Accelerated Biological System Engineering - Biological (BS)/Biological and Agricultural Engineering (MS)

Location(s): Manhattan Campus

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The accelerated Accelerated Biological System Engineering - Biological (BS)/Biological and Agricultural Engineering (MS) will provide high-performing undergraduates the opportunity to pursue an accelerated MS/Master of Science in Biological and Agricultural Engineering degree with early admission to the graduate program as well as the ability to count nine credit hours of coursework in their graduate program toward their undergraduate degree.

Admission Requirements

Undergraduate students applying for the accelerated program are required to have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours towards their bachelor degree. The following requirements must be met for admission into the accelerated program:

The student must be seeking the bachelor’s degree.
The student must have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours toward the bachelor degree at the time of application for admission to the accelerated program.
The student’s cumulative undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.000.
The student must meet all other Graduate School admission criteria as outlined in the Graduate School Handbook and any graduate program specific requirements.
A student who has completed all coursework for the bachelor’s degree is not eligible for the accelerated program.

Program Specific Admission Requirements

An entering student must be pursuing a B.S. BSE and have at least a cumulative 3.25 GPA. The student must enroll in this program after completing 80 undergraduate credit hours, but before his/her B.S. degree is awarded.

At least 18 hours of graduate courses must be at or above the 700 level.
Graduate courses in the BAE department must be at or above the 600 level.
Graduate courses outside the department must be at or above the 500 level.
Continuous enrollment required.
Two of the following courses must be taken: BAE 815 , BAE 816 , BAE 817 , and/or BAE 818 .

Course Requirements

Biological and Agricultural Engineering (MS)

Overlapping Courses

Students may select up to 9 credits from the list of courses below to satisfy the requirements for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. These courses should be listed at the 600-700 level.

BAE 626 - Bioseparations Credits: 3
BAE 640 - Instrumentation and Control for Biological Systems Credits: 3
BAE 643 - Life Cycle Assessment Credits: 3
BAE 645 - Bioenvironmental Reaction Engineering Credits: 3
BAE 651 - Air Pollution Engineering Credits: 3

Graduation Requirements

After completion of all undergraduate program requirements, including the up to nine (9) overlapping graduate credit hours that are counted toward the bachelor’s degree, the student must apply to be awarded the bachelor’s degree.
After receiving the bachelor degree, the student is eligible to be fully admitted into the master program portion of the accelerated bachelor-master program.
To complete the second part of the accelerated program, the student must complete all master program requirements with a graduate cumulative GPA of at least 3.000.

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