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Any full-time student with a minimum GPA of 3.25 has the option of pursuing a
Five-Year BS/MS Program that allows the students to obtain a dual Bachelor/Master degree in a five-year
time period.
- All Five-Year BS/MS Program students will automatically be considered for tuition
fellowships for the fifth year. A limited number of fellowships are
available. Fellowship decisions will be made during the spring semester of
the senior year.
- A student accepted into the Five-Year BS/MS Program is expected to finish the program without
any interruption.
Tuition Fellowship
- Students who are granted a tuition fellowship are required to take a
summer course (3 credits) immediately following their senior year.
- Students who are granted a tuition fellowship are expected to take six
courses during the fifth year, three courses per semester in each of the
fall and spring semesters. A total of ten graduate courses should be
completed by the end of the spring semester.
- All students who receive a tuition fellowship are expected to work for
the department for 10 hours/week during the fifth year. Usually, students
will teach in the department's laboratory courses or work as a grader for an
assigned professor.
Students who do not receive a tuition fellowship are very strongly
encouraged to follow the same schedule as those receiving tuition
fellowships.
Discontinue Five-Year BS/MS Program
If after finishing the fall semester of their senior year, a student
decides to discontinue the Five-Year BS/MS Program for a compelling reason, M.E. 7000 will be
counted as one of their senior elective courses toward their B.S. degree.
The students will be removed from the Five-Year BS/MS Program and be treated as a regular
undergraduate student. Their following spring course schedule has to follow
the standard undergraduate procedures.
If, after finishing the spring semester of senior year, a student
decides to discontinue the Five-Year BS/MS Program for a compelling reason, the two graduate
courses taken in the spring semester will be counted toward their B.S.
degree.
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How to Apply
Students who are interested in the Five-Year BS/MS Program should submit their applications directly to the Mechanical Engineering Department
in the spring semester of their junior year, no later than the end of March.
The decision for admission will be announced to the applicants in June
following the end of junior year.
Degree Requirements
Students are required to take three graduate courses (9 credits)
in their senior year which will satisfy simultaneously their M.E. senior elective courses.
- Fall Semester
M.E. 7000 (Advanced Engineering Analysis)
- Spring Semester
two other 7000-level graduate courses
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