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Concurrent BS/MS Program

Purpose:
The concurrent BS/MS program in the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering enables especially well-qualified students to work concurrently towards a BS in Chemical Engineering or Chemical and Biological Engineering and a MS degree in Chemical Engineering. Students are admitted into the program during the spring of their junior year and begin planning a graduate program. This program allows for early planning of the MS portion of the student’s education, taking graduate courses as part of their BS degree requirements. Up to six credit hours may be counted towards both the BS and MS degree programs.

Admission:
Application for admission into the BS/MS program may be made at any time during or after the student enters his or her junior year. The application deadline for fall admission is February 1st. The deadline for spring admission is October 1st. The minimum requirements for the application to the BS/MS program are:

  • Completion of the following five CHEN core courses with a minimum grade of B- in each course: CHEN 2120, CHEN 3200, CHEN 3210, CHEN 3320, CHEN 3010;

  • A minimum overall GPA of 3.25;

  • A minimum GPA of 3.0 in CHEN course work;

  • GRE;

  • Provide a one-page Statement of Purpose. The statement should describes briefly your past work in the field, including noncourse educational experiences, teaching , or other relevant employment, publication, theses, research in progress, other scholarly activities, and your plans for graduate study and a professional career;

  • Complete the Concurrent Degree Application;

  • Provide an unofficial transcript;

  • Completion of MAPS requirement.

Applications will not be accepted that do not meet the minimum requirements for admission.

Once admitted to the program, the student must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 and a GPA of 3.0 in all CHEN undergraduate and graduate courses to remain in good academic standing. Students must be enrolled full-time (12 credit hours per semester for undergraduate standing and 5 credit hours per semester for graduate standing). Students may remain under undergraduate standing throughout the program, but can elect to be admitted into the graduate school once a student has completed the 128 credit hours of course work required for a BS degrees.

Curriculum:

  • Undergraduate requirements: A total of 128 credit hours is required, which include 88 credit hours of required technical courses, 18 credit hours of technical and chemistry electives, 18 credit hours of humanities & social science courses, including electives, and 4 credit hours of free electives.

  • Master’s degree requirements: A total of 30 credit hours is required including 10 credit hours of required technical courses in Chemical Engineering (described below) and of which 15 credit hours must be in Chemical Engineering. A maximum of 6 credit hours of courses at the 3000 level and above in another department may count towards the MS degree; however, only 5000 level and above in the Chemical and Biological Engineering Department may be applied towards the MS degree. Pass/fail courses do not count towards the degree. Only those courses for which the student receives a grade of B- or better will count toward the MS degree. Students undertaking the thesis option may take 4-6 credit hours of MS thesis, but at least 24 credit hours of course work are required.

The following courses are required for any M.S. degree plan in Chemical Engineering:

  • CHEN 5090: Seminar in Chemical and Biological Engineering (only offered Pass/Fail)

  • CHEN 5210: Transport Phenomena

  • CHEN 5740: Analytical Methods

  • One of the following core courses: CHEN 5370: Intermediate Chemical Engineering Thermodynamics or CHEN 5390: Chemical Reaction Engineering

Overlapping of courses: A maximum of 6 credit hours of graduate work may be applied to the BS degree.

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