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Full-time students have the option of applying for admission into the
five-year combined Bachelor of Science in Civil Engineering/Master of Science in
Civil Engineering program. A student earns a BSCE after four years of study and
an MSCE with one additional year of work. A student in the MSCE program can focus
on environmental, geotechnical, structural, transportation or water resources
engineering. The student can also combine areas of interest into an
interdisciplinary MSCE program.
In general, a student in the BSCE/MSCE Program takes two graduate courses during
the senior year and completes the remainder of the graduate program over the
12-month period following the senior year. A student may opt for either a thesis
track MSCE or a non-thesis track MSCE; the former may require additional time.
Students interested in participating in the BSCE/MSCE Program should submit a
letter of intent to the CEE Chairperson during the spring semester of their
junior year. Students should be prepared to take at least two graduate courses
during the senior year. They should plan ahead by reducing the number of
senior-year undergraduate courses through AP credit, transfer credit or academic
overloads. Permission for undergraduates to take graduate courses normally
requires a cumulative GPA of 3.00 or higher. Students formally apply to the BSCE/MSCE
Program by submitting a Graduate Application to the CEE Department during the
fall semester of their senior year.
The CEE Department has two tuition scholarships available every year to students
in the Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Program. The grant covers tuition during the
fifth year in return for 10 hours of work per week devoted to CEE Department
activities. Students who wish to be considered for the tuition scholarships must
submit a Graduate Application to the CEE Department by April 1st of the spring
semester of their junior year. Awardees will be notified in early June of that
year.
All graduate courses must be taken at Villanova University.
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