REQUIREMENTS FOR ENGINEER DEGREE / 31
 For those engineers who need additional technical depth and diversification
 in their education beyond the master's degree, the College of Engineering of-
 fers the degree of Engineer.
 This degree requires a minimum of 45 quarter hours of graduate work
 beyond the master's degree and thus falls midway between the master's and
 Ph.D. in the amount of work required. No minimum residence requirement is
 stipulated. It is not to be considered as a partial requirement toward the
 Ph.D. degree. The student's objective after the master's degree should be the
 Ph.D. or the Engineer degree.
 ADMISSION TO THE PROGRAM.-To be admitted to the program, students
must have completed a master's degree in engineering at an accredited
institution approved by the Graduate School of the University of Florida.
The student must apply for admission to the Graduate School if he has not
previously done so. The master's degree is regarded as the essential foundation
for the Engineer degree.
 COURSE AND RESIDENCE REQUIREMENTS.-A total registration in an ap-
proved program of at least 45 quarter credit hours beyond the master's degree
is required. This minimum requirement must be earned through the University
of, Florida. These credits may be completed in any graduate program adminis-
tered by the College of Engineering, either in Gainesville or through GENESYS.
The last 45 quarter credit hours must be completed within five calendar years.
 SUPERVISORY COMMITTEE.-Each student admitted to the program will be
advised and counseled by a supervisory committee. The committee consists
of at least three members. At least two members are selected from the major
department and at least one from a supporting department. All committee
members will be members of the Graduate Studies Faculty. In addition,
every effort should be made to have a representative from industry on each
supervisory committee.
 This committee should be appointed immediately after the student is ad-
mitted to the program. The committee is nominated by the department chair-
man, with the recommendation of the Resident Director as appropriate, ap-
proved by the Dean of Engineering, and appointed by the Dean of the Gradu-
ate School. The Dean of the Graduate School is an ex officio member of all
supervisory committees and should be notified in writing in advance of all
committee meetings.
 This committee will inform the student of all regulations pertaining to
the degree and his situation. If a thesis or report is a requirement in the plan
of study, then the committee will approve the proposed thesis or report and
the plans for carrying it out. The committee will also conduct the final exami-
nation when the plan of study is completed.
 PLAN OF STUDY.-The plan of study will permit from 9 to 15 quarter
credit hours of thesis research in a course numbered 699. The thesis is not a
requirement, but the option rests with the department involved and the
supervisory committee. Each plan of study is developed on an individual
basis for each student. Thus, there are no specific requirements for the major
or minor; each student is considered as a separate case.