维奇他州立大学

Wichita State's dual / accelerated BS-to-MS in industrial engineering lets you complete an advanced degree, faster, by allowing you to take graduate-level courses while completing your bachelor's degree putting you closer to a high-paying career in a large number of industries and governmental organizations.

Curriculum

In this ABET-accredited program, you'll study core industrial engineering courses. You can also choose from a number of technical electives allowing you to specialize in areas such as engineering systems, ergonomics or manufacturing engineering. As a senior, you'll work in a team on a two-semester project, giving you practical experience, you'll put to use in your future engineering career.

Program Guidelines

• The maximum number of credit hours that can be used for both undergraduate and graduate program credit (joint degree courses) is limited to 9 credit hours.
• Only courses 700 level and above can be used for joint credit. Courses that are prerequisites for the graduate program, core courses in the undergraduate curriculum, workshop or cooperative education courses are also excluded.
• Until the bachelor’s degree is awarded, for each semester in which the student takes courses at both the graduate and undergraduate level, a Dual/Accelerated Enrollment Form must be completed indicating the courses taken for graduate credit (as well as joint credit).
• The bachelor’s degree may be awarded at any time following the completion of the undergraduate degree requirements and completion of the joint degree hours.
• The bachelor’s degree must be awarded at least two semesters before the graduate degree is awarded.
• Graduate program coursework must be completed within eight years (from the time the first graduate course counted toward degree requirements is taken) or within six years from the awarding of the bachelor’s degree, whichever comes first.
• The supervisory committee should be listed on each dual enrollment form, and a program of study filed as soon as the student has received their bachelor’s degree.
• A tentative outline for degree completion should be developed by the student and advisor and kept in the student’s departmental file. The outline for degree completion projects courses to be taken each semester and the semester in which the bachelor’s degree and master’s degree would be awarded.
• Students in a dual/accelerated degree program may not hold a graduate assistantship until after the bachelor’s degree is awarded, and the student is fully admitted to the graduate program.
• For the purpose of requesting exceptions to program and university regulations, students in a dual/accelerated degree program are considered undergraduates and thus proceed through the undergraduate processes until the bachelor’s degree is awarded.
• Students admitted to the dual/accelerated degree program, who do not complete the program or who request admission to any other WSU program, forfeit the joint hours in the program. The joint hours will be posted only to the undergraduate transcript. If joint hours are already posted to both the graduate and undergraduate transcript, the hours on the graduate transcript will be removed.

Careers

WSU's vast industry connections and experience-based learning for every major gives industrial engineering students the chance to grow their professional network, build a resume and earn a paycheck, all while still in school, leading to high-paying careers in diverse fields.