Requirements for Graduation

Credit Hour Requirements:

• 126 Undergraduate Credit Hours,
• 30 Graduate Credit Hours, for a total of
• 156 Total Credit Hours.

Academic Requirements:

1. Students enrolled in the plan must maintain a 3.5 GPA in all required degree coursework.
2. Students must maintain full-time continuous enrollment for the five years of the program.
3. Only 10 students will be admitted to the program.
4. If a vacancy arises during the first two years of the program it may be filled by another qualifying student.
5. Students will follow the specific requirements of their respective bachelor's degree program, mechanical or civil, and will do six hours of graduate coursework in the summer between the third and fourth year of the program. Six more graduate credit hours will be done in the summer immediately following the fourth year with the remaining eighteen graduate credit hours done in the fall and spring semesters of the program's fifth year.
6. Students must be admitted to the Graduate School no later than the spring semester of their fourth year.
7. Upon successful completion of the first four years, students in the CME Fast Track Master's Scholar program will receive either
   • A Graduate Teaching Assistantship (GTA) which includes a fee waiver for three residential credit hours, or
   • A Tuition Fee Waiver for their first graduate semester.
   These are renewable for the second semester of the fifth year only if they complete at least nine credit hours during their first semester with at least a 3.50 GPA.