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. Students must apply for this program before receiving their 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 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 (CE 690, CE 790, CE 898, CE 899) 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 a 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. 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.

Note

Students in the accelerated B.S./M.S. degree program and pursuing a coursework-only M.S. degree can use 6 hours of graduate coursework to satisfy both undergraduate track elective requirements and M.S. coursework requirements. Students in the accelerated B.S./M.S. degree program and pursuing a research-oriented M.S. degree can use 6 hours of graduate coursework and 3 hours of independent study related to a research project to satisfy both undergraduate track elective requirements and M.S. coursework requirements.

Total Hours Required for Master’s: 30