Quality Engineering Concentration Requirements

The Interdisciplinary Engineering (MSE or MS) degree requires a total of 30 credit hours with at least 18 hours of Purdue, graduate level, engineering courses as a base requirement. The Quality Engineering (QUAL) concentration requirements must be met within these base requirements. 

Degree requirements checklist:

_____ total required core courses (12 hours)
_____ total elective (process, product, testing emphasis) courses (15 hours)
_____ total capstone/project course (3 hours)

_____ total credit hours (30 hours)

Note: At least 18 hours must be graduate level, engineering courses taken at Purdue University.

Required: Core Courses (choose 4; 12 hours)

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Required: Electives - process, product, testing emphasis (choose 5; 15 hours)

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Required: Capstone/project course*** (3 hours)

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Total: 30 hours

* Engineering courses  are offered by engineering schools and/or taught by engineering faculty such as AAE-Aeronautics & Astronautics, ABE - Agricultural & Biological Engineering, BME-Biomedical Engineering, CE-Civil Engineering, ECE-Electrical & Computer Engineering, EEE - Environmental & Ecological Engineering, IE-Industrial Engineering, ME-Mechanical Engineering, MSE - Materials Engineering, NUCL -Nuclear Engineering, SYS - Systems Engineering. 

 **Examples of non-engineering courses are BIOL - Biological Sciences, CS-Computer Science, GRAD-Graduate studies, MA-Mathematics, STAT-Statistics, etc. Only the specific non-engineering courses listed within the courses by school list are acceptable on an engineering plan of study.

***Student applies knowledge from previous classes to an independent design project.  This project may be job related. Student will work with academic advisor & faculty advisor to create a project course.

The student is ultimately responsible for knowing and completing all degree requirements. This website is a knowledge source for specific requirements and completion.

Note: This checklist is an aid to help you understand the program requirements and map out a plan. The actual electronic plan of study ePOS is submitted via myPurdue during the first semester you're registered after admission to a degree program.