Outline

Admission to the dual degree program is open to juniors who have attained a GPA of 3.2 or better in the mathematics and core mechanical engineering curriculum. Applications are normally invited in the spring, during the second semester of the students' junior year, for fall entry into the program. By this time, they have had an opportunity to establish a good academic record and they are well known to the faculty. A faculty committee reviews the records of student applicants and those students selected for participation are notified by the end of the semester in which they apply.

Admitted students follow the normal undergraduate curriculum in Mechanical Engineering through their third year. In the fourth year, the BS-MS curriculum differs somewhat from the standard four-year track: the students take two graduate-level classes in addition to the normal BS course load. BS-MS students are required to attain the same level of performance that is expected of traditional graduate students, namely a grade of B or above in engineering courses, and an overall average of B or above.

During the fifth year, students complete a program of seven graduate courses. The graduate courses include five regular graduate classes and a two-semester course sequence in which the students participate in a practice-oriented externally sponsored design project. An activity table of the BS-MS Program is presented on the Curriculum link for better clarification of the time line of the above-mentioned events.

For more information please contact:
Dr. Chiang Shih
Chair of Mechanical Engineering
(850) 410-6331
shih@eng.fsu.edu

or visit our departmental web site at: www.eng.fsu.edu/me