Bachelor [Biological and Agricultural Engineering] From Kansas State University

Since there is some overlap between undergraduate and graduate study, some graduate courses will satisfy the degree requirements for the undergraduate degree. A maximum of 9 graduate credit hours from the M.S. BAE degree can be counted toward the B.S. BSE degree. Some additional conditions are:

• The student must complete 30 graduate credit hours with a graduate GPA of at least 3.0.
• The student must complete all B.S. BSE undergraduate requirements with the exception that up to 9 credit hours taken for graduate credit can also count toward his/her undergraduate degree requirements.
• At least 18 of the graduate credit hours on the Graduate Program of Study must be in classes at the 700 level or above.
• Once a student applies for this program, he/she must be continuously enrolled to complete this program. If a student is not enrolled for a fall or spring semester, this student loses the ability to count graduate credit hours toward his/her undergraduate degree.
• A student pursuing a thesis format must complete at least 6 credit hours of Masters Thesis (BAE 899).
• A student pursuing a report format must complete 2 credit hours of Masters Report (BAE 898).

Once an individual is admitted to the concurrent B.S. BSE/M.S. BAE degree program, the student should consult the graduate handbook for policies and procedures for graduate degrees, which include: supervisory committee, final examination, thesis defense, etc. The student’s supervisory committee must approve the program of study, which is a statement of that student’s graduation requirements.

Once a student has completed all of the graduation requirements, he/she will graduate with both a B.S. BSE and an M.S. BAE degree in the same semester. In the event that a student begins this program, but does not wish to finish the M.S. BAE degree requirements, he/she must change the nine credit hours of his/her graduate classes to undergraduate credit and then he/she will receive a B.S. BSE degree.

 Once the student has completed the required 128 credit hours, the BAE Graduate Committee will evaluate whether or not the student will be allowed to continue the concurrent B.S. BSE/M.S. BAE program based upon KSU Graduate School policies. If the committee doesn’t allow the student to continue with the program, then, upon completion of the B.S. BSE requirements, the student will graduate with a B.S. BSE degree. In either of these two cases, the student loses the ability to count courses toward both his/her undergraduate and graduate degree requirements.