Accelerated Masters Degree Program

Accelerated Master

Satisfactorily complete at least thirty-two graduate credits with the following stipulations:

• Coursework will consist of four, three-credit core courses, and six, three-credit electives for a total of 30 credits. Attendance at the ChE research seminar series will be mandatory for earning two credits (one credit per semester of residence), for a total of 32 required credits.
• At least 21 of the 32 credits must be in chemical engineering. At least 13 of these credits must be earned in the 600 series of chemical engineering courses or above.
• Two of the six electives should be chosen to attain further specialization in a sub-field of ChE (e.g., materials science, energy and reactor design, applied life sciences, etc.); of the four remaining electives, students may take up to two practicum courses (ChE-related industry internship or an independent study with ChE-affiliated faculty) for three credits each.
• You must be registered as a full-time student (nine credits minimum, 16 credits maximum) and take at least one approved course each semester that you are in residence.
•  Course credits used for fulfilling these degree requirements must be taken on a graded basis.  The resulting grade-point average must be maintained at 3.0 or higher.
• To help accelerate progress towards the M.S. degree, up to twelve credits of graduate-level coursework (from an approved ChE list) taken during a student's undergraduate degree can be transferred directly to the M.S. degree. The student may use up to six of those credits (i.e., two courses) to satisfy degree requirements in both their bachelor's and graduate programs. Students must achieve a B or better for any of these courses to count. These “double counted” courses will be from the list of ChE-approved classes (500-level and higher).