Overview
The Bachelor's + Master's (B+M) Program allows students of the Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program to get a head-start on their master's degree. Students admitted into the B+M Program are able to take up to 16 credit hours of approved 500-level coursework at an undergraduate tuition rate*, and apply these credits toward both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Students must request approval to take 500-level courses by the third term of their junior year. If granted approval, they are guaranteed admission into their chosen Mechanical & Materials Engineering graduate degree program, given they satisfy the Continuation Criteria (see below).
*Postbaccalaureate students pay the graduate tuition rate, per Portland State University policy.
Rules and Limitations
B+M students must complete 500-level courses with a B or higher in order to apply them to their master's degree. Students must start their master's degree program within one academic year of graduating with their bachelor's degree in order to use their 500-level courses towards their master's degree.
Minimum Requirements
- 10 credit hours of 300- or 400-level upper-division ME coursework completed
- 3.3 institutional GPA
- 2 faculty references (Mechanical & Materials Engineering faculty members preferred)
Continuation Criteria
B+M students must graduate from the Mechanical Engineering Bachelor's Degree Program with a 3.3 institutional GPA in order to be guaranteed admission into their chosen Mechanical & Materials Engineering graduate degree program.
Approval Request Deadline
Students must request approval to take 500-level ME courses within the B+M program by the end of finals week in the third term of their junior year.