Biological and Agricultural Engineering

Accelerated B.S./M.S.

in Biological and Agricultural Engineering

The biological and agricultural engineering department offers an accelerated graduate program for high-performing undergraduate students that allows them to earn bachelor’s and master’s degrees with limited overlap of coursework. The program is open to qualified students who are seeking a Bachelor of Science in biological systems engineering.

The bachelor's degree component of the accelerated program is awarded when the student completes all the bachelor's degree requirements. The master's degree component is awarded when the student completes all the master’s degree requirements. Once a student has completed all graduation requirements, they will graduate with both a bachelor's in biological systems engineering and a master's in biological and agricultural engineering. The master's component of the program has both thesis and report options.

Admission requirements

  • Seeking a B.S. degree in biological systems engineering.
    • Must be accepted into the accelerated program befor receiving a bachelor's degree.
  • Completed at least 75 credit hours of undergraduate degree.
  • Cumulative undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.25.
  • Graduate faculty member in the BAE department agree to be a major professor.

Program formats and guidelines

Since there is an overlap between undergraduate and graduate study, some graduate courses will satisfy requirements for the bachelor's degree.

  • A maximum of 9 graduate credit hours from the master's in biological and agricultural engineering degree can be counted toward the bachelor’s in biological systems engineering.
  • The student must complete 30 graduate credit hours with a graduate GPA of at least 3.00.
  • The student must complete all undergraduate program requirements with the exception that up to 9 credit hours taken for graduate credit can also count toward their bachelor's degree requirements.
  • All other BAE master's program requirements apply to the accelerated B.S./M.S. program.
  • After applying to the program, students must be continuously enrolled to complete this program. If a student is not enrolled for a fall or spring semester, this student loses the ability to count graduate credit hours toward their undergraduate degree.