The College of Engineering is pleased to announce the following new Accelerated Bachelors/Masters Degree (ABMD) programs:

Admission Requirements

Students must meet the following criteria in order to be eligible for admission into one of the ABMD programs:

• Cumulative GPA of at least 3.25 by the end of the 5th semester
• Completion of required coursework
• Transfer Students with at least a 3.25 cumulative transfer gpa will be eligible to apply for the 4+1 accelerated programs in the College of Engineering.The program coordinator will conditionally accept transfer students into the 4+1 program if the students can complete their undergraduate degree in three, contiguous full-time semesters beginning with the spring semester of their junior year and if they can complete 45 credits at Temple prior to taking the third graduate course in the spring semester of their senior year.
  1. Students will take one graduate course in the spring of their junior year, one in the fall of the senior year, and if they have completed 45 credits with a 3.0 cumulative gpa at the end of the fall semester of their senior year, one in the spring of their senior year.
  2. Students must be able to complete their graduate degree in one year directly following the completion of their undergraduate degree.
• If for whatever reason, students do not complete the undergraduate degree in three contiguous semesters or do not complete 45 credits with a 3.0 cumulative gpa at Temple prior to their spring semester of their senior year, they can still apply to the Graduate School through the normal application for a Masters in the College of Engineering. (Graduate courses taken as an undergraduate will be usable towards their graduate program.”

Application Deadlines and Procedures

Applicants must submit a completed ABMD application to the program coordinator by December 10th of the their 5th semester. Applicants must also complete a Graduate Application form by April 1st of their 8th semester.

Applicants must submit the following:

• Completed ABMD application form
• Letter from academic advisor verifying that applicant is expected to complete the bachelor’s degree within three semesters following the due date of the ABMD application form
• Recommendation letters from two faculty members; at least one must be from a faculty member in the relevant department. These letters must be submitted in a sealed envelope bearing the writers signature on the flap of the envelope.
• An up-to-date resume

The application and supporting documents must be submitted to the appropriate program coordinator by  April 1st of the 5th semester.  The GRE is not required.

Program Requirements

Once admitted into the ABMD program, students need to register for the three required graduate-level courses in place of three undergraduate technical electives. Students must obtain at least a grade of “B” in these graduate-level courses.

After matriculating formally into the graduate program (summer after completing undergraduate requirements), students must take an additional 21 semester hours of graduate-level coursework and complete either a research (thesis or project) or non-research (coursework only) option. Students pursing the thesis option must complete a total of 24 semester hours of coursework and 6 semester hours of thesis. Students completing the project option must complete 27 semester hours of coursework and 3 semester hours of thesis. Students must maintain a cumulative and semester GPA of at least a 3.0 to remain in the program and to graduate with a master’s degree.

Listed below are the specific course requirements for each program: (PDF)

• Civil
• Civil/Environmental Engineering
• CMT/Civil
• Electrical and Computer Engineering /  EE Concentration
• Electrical and Computer Engineering /CpE Concentration
• Mechanical

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