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This Master of Science degree is a blended program offering courses from the Krieger School of Arts and Sciences and Whiting School of Engineering. The curriculum is designed around 3 Required Core Courses, 5 Customizable Core Courses, and 3 Elective Courses. Based on your course selections, you will earn between 36-41 credits.<\/p>\n

Additionally, this degree program offers an optional culminating experience of a Thesis as a 12th course, for four additional credits at full tuition.<\/p>\n

Courses offered through the School of Arts and Sciences have course numbers which begin with 410. School of Engineering (EN) offerings have course numbers which begin with 605 or 705. Any EN.605 or EN.705 course descriptions are available on the Whiting School of Engineering’s<\/a> website.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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