For students having a non-thesis master's degree from UT in materials science and engineering or polymer engineering, a minimum of 48 graduate credit hours is required. These must include 15 credit hours of graduate course work with at least 6 credit hours of 600-level courses in the department and 33 credit hours of dissertation. Coursework in the polymers concentration must include the courses required for the master's program and?MSE 639. For students in the nanomaterials concentration at least 12 credit hours of course work must be from the approved nanomaterials specialization list. For students in the automotive materials concentration at least 12 credit hours of course work must be from the approved automotive materials specialization list. Three credit hours of?MSE 503?may be counted toward degree requirements. At least 12 credit hours must be courses in the department. For students in the Energy Science and Engineering concentration, 18 credit hours of course work must be taken from the curriculum jointly approved by the Bredesen Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Graduate Education and the MSE graduate affairs committee.