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Recommended Program Timeline
  • Undergraduate Junior Year
  • Undergraduate Senior Year - Complete 4 tech electives (12 cr) for your Mech E BS degree, 2/4 will be Grad Courses for MSSE or MEM
    • Take 6 credits at the 3000-5999 level   AND   6 credits  at the 6000+ level
    • You MAY take 6 more credits at the 6000+ level if you have room in your schedule (18 tech elective credits total)
    • Do NOT exceed 12 graduate credits (6000+ level) as an undergraduate student
  • 2nd semester, Undergraduate Senior Year
    • Check your Degree Audit and meet with your undergraduate advisor
    • Do NOT apply for your Graduation for the BS degree yet
  • 2nd semester, Undergraduate Senior Year - Meet with your graduate advisor to
    • Apply to the Graduate School
      • 3.0 GPA minimum required
      • Pre-screening into the BS/MS program does not guarantee Grad School admission
    • Transfer the 6-12 graduate (6000+ level) credits taken as an undergraduate student
  • 1st semester, Graduate Student
    • Fill out the MEM Program of Study or MSSE Program of Study
    • Complete 18-24 more graduate-level credits for the MS degree during this year; 30 credits total
    • Continue to meet with your graduate advisor and/or director as necessary
  • 2nd semester, Graduate Student
    • Apply for graduation for both the BS and MS (first week of semester)
    • Contact the director for your masters degree to discuss your capstone experience (first week of semester)
    • Successfully defend your capstone experience

The University of Utah has firm requirements about "double counting" courses for two degrees.  However, the Concurrent BS/MS programs allow for this "double counting."  The SIME groups offers a

Concurrent Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering/ Masters of Engineering Management 
Concurrent Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering/ Masters of Science in Systems Engieering

Both programs follow similar rule.  Students pursuing the BS in Mechanical Engineering can apply up to 6 hours of courses from their graduate program to satisfy up to 6 hours of tech electives for the BSME degree.  This typically saves 6 hours of courses and effectively makes the MSSE/MEM only require 8 additional courses (24 hours).  Thus, the majority of students can finish their masters degree with one additional year of study beyond when their BSME degree would have been awarded.

Ideally students wishing to pursue this pathway should discuss with the director of the program during the last semester of their junior year.  The senior year typically intermixes graduate and undergraduate courses in both semesters.  It is still possible to take advantage of this program even in the BSME graduating semester, but the student may not receive the full 6 hour benefit.

The concurrent pathway requires continuous enrollment.  Furthermore, the student is confferred two degrees, the BSME and either the MEM or MSSE in the exact same semester.  No student will be awarded a masters degree without satisfying all requirements for the BS degree. Students wishing to exit the concurrent program can apply qualified coursework toward the traditional BSME degree.

The U requires the student to be either exclusively a graduate or an undergraduate student. Students should carefully decide when to move from an undergradaute student to a graduate student.   A student is eligible graduate funding and the Tuition Benefit Program administered by the Graduate School only after switching to become a graduate student.  Scholarships, federal aid and full-time student status can all be impacted when switching from an undergradaute to a graduate student. So please talk to people before haphazardly switching to a gradaute student.

Program Requirements

To be accepted into the BS/MS Program, students must meet the following requirements:

Under the BS/MS option, students may take graduate courses (suggested one per semester) in their undergraduate senior year. Students should consult with their undergraduate advisor about scheduling needs to complete the BS degree and to make room for one grad course per semester. These two courses (6 credits) should be pre-approved and flagged by the Graduate Advisor.

MS requirements

MSSE Requirements
MEM Requirements

Minimum total of 30 credits

BS/MS students will work in with their undergraduate advisor in the Department of Mechanical Engineering and

Kelly Pearson
Graduate Student Coordinator
kelly.pearson@utah.edu

Interested students may also contact their perspective director:
Director of Graduate Studies for Mechanical Engineering, Mark Fehlberg
Director of Systems Engineering Programs, Pedro Huebner
Director of Engineering Management Programs, Todd Easton