5 Year BSME/MSE Combined Degree Program

Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering
College of Engineering, Technology and Computer Science

Engineering, Technology and Computer Science Building 321 - 260-481-6965 – ipfw.edu/cmeip fw. edu/enqr

Educational Objectives

The Department of Civil and Mechanical Engineering (CME) offers a five-year program through which students can obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering as well as a Master of Science in Engineering (MSE) degree with the area of specialization in Mechanical Engineering.

The BSME and MSE degrees offered through this program are identical to the individual BSME and MSE degrees offered by the CME department. The combined five-year degree program provides students with the opportunity to obtain these degrees in less time than would be required when pursuing them independently.

Students accepted into this combined BSME/MSE program can use 9 credits of graduate 500-level or higher courses in the combined BSME/MSE plan of study. These courses must satisfy both degree requirements and appropriate advising is needed. This reduces the total number of required credits by the MSE degree to 21.

Combined Degree Requirements

The requirements for the BSME degree and MSE degree stay the same for students pursuing the degrees separately.

For BSME degree requirements, please refer to the corresponding program requirements in the Bulletin. All students must complete a total of 30 credit hours as described in Section 3 in the MSE Graduate Guidelines. The BSME degree must be awarded prior to the MSE degree.

Students can count up to nine (9) credit hours (three 500-level or higher graduate courses) from the lists provided below:


Course Number	Course Name	Credit Hour	Pre- and Co-requisites
ME 50500	Intermediate Heat Transfer	3	P: ME 32100
ME 50900	Intermediate Fluid Mechanics	3	P: ME 31800
ME 54400	Modeling and Simulation of Mechanical Systems	3	P: Graduate Standing or Instructor Permission
ME 54500	Finite Element Analysis: Advanced Theory & Applications	3	P: ME 48000 or Graduate Standing
ME 54600	CAD/CAM Theory and Advanced Applications	3	P: ME 16000, ME 43200, or Graduate Standing
ME 55000	Advanced Stress Analysis	3	P: ME 25200
SE 55000	Advanced Manufacturing Systems and Processes	3	P: ENGR 41000 or ME 48700 or Graduate Standing
STAT 51100	Statistical Methods	3	P: 2 semesters of Calculus

Admission Criteria

Admission to the combined five-year BSME/MSE program may be granted under the following conditions:

Students must be enrolled in the BSME program at IPFW and have not yet received an undergraduate BSME degree
Students must have finished at least sixty (60) credit hours in the respective BSME curriculum
Students must have achieved an undergraduate grade point average (GPA) of at least 3.0 or equivalent at the time of application
Student must have completed the mathematics sequence of courses equivalent to:

MA 16500 (Calculus I)
MA 16600 (Calculus II)
MA 26100 (Multivariable Calculus)
MA 35100 (Linear Algebra)
MA 36300 (Differential Equations)

5. Student must hvae complete the physics sequence of courses equivalent to:

PHYS 15200 (Mechanics)
PHYS 25100 (Heat, Electricity and Optics)

6. The area of specialization for MSE must be delcared at the time of application

7. Acceptance into the program is conditional upon admission to the IPFW Graduate program

8. No Graduate Record Examination (GRE) score is required

Application Process

Students that meet the admission criteria and wish to enroll in the combined BSME/MSE program should consult with their academic advisor during the second semester of their junior year or earlier, and

Complete and submit the Five Year BSME/MSE Program Application
Update their Undergraduate Student One Year Plan of Study accordingly
Complete and submit Form GS-27
Complete the regular application to graduate school of Purdue University

GPA Requirement

It is required that an undergraduate GPA of at least 3.0 is maintained while enrolled in the five-year BSME/MSE program.