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Doctoral Program with Emphasis in Offshore 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 Nonlinear Wave Mechanics 3
Sample Courses to Complete Coursework Requirement
Course Name Credits OCEN 673 Nonlinear Hydrodynamics Problems in Ocean Engineering 3 CVEN 679 Theory of Fluid Mechanics Models 3 CVEN 680 Advanced Computation Methods for Fluid Flow 3 CVEN 655 Structural Reliability 3 CVEN 686 Offshore and Coastal Structures 3
Course schedules for the current semester are available at http://courses.tamu.edu/.
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