Manufacturing Engineering, Graduate Certificate

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The Graduate Certificate in the Manufacturing Engineering program is designed to provide students with a unique perspective, essential knowledge, and advanced engineering skills needed by todays practicing mechanical engineer. The courses are design focused for immediate transference to design applications in current industry and research.

Admission Requirements

Successful applicants must meet the following criteria for admission into the Manufacturing Engineering Certificate program.

Completion of the online graduate application along with the non-refundable application fee.
Submission of an official transcript of the baccalaureate degree directly from an accredited college or university.

*Students who have been admitted to the MSME with a manufacturing focus need to apply for the Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Certificate program (application fee will not be required for those already admitted to the MSME program).

All material must be received by the CGC office and evaluated by the department to receive consideration to the Manufacturing Engineering Graduate Certificate program. An undergraduate engineering degree from an ABET accredited engineering program is required or approved degree from the department head.

Program Requirements

Students are required to complete 12 hours of graduate study within a three-year period from the time of registration in their first mechanical engineering graduate course at The Citadel. Students who fulfill the program requirements will earn a Graduate Certificate in Manufacturing Engineering.

Graduate Requirement (Non-Credit Bearing)

LDRS 500 - The Citadel Principled Leadership Seminar

Graduation Requirements (Course Requirements)

All certificate candidates must:

File a plan of study outlining the intended areas of interest and listing the top four corresponding courses of interest.
Complete four courses (12 hours) from the manufacturing engineering area of study below.

Required Courses:

MECH 625 - Computer Aided Design and Analysis Credit Hours: 3
MECH 635 - Computer Aided Design and Analysis Laboratory Credit Hours: 0
MECH 640 - Manufacturing Process and Design Credit Hours: 3
MECH 645 - Machine Design Credit Hours: 3
MECH 660 - Advanced Design Credit Hours: 3

Course/ Certificate Availability:

The courses / certificates will be offered based on student preferences / overall demand indicated in the plan of study to be submitted after acceptance. Students should be aware course / certificate offerings will be based on minimum class size enrollment. The Mechanical Engineering Program will continually monitor student interest to expedite completion of the program of study.