PhD Credit Distribution Requirements (without relevant master's degree): For a Robotics PhD degree without a relevant master’s degree, a student must complete a minimum of 36 graduate level credit hours with the following distribution: 8 credits of core coursework: ROB 550 (4 credits) & ROB 501 (4 credits). ≥ 12 credits to fulfill breadth and depth requirements unless course equivalency has been granted - Breadth requirement: ≥ 9 credits (at least 1 course from each of the 3 core areas: sensing, acting, reasoning); Depth requirement: ≥ 3 credits in “depth area” (at least 1 additional course taken from at least one of the 3 core areas: sensing, acting, reasoning). ≥ 3 credits of graded cognate coursework. Note that a single course can count toward both the depth or breadth requirement and the cognate requirement (e.g. EECS 542 counting toward both sensing and cognate). 3-6 credits of Directed Study (ROB 590). PhD Credit Distribution Requirements (with relevant master's degree): For a Robotics PhD degree with a relevant master’s degree, a student must complete a minimum of 26 graduate level credit hours with the following distribution: With a relevant Master’s degree, a student must complete a minimum of 26 graduate level credit hours with the following distribution: 8 credits of core coursework: ROB 550 (4 credits) & ROB 501 (4 credits) ≥ 12 credits of technical graded courses unless course equivalency has been granted - Breadth requirement: ≥ 9 credits (at least 1 course from each of the 3 core areas: sensing, acting, reasoning); Depth requirement: ≥ 3 credits in “depth area” (at least 1 additional course taken from at least one of the 3 core areas: sensing, acting, reasoning). ≥ 3 credits of graded cognate coursework. Note that a single course can count toward both the depth or breadth requirement and the cognate requirement (e.g. EECS 542 counting toward both sensing and cognate). 3-6 credits of Directed Study (ROB 590).