Any student with an undergraduate degree in engineering or its equivalent from an accredited college or university with a grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) during the last 60 hours of undergraduate course work, may be admitted as a student in full standing. Students may choose between the thesis and non-thesis degree programs.

Three Required Graduate-Level Courses	9 hr.
Choose from: Well Log Interpretation Fluid Flow in Pourous Media Introduction to Rock Mechanics Advanced Rock Mechanics I	3 3 3 3
One Additional Graduate-Level Course	2 hr.
Choose From: GE 5971 Special Studies	1-2 1-2
One Approved Applied Mathematics Course	3 hr.
Choose From: Introduction to Partial Differential Equations Numerical Methods for Engineering Computation Introduction to the Finite Element Method Mathematical Simulation Models Applied Statistics	3 3 3 3 3
Four Approved Electives †	12 hr.
Thesis Project §	4 hr.
Total	30 hr.

† Nine of these twelve hours must be in PGE.

§ The thesis will be defended in a final oral examination. 

Three Required Graduate-Level Courses	9 hr.
Choose from: Well Log Interpretation Fluid Flow in Pourous Media Introduction to Rock Mechanics Advanced Rock Mechanics I	3 3 3 3
One Additional Graduate-Level Course	2 hr.
Choose From: Seminar in Petroleum Engineering Special Studies	3 3
One Approved Applied Mathematics Course	3 hr.
Choose From: Introduction to Partial Differential Equations Numerical Methods for Engineering Computation Introduction to the Finite Element Method Mathematical Simulation Models	3 3 3 3
Seven Approved Electives †	22 hr.
Final Comprehensive Exam §	0 hr.
Total	36 hr.

† Fifteen of these twenty-two hours must be in PGE.

§ The examination may be either oral, written, or both and may be attempted no more than twice.