Admission Requirements

To qualify for the program, undergraduate students must have a cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 after completing 75 hours towards the B.S.C.E. degree. Typically, it takes students an additional year to complete the accelerated B.S./M.S. degree. Students must have a CE faculty member, who is also appointed to the KSU Graduate Faculty, agree to serve as their major professor. In accordance with Graduate School policies, students can request a change in major advisor after acceptance into the accelerated B.S./M.S. degree program.

Graduation Requirements

Students pursuing a research with thesis option MS degree can use 6 credit hours of approved 600- or 700-level courses and 3 credit hours of independent study (literature review and proposal of their research topic) to count towards both degrees. Students pursuing a coursework only option MS degree can use 6 credit hours of approved 600- or 700-level courses to count towards both degrees. Students must satisfy all other requirements established for non-accelerated CE MS students. Students can receive their BS degree upon completion of all requirements established for non-accelerated BS students.

Special Requirements

The Graduate School requires that all graduate courses be taken for graduate credit during the semester of enrollment. The Graduate School will not change an undergraduate course to a graduate course after grades are assigned.  If the student has deferred admission, then the student must submit special enrollment request to enroll or change current course(s) to the graduate level credit.

• Students must complete 30 graduate credit hours with a graduate GPA of at least 3.0.
• Students must complete all B.S.C.E. degree requirements with the exception that up to 6 credit hours of approved 600- or 700-level classes taken for graduate credit can also count toward their B.S. degree requirements and, for those students in the research with thesis option an additional 3 credit hours of independent study can also count toward their B.S. degree requirements.

Total Hours Required for Master’s: 30