Dec 27, 2024

2022-2023 Graduate Catalog

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Polymers and Coatings [Graduate Certificate]

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The Graduate Certificate in Polymers and Coatings is a fully online five-course curriculum designed to prepare professionals who understand and apply the key theoretical concepts and practical aspects of polymers and coatings technology. This program is beneficial to manufacturing or user industries of paints, coatings, inks, composites, and related products.

Students can transfer all of their certificate courses completed with at least a C+ grade to the Polymers and Coatings Technology [M.S.] program.

This is a designated STEM program (See OPT Extension).

Online Education Eligibility

The U.S. Federal Government limits the number of online courses international students may enroll in while living in the United States. For this reason, we cannot admit students on F1 visas to fully online programs. Please check with International Admissions to confirm eligibility before applying.
All applicants, please review Online Education for Out-of-State Students to confirm you are eligible to enroll in an online program based in Michigan.

Program Admission

Admit Terms and Deadlines

Applications are accepted on a rolling basis; students may start the program in the Fall or Winter. See Application Deadlines.

Minimum Graduate School Requirements

For full admission, applicants must have 1) Earned a four-year baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited U.S. institution or an equivalent degree from a non-U.S. institution, 2) a minimum cumulative undergraduate grade point average of 2.7 on a 4.0 scale, or 3.0 in the last half of the undergraduate program. Conditional admission may be available to applicants who do not meet minimum admission requirements.

Program Requirements

This program does not require additional criteria or documents beyond the minimum Graduate School requirements.

Application

Your application will be submitted using EngineeringCAS, a Centralized Application Service (CAS) hosted by Liaison. After reviewing the admission requirements, please review the application instructions and select the appropriate application below.

Domestic Applicants Within the application, follow the instructions to submit an official transcript from all previously attended institutions.

International Applicants Before applying, applicants must review the international application/process deadlines at emich.edu/international as they may differ from general program requirements.

For additional information regarding the application process, please see Graduate Admissions or International Admissions.

School Information

Engineering 111 Sill Hall, 734.487.2040

Vijay Mannari, PhD, Faculty Associate

Advisor Information

Vijay Mannari, PhD, 118 Sill Hall, 734.487.2040

Degree Requirements: 15 hours

Required Course: 3 hours
PC 500 Polymers and Coatings Technology I 3 hrs
Restricted Electives: 12 hours

Select twelve credit hours from the following list. Listed courses may require prerequisites. Please contact a program advisor for assistance enrolling in these courses.
PC 541 UV-Cure Coatings 3 hrs
PC 546 Emulsion Polymerization and Waterborne Coatings 3 hrs
PC 570 Advanced Coating Evaluation and Testing 3 hrs
PC 575 Crosslinking Technology for Coatings 3 hrs
PC 582 Principles of Coating Formulations 3 hrs
PC 618 Surface Functionalization 3 hrs
QUAL 551 Design of Experiments 3 hrs
or QUAL 647 Research Methods 3 hrs

Critical Graduation Information

Each graduate student is responsible for fulfilling the requirements or their equivalents of the Eastern Michigan University catalog in force at the time of their initial registration or a subsequent catalog, including the one in effect at the time of their graduation.

Graduate Certificate requirements must be completed within three (3) years of first enrollment in a course applicable to the certificate. Dually enrolled students (certificate and master’s program) must complete both degrees within six years of first enrollment in the master’s degree.

In the event a student does not complete the graduate certificate degree requirements within three years of the date of their original registration, the student may be required to have their credits re-evaluated by the academic department(s) of their degree in keeping with catalog requirements in force during the year of their graduation.

The following are the minimum requirements for all graduate certificate degrees awarded by Eastern Michigan University. Some programs require more than the minimum in one or more areas below.

A graduate certificate must require a minimum of 12 credit hours.
No more than six credits of independent study courses and 12 credit hours of special topics and independent study courses combined may be applied to a graduate degree.
Residency Requirement - For students admitted to a graduate certificate program, at least nine graduate hours beginning the semester of acceptance and enrollment into the program must be earned at EMU. Students completing multiple certificate programs must have a minimum of 9 unique credit hours per certificate.
Application of completed certificates toward prior degree credit - Only credits from one completed graduate certificate may be applied to a master’s or specialist degree in a relevant field of study, as determined by the Graduate School and with the approval of the degree-granting academic department, and be included in the residency hours of the master’s program.
The Graduate School does not permit the use of undergraduate courses (499 and below) to meet degree requirements on graduate programs of study.
Students must maintain a 3.0 cumulative GPA in all graduate-level courses taken at EMU and in their program of study to remain in good academic standing and be eligible for graduation. Students do not need to be registered for classes during the semester of graduation.