMP Outstanding Award

 

Tuition & Fees

Degree Requirements

Courses selected for the non-thesis option are intended to provide depth of study in a particular area of interest. The curriculum is designed such that the student has broad selectivity over their coursework. Students are required to select at least 21 credit hours of coursework from IE courses, and are recommended to take at least 6 credit hours from a related area.

Credit Requirements for a Non-Thesis Professional Master's (PMP)  Degree

Have at least 30 total graduate credit hours, which must include:

  • 21 credit hours of IE course work; and,
  • 9 credit hours of Industry Capstone Project Courses

 

Plan of Study and Course Requirements for Professional Master's

A Plan of Study (POS) is required by the Graduate School for all graduate students. The POS functions to ensure a student has met all of their degree requirements prior to graduation. We recommend you file your POS in your second semester, but it must be submitted and fully approved before you begin the semester you intend to graduate (e.g. if you intend to graduate in my, you should submit it at the beginning of the prior December). A summary of POS information can be found below, but for step-by-step instructions on completing the POS, please see appendix B of the handbook.  

See Flexible Study Plans

Minimum of 30 credit hours of coursework

  • A grade of C or better on every course listed in the plan of study and an overall GPA of 3.0 or betteron all courses listed in the plan of study

  • At least 21 credit hours of IE courses

  • 9 credit hours of IE Professional Master's Program (PMP) Industry Capstone Project Courses.

    • 3 credit hours IE 59000 PMP Capstone Project Prep

    • 6 credit hours IE 59000 PMP Capstone Project

  • All courses must be 500 or 600 level graduate courses with the exception of up to one 400-level course.

Courses NOT allowed on the Plan of Study

  • P/NP or S grade courses*; or

  • Audited courses; or

  • Zero credit courses; or

  • Research credit hours (IE 69800)

The Advisory Committee 

  • Consists of the Assistant Department Head (Dr. Patrick Brunese) and the chair of the graduate committee (Dr. Susan Hunter). They will need to be added as co-chairs on the advisory committee. 

NOTE: Changes to a Plan of Study can be filed as many as times as necessary to update course information.

* P/NP and S courses within Industrial Engineering will be allowed only if that is the only grade mode offered for the course; if a graded mode is offered then it must be taken.