It is important that you register for the IGMCS program well in advance of your anticipated graduation date. The steps below outline the IGMCS registration process.

1. Review the IGMCS program requirements.
2. In consultation with your major advisor and IGMCS department liaison, develop a proposed course plan that satisfies the IGMCS requirements.
3. Review the list of approved courses to ensure your proposed course distribution is appropriate.
4. Download the IGMCS Registration Form (interactive PDF).
5. Complete Sections 1–2 of the Registration Form. Section 2 should clearly outline your proposed course distribution and serve as your academic plan for the minor.
6. Email a draft of the completed Registration Form to the IGMCS coordinator at @email for an initial review.
7. The IGMCS coordinator will review your proposed plan, address any questions or concerns, and guide you through the remaining steps, including obtaining the required signatures

Note: Students are encouraged to register for IGMCS as soon as they have a viable academic plan, even if some or all coursework has not yet been completed. If a student’s completed coursework later differs from the originally approved plan, an updated course combination may be reviewed and approved at the coursework certification stage, provided all program requirements are still met.

The Minor requires a combination of course work from three disciplines - Computer Science/Information Science, Mathematics/Statistics, and a participating Science/Engineering Domain (e.g., Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Physics).

For students pursuing a Master's degree, 9 total hours of approved IGMCS courses are required consisting of 3 hours within the home discipline and 3 hours from each of the other two disciplines. For example, a student whose home department is Electrical Engineering and Computer Science must complete 3 hours of approved Computer Science (or Information Science) courses and 3 hours of approved courses in each of the other two discipline groups (Mathematics/Statistics and Science/Engineering Domain).

For students pursuing a PhD degree, 15 total hours of approved IGMCS courses are required, consisting of 6 hours within the home discipline and 9 hours from the other two disciplines (with a minimum of 3 hours from each). For example, a student whose home department is Physics must complete 6 hours of approved Science/Engineering Domain courses and 9 hours of approved courses from Computer Science/Information Science and Mathematics/Statistics (with a minimum of 3 hours from each).

Degree	Hours required in home discipline	Hours required from two other disciplines	Total hours
IGMCS at Master’s level	3	3 in each	9
IGMCS at PhD Level	6	9 (at least 3 in each)	15

IGMCS eligible courses: http://igmcs.utk.edu/departments

Students may satisfy three hours of the Program requirement by successfully completing a one semester Internship outside of the student’s major. The internship may be taken offsite, e.g., Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), or on campus by working with a faculty member in a department other than the student’s home department. Only internships taken for University-approved academic credit may be applied toward the IGMCS minor. Students should work with the chair or other member of their graduate committee to put together an appropriate internship. The internship must have the approval of the IGMCS Program Committee (see Program Administration below) prior to the start of the internship period. For more about internships at ORNL, visit the Computing and Computational Sciences Educational Outreach website.

Note: Students do not need to complete all required coursework before registering for IGMCS. Registration requires a viable academic plan that satisfies the program requirements outlined below.

Process overview: from registration to graduation

1. The student consults with their major advisor to develop a proposed IGMCS course plan. This discussion should also involve the IGMCS department liaison.
2. The student completes Sections 1–2 of the IGMCS Registration Form.
3. The student emails a draft of the Registration Form to IGMCS coordinator (@email) for an initial review to confirm that the proposed academic plan meets program requirements.
4. Once confirmed, the Registration Form is submitted for formal approval by the student’s Major Advisor, IGMCS Department Liaison, and the IGMCS Program Committee Chair. The IGMCS coordinator will facilitate obtaining these signatures.
5. After completing the required coursework, the student completes the IGMCS Coursework Certification Form and submits it to IGMCS coordinator for final signatures. If the completed coursework differs from the originally approved plan, an updated course combination may be reviewed and approved at this stage.
6. IGMCS coordinator will obtain the remaining signatures and submit the finalized Coursework Certification Form to the Graduate School. This must be completed no later than one week prior to graduation to ensure the minor appears on the official transcript.

Academic departments with existing or planned graduate degree programs are invited to submit requests for program participation to the Program Committee. Applications should indicate which degree program options (e.g., Masters's and/or Ph.D.) are to be included and which courses are to be accepted for each option. It is expected that courses will generally be equivalent to graduate-level courses in the participating departments. The Program Committee representative (College Representative) from the applicant's college may assist in developing the application.

Suggested program modifications that have been approved by the faculty of the participating academic unit should be sent to the College Representative, who will bring them to the attention of the Program Committee for final approval.

The policies and operational guidelines approved by the Faculty Senate for the IGMCS are flexible so that approval for new programs or modification of existing ones can be given with a minimum of delay. Interested students can be admitted provisionally to the IGMCS program at the same time that the sponsoring department is applying for approval of its degree program.

For more information, contact the IGMCS via email at @email.

 

The Program Faculty is composed of members of participating IGMCS departments and other individuals with relevant expertise who have been nominated for membership by their respective department heads and approved by the Program Committee. The Program Committee, a subset of the Program Faculty, is responsible for making administrative decisions and for formulation and implementation of Program policies. The Program Committee is composed of the following:

• David Keffer, Materials Science and Engineering (MSE) (Chair)
• Reza Abedi, University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI)
• Steven Abel, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering (CBE)
• Vasilios Alexiades, Mathematics (MATH)
• Paul Armsworth, Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)
• Ryan Bond, University of Tennessee Space Institute (UTSI)
• Alex Bentley, Anthropology (ANTH)
• Kivanc Ekici, Mechanical, Aerospace, and Biomedical Engineering (MABE)
• Joshua Fu, Civil and Environmental Engineering (CEE)
• Jim Ostrowski, Industrial and Systems Engineering (ISE)
• Thomas Papenbrock, Physics (PHYS)
• Greg Peterson, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS) 
• Sharani Roy, Chemistry (CHEM)
• Troy Rowan, University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture (UTIA)
• Shih-Lung Shaw, Geography & Sustainability (GEOG)
• Tongye Shen, Biochemistry & Cellular and Molecular Biology (BCMB)
• Peiling Wang, School of Information Sciences (SIS)
• Russell Zaretzki, Statistics (STAT)