{"id":123,"date":"2025-06-25T09:47:21","date_gmt":"2025-06-25T13:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/applied\/?page_id=123"},"modified":"2025-09-12T11:33:35","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T15:33:35","slug":"minor","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/tickle.utk.edu\/applied\/academics\/reliability-and-maintainability-engineering\/minor\/","title":{"rendered":"Reliability and Maintainability Engineering Minor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Minor in Reliability and Maintainability Engineering<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Reliability and maintainability are crucial aspects of engineering because they directly impact the performance, safety, cost-effectiveness, and lifespan of products and systems, making them an essential foundation in any traditional engineering field. Pursuing a minor in this field sets students and professionals apart with specialized skills highly valued across many industries.\u202f\u202f <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Program Overview<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The\u202fReliability and Maintainability Engineering\u202f(RME) program is a multidisciplinary program focusing on the use of management systems, analysis techniques and advanced condition-based and preventive technologies to identify, manage and eliminate failures leading to losses in system function. Once perceived as a practitioner or manufacturing issue, reliability and maintainability engineering is now considered a business issue of urgent priority. <\/p>\n<\/div>

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Curriculum<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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To obtain a minor in reliability and maintainability engineering, 15 hours of coursework are required as listed below. The grade in each of the required classes must be at least a C. Students should consult with their advisor for the appropriate elective courses in their major.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Core Courses<\/div><\/h2>
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Six hours, complete both courses<\/em> <\/p>\n\n\n\n