WPI allows the double counting of up to 12 credits for students pursuing a 5-year Bachelors-Masters program. This 12 credit overlap can be achieved through the following mechanisms:
- Up to 12 graduate credits in RBE, CS, ECE, or 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 4 credits (2/3 undergraduate units) of 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 Robotics Engineering if they can be placed in one of the requirement categories listed below and are approved by the Robotics Engineering Graduate Program Committee.
- Up to 3 credits (1/2 undergraduate unit) can be earned towards fulfillment of the thesis requirement by double counting a Major Qualifying Project, provided that:
- the MQP involves substantial use of Robotics Engineering at an advanced level,
- the thesis research is a continuation or extension of the MQP work,
- the student satisfies the thesis requirement by completing at least 6 additional credits of RBE 599 Thesis Research, and the thesis advisor and Robotics Engineering
- Graduate Program Committee approve the double counting.
- MQP work may not be double-counted toward the non-thesis option.
Students enrolled in a BS/MS degree program must complete the Bachelor's and Master's Degree Course Designation Form and have the form signed by the department Graduate Coordinator or Department Head. The form can be found on the registrar's website. www.wpi.edu/offices/registrar/forms
Students intending to graduate with a BS/MS degree at the same time should submit the Bachelor's and Master's Degree Course Designation Form to the registrar's office in the same semester they intend to graduate. Otherwise, the form should be submitted during the first semester after a student graduates with their Bachelor's Degree.