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The combined BS/MS degree program would allow qualified students to earn a Bachelor of Science degree in Materials Science and Engineering and a Master of Science Degree in Biomedical Engineering. Qualified students would be allowed to begin MS degree course work in their senior year and to double count up to a maximum of twelve graduate credit hours for both the BS and the MS (ME) degree requirements within two to three semesters after completion of the BS degree requirements. Seniors admitted to the combined BS/MS program will be classified as 7EG and hence be eligible for teaching and/or research assistantship and a tuition waiver. Admission to the program, however, does not guarantee that an assistantship would be awarded.

Admission Requirements

• Satisfy Graduate School admission requirements for the MS degree, with minimum of 1100 in GRE (V+Q)
• Completion of a minimum of 18 credit hours of upper division Materials Science and Engineering courses.
• An upper division GPA of at least 3.30
• Admission by the MSE Department BS/MS Graduate Committee, and approval by the BME Graduate Program and the Graduate School.
• The double counted courses must be from the following list or any graduate level course and approved by the MSE Department and BME Graduate Program.

Degree Information

• All requirements for the BS degree must be satisfied with the exception of 12 credit hours for which specified 5000 or 6000 level BME approved graduate courses may be substituted. These 12 credit hours, as selected from the following list, will also count towards the Master's degree.
• The BS degree will be awarded upon completion of all BS requirements.
• All MS (or ME) requirements must be satisfied.

List of Possible Courses for Double Count towards BS/MS Degree

EMA 6316 Materials Thermodynamics (3)	In lieu of	EMA 4314 Energetics & Kinetics (3)
EMA 6128 Materials Microstructures (3)	In lieu of	EMA 4125 Microstructural Transformations in Materials (3)
EMA 6165 Polymer Physical Science (3)	In lieu of	EMA 4161 Polymer Physics (3)
EMA 6000 or higher - Electives must be selected from the list provided	In lieu of	Elective (5)
EMA 6971* or 6910 Master’s Research (4)	In lieu of	EMA 4913/4914 Research in Materials Science I and II (4)

Electives: (Select from the following or others listed in BME Graduate Guidelines)

EMA 6580: Science of Biomaterials I (3)
EMA 6581C: Polymeric Biomaterials (4)
EMA 6166: Polymeric Composites (3)
EMA 6905 or 6938 are not acceptable for substitution of electives.

*Taking research courses in lieu of undergraduate research will delay granting of the BS degree until all MS requirements are satisfied.