The Master’s degree in System Engineering can be earned by undergraduate students who pursue a five year Bachelor’s/Master’s degree program in which the Bachelor’s degree is awarded in any engineering major at WPI and the Master’s degree is awarded in Systems Engineering. Students who are not engineering majors but who are math or science majors and have a minor in an engineering area should consider the MS degree in Systems Engineering Leadership located in the Interdisciplinary section of this catalog. Students may also contact the Systems Engineering program to discuss their plans and goals with a faculty member.
WPI allows the double counting of up to 12 credits for students pursuing a 5-year Bachelor’s-Master’s Degree program. This overlap can be achieved through proper academic course planning and with the following recommendations for double counting courses.
- Students should plan to take SYS 501 in their fourth year of undergraduate studies and double count the credit toward the M.S. SE program requirement. (3 credits)
- Students should plan to take MIS 576 in their fourth year of undergraduate studies and double count the credit toward the M.S. SE program requirement. (3 credits)
- To satisfy the SE Elective Courses Requirement, students should plan to double count any approved combination of 4000 or 5000 level engineering, science or math courses that total to at least 6 graduate credits. Per WPI policy: (6 credits)
- acceptable UG courses are awarded 2 graduate credits
- acceptable G courses are awarded 2 or 3 graduate credits, depending on the course(s) selected.
Admitted SE B.S./M.S. program students must satisfy all of the requirements of their selected B.S. degree and all the program requirements of the SE M.S. degree. Students interested in the M.S. in Systems Engineering by electing the B.S./M.S. option are strongly encouraged to contact the Systems Engineering program for planning help.