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Doctoral Program with Emphasis in Coastal Engineering

The requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy are summarized under the Graduate Program. The following presents a possible degree plan formulated to meet the requirements; this is only an example. Each student must formulate a sensible degree plan in consultation with their Thesis Advisory Committee (see Advising).

Please refer to the Graduate Course Descriptions page for detailed descriptions of the courses taught by the Ocean Engineering Program.

Required Courses (From Master of Science Level)

Course Name Credits
OCEN 671 Ocean Wave Mechanics 3
OCEN 672 Coastal Engineering 3
OCEN 676 Dynamics of Offshore Structures 3
OCEN 678 Fluid Dynamics for Ocean and Environ. Engineering 3
MATH 601 Higher Math. for Engrs. and Physicists I 3

Required Courses (From PhD Level)

Course Name Credits
MATH 602 Methods and App. of Partial Differential Eqns. 3
OCEN 681 Seminar (Every Semester in Residence) 1
OCEN 691 Research (toward Ph.D. degree) 38

Mathematics and Fluid Mechanics Requirement

Course Name Credits
CVEN 688 Computational Fluid Dynamics 3
OCEN 689 Environmental Fluid Mechanics 3

Sample Courses to Complete Coursework Requirement

Course Name Credits
OCEN 674 Ports and Harbors 3
CVEN 682 Coastal Sediment Processes 3
CVEN 679 Theory of Fluid Mechanics Models 3
CVEN 683 Estuary Hydrodynamics 3
CVEN 688 Marine Dredging 3

Course schedules for the current semester are available at http://courses.tamu.edu/.

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