Online Education

Online Graduate Certificate Automation Engineering and PLC Electrical and Computer Engineering

About the Certificate

The graduate certificate in automation engineering and PLC  is a cross-disciplinary program between chemical engineering, electrical engineering, and mechanical engineering. 

Curriculum:

Required courses:

  • CHEM ENG 5190/ELEC ENG 5350 Plantwide Process Control
  • ELEC ENG 5340 Advanced PLC 

Choose two courses from the following:

  • CHEM ENG 5140 Intermediate Chemical Process Safety 
  • ELEC ENG 5345 PLC Motion Control 
  • ELEC ENG 5870/MECH ENG 5478 Mechatronics 
  • ELEC ENG5449 Robotic Manipulators and Mechanism
  • ELEC ENG 5655 Manufacturing Equipment Automation

This graduate certificate is open to all persons holding a bachelor's degree in any field of engineering from an ABET-accredited undergraduate program, or a degree in a closely related technical field such as physics or mathematics.  Minimum undergraduate GPA ≥ 2.5 is required.

Students who do not have all of the prerequisite courses necessary to take the courses in the certificate program will be allowed to take "bridge" courses at either the graduate or undergraduate level to prepare for the formal certificate. 

Once admitted to the program, the student must take four designated courses. In order to receive a graduate certificate, the student must have an average GPA of ≥ 3.0 in the certificate courses taken.

Students admitted to the certificate program will have non-degree graduate status and be given three years to complete the certificate program. 

When the graduate certificate is successfully completed, the student can apply for admission to the master's degree program in chemical engineering, electrical engineering, or mechanical engineering, provided that all other program prerequisites and admission requirements are met. The credit earned in the graduate certificate program will count toward the master's degree.

You can find graduate certificate application requirements here. 

Pathway to a Master's Degree

Are you a working professional who wants to earn your master's degree, but you don’t have time to take the GRE/GMAT? Then start in a graduate certificate program. Graduate certificates were designed as a pathway to a master's degree.* The admission requirements are more relaxed and credit earned will count toward your degree. Once you successfully earn your graduate certificate, you can continue with the corresponding master's degree without having to take the GRE/GMAT.


Related Degrees

This graduate certificate may act as a pathway to the following master’s programs:

  • Electrical Engineering (MS)

*Completion of a graduate certificate program does not automatically guarantee admission into a corresponding graduate degree program. To continue in a master’s degree program, you must apply.

Questions?

Missouri S&T Online Education

Sylvia Skouby, Associate Director for Online Admissions

Phone: 573-341-6903
Email: stgrad@mst.edu

Electrical and Computer Engineering

Dr. Sahra Sedigh Sarvestani
Associate Professor and Distance Learning Coordinator
135 Emerson Electric Co. Hall
Rolla, MO 65409
Phone: 573-341-7505
Fax: 573-341-4532
Email: sedighs@mst.edu
Web: ece.mst.edu