Master of Science Dual Degree Program, Non-Thesis

Mines and the University of Bordeaux

The dual degree program offered through the Materials Science Program provides non-thesis students the opportunity to earn two master’s degrees over two years of study. After completing the program, students will have earned a Master of Science in Materials Science from Mines and a Masters of Science in Physical Chemistry & Chemical Physics (PCCP) from the University of Bordeaux (UBx).

PROGRAM PLAN

1^st year of the program – held at CSM (mobility period for the UBx students)

• MLGN 591 – Materials Thermodynamics
• MLGN 592 – Advanced Materials Kinetics and Transport
• MLGN 593 – Bonding, Structure, and Crystallography
• MLGN 502 – Solid State Physics
• Two SYGN electives
• Two elective courses proposed by the student and approved by the academic advisor.

2^nd year of the program – held at UBx (mobility period for the CSM students)

• Photonics, Lasers and Imaging (CSM Equivalency: MLGN 501)
• Dielectric and Magnetic properties (CSM Equivalency: MLGN 515)
• Two elective courses among four proposed:
  • Large scale facilities
  • Self-assembly of polymers and surfactants
  • Energy, information and communication
  • Computational chemistry
• Foreign Languages (French or English)
• Management and Entrepreneurship
• Professional Project
• Master Thesis Research Project (CSM Equivalency MLGN 599)

Students will earn the CSM diploma through completion of the following requirements:

• 20 credit hours (60 ECTS) of coursework taken at the Colorado School of Mines in the first year of the program;
• six credit hours (18 ECTS) of coursework taken at the University of Bordeaux in the second year of the program;
• six credit hours (18 ECTS) earned through the “Case study / Master thesis project” executed through the University of Bordeaux in the second year of the program.

Students will earn the UBx diploma through completion of an extra 36 ECTS earned during the program’s second year in UBx.

Students will earn the UBx diploma under completion of the 120 ECTS of the program.

With the agreement of the educational coordinators and following the operative provisions in the host institution, students may complete / modify their Learning Agreement by choosing amongst the courses offered by the host institution and beyond the mandatory courses of the degree.

August 4, 2018

“2017 Dual Masters Cohort Completes First Year at Colorado School of Mines, Heads for Bordeaux for Year 2”

The first cohort of Dual Masters graduate students have successfully completed their first year of study at the Colorado School of Mines. The group of nine students is headed to Bordeaux for the second year of the program beginning in late August of 2018. A picture of the group taken at the end of the first year at CSM, along with academic advisors from both universities, is shown above.

Pictured:Dual Masters students and advisors at the Colorado School of Mines. Front row (left to right): Sami El Hageali (Ivory Coast), Charlene Guimpier (France), Thibaut Labrouquere (France). Back row (left to right): Prof. Frederic Castet (University of Bordeaux), Prof. Cedric Crespos (University of Bordeaux), Florian Calzavara (France), Sophie Espert (France – Ph.D. student), Charles Boury (France), Andrew Bremner (USA), Benjamin Warren (USA), Yuanhao Ding (China), Prof. Neal Sullivan (Colorado School of Mines).