Bachelor of Science & Master of Science (BS & MS)

Program

The goal of the CEE BS/MS is to allow academically qualified students to receive the BS and MS degrees in a shortened time frame (5 year or 5 years and summer). This highly intensive academic program gives students more research experience and better prepares them for research and development careers or further graduate study. Completing the BS/MS or is possible if you enroll in the JJ Slade Scholars Research Program and take graduate-level courses in the senior year in addition to completing all of the undergraduate degree requirements. (Courses cannot double-count for both undergraduate requirements and graduate credit).

Eligibility

In order to be admitted for the BS/MS, students must:
1) Have a 3.2 cumulative GPA or higher.
2) Apply after the end of spring exams and before June 15th of junior year (Form: BS/MS Application.pdf)
3) Have completed all of the school of engineering undergraduate requirements for general, humanities and social science electives by the start of senior year.
4) Submit two (2) letters of recommendation and a personal statement. At least one of your letters must be from you research and/or intended JJ Slade Scholar faculty advisor if you are enrolled in the JJ Slade Scholar program.
5) No GRE exam scores are required.

Curriculum

The BS/MS program requires the student to take at least six (6) graduate course credits in their senior year. These credits can be research credits through the J.J. Slade Scholar program or can be course credits or a combination of both. The BS/MS program requires the student to take 30 graduate course credits in addition to the 128 undergraduate course credits in to graduate.

Timeline for BS/MS Program

Spring of Junior year: The student should identify an advisor for their Slade Scholar Research and apply for the James J. Slade Scholars Program (if selected).
June 1st: Deadline to apply to the CEE BS/MS program.
Summer following Junior Year (optional): Begin research and/or Slade Project (if selected)
Senior year: Take Slade Scholar Research courses or graduate courses. The 601 research credits will count only as elective course credits towards the M.S. This Slade research may become the thesis topic for the M.S. degree but cannot count for the B.S. degree.
Fifth year: Remainder of Masters courses (Research/Elective/Core Graduate Courses). You can take fewer courses, but this would lengthen the duration of the MS degree.
Summer and Fall following fifth year: If necessary, students will write the MS thesis and defend it or present a Special Project.

Please Note:
1) Students can change advisors at the end of the BS senior year, as the Slade Scholar topic does not necessarily have to be the MS thesis or MS special project.
2) You need to graduate with a BS at the end of the spring semester of your senior year
3) Continuation in the BS/MS program is contingent on receiving no more than one C grade in the graduate courses in the senior year.

For more information, see http://soe.rutgers.edu/oas/BS-Masters.