Grand Valley State University combined degree programs offer students the opportunity to complete both an undergraduate and graduate degree, meeting their unique personal, academic, and career goals. Pursuing a combined degree program can reduce the cost and total time required to complete both a bachelor's and a master's degree.

Students are prepared for engineering careers and leadership roles by way of B.S.E. and M.S.E. degree programs that integrate academic studies with hands-on learning and paid professional co-op experiences in engineering companies.

Timeline of Application

Interested candidates can apply to the Combined B.S.E./M.S.E. program in the Summer semester of their engineering junior year. Admission decisions will be made after the Summer semester (once grades are in), and students will enroll in the Combined program in the subsequent Winter semester.

Admission Requirements

Admission to the combined B.S.E./M.S.E. program is competitive and requires a secondary application; applicants must meet at least the following:

1. An undergraduate GPA of 3.3 or above at the time of application evaluation
2. Completion of the second co-op rotation
3. Three letters of recommendation from the faculty members in the undergraduate program

Combined B.S.E./M.S.E. Degree Requirements

The combined program allows the use of two courses from the graduate program to also fulfill the requirements for two undergraduate senior electives.

Similarly, the combined program utilizes an integrated culminating experience that fulfills the requirements of both the B.S.E. and M.S.E. programs. So, instead of the undergraduate senior design experience EGR 485 / EGR 486, students will take EGR 693 Master’s Project (6 credits) or EGR 695 Master’s Thesis (6 credits) as their capstone experience for BOTH the undergraduate and graduate degrees. Through this articulation, the student completes both degrees with 9 to 12 fewer credits.

Candidates must complete the following BSE requirements:

• General education
• Engineering foundation courses
• Cooperative engineering education
• Emphasis-specific courses

Candidates must complete 33 credits of graduate coursework for their MSE with a B or better grade including the following:

• Professional Practice courses 
• Emphasis area courses
• Electives
• Culminating experience

IMPORTANT NOTE: Combined degree candidates are not required to take EGR 600 or EGR 604. EGR 600 may be taken as an elective course. Appropriate substitutions will be made in myPath at the time of graduation audit.

Possible Combined Degree Programs

• Biomedical Engineering, B.S.E. and M.S.E.
• Biomedical Engineering, B.S.E., and Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S.E.
• Biomedical Engineering, B.S.E., and Mechanical Engineering, M.S.E.

• Computer Engineering, B.S.E., and Applied Computer Science, M.S.
• Computer Engineering, B.S.E., and Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S.E.
• Electrical Engineering, B.S.E., and Biomedical Engineering, M.S.E.
• Electrical Engineering, B.S.E., and Electrical and Computer Engineering, M.S.E.

• Manufacturing and Design Engineering, B.S.E. and M.S.E.
• Manufacturing and Design Engineering, B.S.E., and Biomedical Engineering, M.S.E.
• Manufacturing and Design Engineering, B.S.E., and Mechanical Engineering, M.S.E.

• Mechanical Engineering, B.S.E. and M.S.E.
• Mechanical Engineering, B.S.E., and Biomedical Engineering, M.S.E.
• Mechanical Engineering, B.S.E., and Manufacturing and Design Engineering, M.S.E.

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