Course requirements The program requires 30 semester hours of graduate credit work, comprising 6 hours of thesis credit and 24 hours of course work. Financial Aid Students with exceptional academic records are encouraged to seek financial aid from outside sources, such as the National Science Foundation. Stipend and most fees waived. Research assistantships commonly are available and normally cover the cost of thesis research. Stipends for research assistantships vary with the funding agency.
Departmental scholarships are also available to help defray the cost of tuition or thesis research.
Reservoir, core analysis, and rock mechanics systems are avialable in the Petroleum Engineering Department. The University The University of Louisiana at Lafayette, established in 1898, currently has an enrollment of about 16,000 students, the second largest in the state. It is located in the pleasant city of Lafayette, in the heart of Acadiana, an area composed of twenty parishes in southern Louisiana. While the surrounding areas provide exceptional opportunities for outdoor recreational activities, Lafayette itself has experienced rapid growth in recent years and now has a metropolitan population of well over 100,000. Approximately 400 geologists are based in Lafayette, and many of them are members of the Lafayette Geological Society, which holds monthly meetings from September through May.