BS/MS Joint Degree Program
This five-year program is designed for competitive undergraduate students who demonstrate interest and aptitude for additional education beyond the bachelor’s degree. Students participating in the BS/MS Program at the
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CEE students who have completed 30 semester hours with a Georgia Tech GPA of 3.5 or higher are eligible to apply for the BS/MS program. Students must demonstrate appropriate progress in their degree program and should apply at least two semesters before graduation to begin graduate-level courses prior to receiving their bachelor's degree.
How The Program Works
The key components of the BS/MS program are:
- Intense interaction among students and faculty, including mentoring and undergraduate research
- Careful advising and course planning, to enable students to begin serious graduate course work in their fourth year of study.
Students in the BS/MS program remain undergraduates until they meet the requirements for the undergraduate degree, at which point they will receive their bachelor’s degree. Georgia Tech and CEE will then change them to graduate status.
Participant’s Requirements and Benefits
Continuation in the program requires that students maintain a grade point average of 3.00 or higher. Students who become ineligible, or who decide not to continue into CEE’s graduate program after completing their bachelor’s degree, will still benefit from an enriched undergraduate education in civil and environmental engineering.
Participating students may count up to six graduate-level semester credit hours toward both their bachelor's and master's degrees. Most students will be supported as graduate research or teaching assistants once they attain graduate status. Graduate assistants pay reduced tuition and receive a monthly stipend.