B.S./M.S. in Explosion Protection Engineering (XPE)

Program of Study
Degree Type
B.S./M.S.

The requirements for the proposed M.S. in XPE are structured so that undergraduate students would be able to pursue a five-year Bachelors/Masters program, in which the Bachelors degree is awarded in any major offered at WPI and the Master’s degree is awarded in XPE Engineering. WPI allows the double counting of up to 12 credits for students pursuing a 5-year Bachelors-Masters program. This overlap can be achieved through the following mechanisms:

  • Up to three graduate courses in FPE, CHE, CE, AE, ME taken by the student may be counted towards meeting the engineering/science/elective requirements of the student’s undergraduate major, subject to approval by his/her major department.
  •  Up to two 4000-level undergraduate courses taken by the student in his/her undergraduate major program may be counted towards the requirements of the Master’s Degree in XPE if they can be placed in one of the requirement categories listed below and are approved by the XPE Graduate Program Committee.

Degree Requirements

15
9
Minimum Credits
30
  BS/MS
Explosion Core 15
Engineering Context 6
Electives 9
Double Count  (12)
Total 30