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• You must complete nine lecture courses (27 credits) at the 500 or 700 level with an overall GPA of 3.0 and six (6) credits of project work (IMS 675) for a total of 33 credits.
• Suggested areas of concentration are Advanced Manufacturing, Logistics, Manufacturing, and Mechatronics, but other concentrations are possible, subject to program approval.
• You must complete all degree requirements within six years. Except for summer sessions, you must remain continuously enrolled with a minimum of one course per fall and spring semesters until graduation. A leave of absence can be granted for two semesters with reasonable justification.
• You must prepare a formal technical report on the results of your internship and then pass a final oral examination where you defend your report to an advisory committee of three faculty and then submit to the IMSE office your final report. This examination can be done by video conference.

Initial Enrollment and Advising

• The Institute Director of Graduate Programs will be your advisor during your first semester.
• During each semester, you should be reminded that registering for the next semester begins during the pre-registration period. (Check University Calendars).
• A hold is placed on your registration and will be lifted after you have met with your advisor to decide on appropriate courses.
• For more details on registration, please review the University’s Registration Information site. IMSE PRO TIP: You will be charged a late fee if you register late.

Graduate Committee

• You are required to establish a graduate program advisory committee made up of a chair and two or more members of the graduate faculty who are associated with and participate in the activities of the IMSE Institute. If you are minoring in a particular area, i.e., civil engineering, then one of your members must be from that department.

Preparation and Approval

During your second semester of IMSE coursework, meet with the IMSE Program Coordinator to prepare your Graduate Plan of Work. Working with the staff, you should organize a graduate committee: one chair and two members and determine that you have taken or will take all the nine (9) acceptable courses and six (6) credit hours of IMS 675, the Manufacturing Systems Engineering research project. All committee members must be a member of the NC State University Graduate Faculty. Anyone without a Ph.D. will be considered as a technical consultant (non-voting committee member) on your committee.

After your committee is established, meet with the program coordinator to prepare a Plan of Work. This information is entered and printed out for your committee’s approval and signatures. Return it to the IMSE Office, where we then request an official permit to schedule your final defense/exam from the Graduate School.

For more detailed information on the Plan of Graduate Work, see the Graduate School Handbook and review the Plan of Graduate Work Forms.

Changes

Any changes in your Plan of Work require the approval of your graduate committee, the director of IMSE, and the Graduate School. Contact the IMSE Program Coordinator to reset your Plan so that you can make changes.

Transfer and Courses

Up to six hours of applicable graduate transfer credit will be accepted by the Graduate School. Transfer courses must be listed on your Plan of Work and proof provided of the credit awarded and grades received. Transfer credit cannot be used to substitute for the IMS 675 requirement.

Post-Baccalaureate Studies (PBS) students are those who undertake academic work beyond the baccalaureate degree while not admitted to a degree program. If you are a PBS student and are admitted to the IMSE program, according to the university policy, only a maximum of 12 hours may apply toward your IMSE degree requirements.

The accepted courses, however, must satisfy the common core and concentration electives requirements of the MIMSE. For more information on this subject, please refer to the NC State Graduate School catalog.

Academic Standing

Your academic standing and research progress is reviewed at the end of each semester by your committee chair and the director. In the case of difficulties or deficiencies, the necessary action is taken by the Dean of the Graduate School upon the recommendation of your committee and the director.

You are given a notice of academic warning if you have accumulated less than nine hours at the 400-level or above and have less than a 3.0 GPA (“B” average). You are placed on academic probation if you accumulated nine or more but less than 18 credit hours at the 400-level or above and have a grade point average of less than 3.0 (“B” average). In the case of program termination, no further registration in a graduate classification will be permitted. Under extenuating circumstances, you will be reinstated upon the written recommendation of the department and approval by the Graduate Dean. Departments have the prerogative of recommending the termination of your graduate admission at any time.

Continuous Registration

After you are admitted to the Graduate School and enrolled for the first time, you are required to maintain continuous registration, i.e., be enrolled each semester, excluding summer sessions, until you have either graduated or your graduate program at NC State has been terminated.

Graduating during the second summer session requires you to be registered for the first or second summer session. If you are in good academic standing and need to interrupt your graduate program for good reasons, you may request a leave of absence from graduate study for a definite period of time, normally not to exceed one year. The request should be made at least one month prior to the term involved.

Upon endorsement of the request by your graduate advisory committee and Associate Director for Academic Programs and approval of the Graduate School, you would not be required to be registered during the leave of absence. The time you spend on an approved leave of absence will be included in the time allowed to complete the degree, i.e., six (6) years for the Master of IMSE.

If your program has been terminated because of failure to maintain continuous registration and you have not been granted a leave of absence during a fall or spring semester will be required to reapply for admission if you wish to resume your graduate studies at NC State University.

Graduate Responsibility

You are responsible for complying with all policies and procedures of the University, Graduate School and the Institute. Questions relating to any of these matters should be directed to your committee chair, the Associate Director for Academic Programs or the Dean of the Graduate School, in that order.

Graduation

After you have completed all your course requirements, and have written up your IMSE research project, you will make a presentation to your graduate committee. This is your “final oral exam” and should be done six (6) weeks prior to the date of graduation.

There are three official graduations for you per year, end of the spring, fall and second summer session in August, but there are no ceremonies. Formal commencement exercises are held at the end of spring (May) and fall (December) semesters, but if you graduated the preceding second summer session, you are eligible to participate in the December commencement. If you are scheduled to graduate in the fall or spring semesters, you are strongly encouraged to attend the respective commencement.

If you graduate during any three sessions or receive permission to get your degree in absentia, they will be mailed by the Department of Registration and Records.  Diplomas are no longer given out at the Spring ceremonies.

The IMSE Institute diploma reflects the type of degree: Master of Integrated Manufacturing Systems Engineering (MR). If you have co-majors, you will have those identified on your transcripts but not on your diplomas.

You MUST go online at MYPACK Portal with your Unity ID and password, Click the FOR STUDENTS tab, select DEGREE PROGRESS/GRADUATION and then APPLY FOR GRADUATION.  Please advise the IMSEI office when you do this, as we must approve the action.

Incomplete Grades

Incomplete grades (“IN”) are required to be made up during the next academic term. If completion is delayed beyond that period, the Incomplete grade will be changed to a Failed grade (F) if the Office of Registration and Records is not provided with a request for an extension of time from the Instructor and Department involved.

Minimum Hours of Registration

If you are appointed for a graduate assistantship, whether continuing or new, you are expected to register for the maximum allowable credit hours consistent with your level of appointment in order to complete your degree requirements in the most expeditious manner possible. These credits may consist of any combination of course credits including project work (IMS 675). In special circumstances, you may be permitted to enroll for 12 credit hours per semester on a half-time assistantship. Any deviations from standard requirements must, however, be approved by your committee chair and the Director of Graduate Programs.

Patent Agreement

It is the policy of NC State University that you read the NC State University Patent Policy and sign a declaration wherein you agree to abide by specific rules regarding patent rights. You execute acceptance of this agreement by submitting your Plan of Work. Copies of this form and other information concerning the Patent Agreement are available in the IMSEI office.

Provisional Admission

If you do not meet the requirements for full admission, you are sometimes granted provisional admission. Provisional status may be granted when the major GPA is less than 3.0 and other supporting evidence is deemed sufficient to indicate that you possess the potential to complete the program of study.

Provisional status is normally granted for one semester. Full status may be obtained when satisfactory grades are earned and/or undergraduate prerequisites or other requirements are completed satisfactorily. It is expected that any deficiency should be removed in one semester or as specified in the conditions of admission. University regulations prohibit students on Provisional status from holding graduate assistantships.

Residence for Tuition Purposes

The basis for determining the appropriate tuition charge rests upon whether you are a resident or non-resident of North Carolina for tuition purposes. Details of the criteria and conditions used to determine residency status are described in the Graduate School Catalog. Any questions concerning eligibility for residence should be directed to the Graduate School. Out-of-state students should establish residency in North Carolina as soon as possible.