What Are the Requirements for a Master Degree Earned Through This Program?

The mission of the Master degree program in the Harold Vance Department of Petroleum Engineering at Texas A&M University is to prepare high-quality, well-rounded petroleum engineers to enter managerial positions in the industry. To that end, we require that all students in our Master of Engineering program complete coursework in each of the industry’s core topics.

M.Eng

The M.Eng. program requires coursework in drilling, production, and reservoir engineering as means of providing depth and breadth in these skills. The M.Eng. is a working degree, one that complements the petroleum engineer's work requirements. However, it also provides challenges that yield a significant growth in technical skills.

The complete degree will be no different than one earned on campus and requires a minimum of 36 hours of study. Additional hours may be added at the discretion of the student and/or the advisory committee. Students in the distance program often take advantage of an option to take all of these hours in petroleum engineering, although they are invited and encouraged to supplement these with other courses as well.

These degree requirements are supplemental to the Texas A&M University Graduate Catalog. Additionally, when graduating the degree will not say anything about distance learning. It will be equivalent in every way to the degree earned on campus.

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Required Courses

• PETE 603 Advanced Reservoir Engineering I
• PETE 661 Drilling Engineering
• PETE 662 Production Engineering
• PETE 663 Formation Evaluations and Analysis of Reservoir Performance
• PETE 664 Petroleum Project Evaluation and Management
• PETE 665 Petroleum Reservoir Engineering
• PETE 692 Professional Study (Project) Click here

PETE 692 Professional Study (Project)
In addition to coursework, the student is also required to complete a topical report on a particular aspect of a process, technique, or study. This report is supervised by an advisory committee and chair.
* All MEng students are required to complete an engineering report during the last semester before graduation. The PETE 692 Professional Study (Project) course provides supervision and advising to students as they prepare this paper. We recommend registration at least one semester before the paper will be due to allow students the opportunity to work closely with the professor in planning, organizing, drafting, and completing the paper.
Below are some papers that will help guide you in the process:

• Sample Report
• Scoring Sheet
• Slide Critique
• Effective Presentation

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Additional Courses may be chosen from any offered through the program listed on the courses page and even one or two courses outside of the department

TOTAL TO COMPLETE DEGREE (36 credit hours)

Problems/Professional Study

Each student in the master of engineering degree plan must submit a final report on a technical topic that has been approved by the student's advisory committee. The report generally addresses an engineering problem the student has encountered in his or her professional environment. See more on our Courses page under Near Program Completion.

MS

Available with one semester of resident study and with approval of faculty advisor. Please contact Distance Learning for more information.

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PhD

Available with two semesters of resident study and with approval of faculty advisor. Please contact Distance Learning for more information.

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