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Explore programs offered by the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering.

Whether you're interested in Bachelor of Science, Master of Science, or Ph.D. programs, we've made it easy for you to access more information and take control of your future.

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The Fast-Track MSF program allows high achieving and gifted undergraduate students to include master’s level engineering courses in their undergraduate degree plans and get admitted automatically to graduate programs in the College of Engineering. Students can pursue any of the graduate programs currently offered in the college: Architectural Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Civil Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Industrial Management, Mechanical Engineering, Robotics and Autonomous Systems, and Space and Aeronautical Engineering.

The Fast-Track program enables qualified TAMUK, undergraduate engineering students, to step up their education to obtain both BS and MS degrees in approximately five years of full-time studies. The students admitted to the program will be able to include approved 5000 and 6000 level graduate courses as part of an undergraduate degree plan. Qualified students can take up to 9 graduate semester credit hours that may be used to complete the baccalaureate degree and also satisfy requirements for the master’s degree.

Fast-Track courses taken during the undergraduate senior year must be well chosen so that they satisfy the requirements of the BS degree AND those of the intended MS degree. It should be noted that many of the MS programs have tracks or concentration areas with different core requirements. Fast-Track students may fulfill some of their major course requirements: their undergraduate guided electives and/or their electives by taking graduate-level courses. Those graduate courses should also be core or elective courses for the intended MS major. This would allow a student to complete the remaining BS courses their last semester while also starting on their MS coursework.

They are also allowed to take additional graduate courses while completing their undergrad requirements if desired, but these would only count toward their MS degree, not both MS and BS degrees. Fast-Track students may pre-register for graduate courses starting when they are in the final year of completing their undergraduate degree and their completed and in-progress courses total at least 90 credits.
Undergraduate students who are enrolled in one BS program within the college may request admission to a different MS program within the college. For example, Civil Engineering seniors may elect to Fast-Track into other MS programs such as Environmental Engineering or Computer Science. Since cross-tracking from a different program requires additional courses that might not be required by the student’s BS major, careful and advanced planning is required. Students planning to cross-track should select MS courses from the list of prerequisites and core courses for their intended MS major. Note that these graduate prerequisites or core courses may also have prerequisites. A complete list of these dependencies must be considered before the student can be sure of opting for cross-tracking.

Suggested course equivalencies for the Fast Track Program

Master of Science programs
  1. Architectural Engineering (M.S.)
  2. Chemical Engineering (M.S.)
  3. Civil Engineering (M.S.)
  4. Computer Science (M.S.)
  5. Electrical Engineering (M.S.)
  6. Environmental Engineering (M.S.)
  7. Industrial Engineering (M.S.)
  8. Industrial Management (M.S.)
  9. Mechanical Engineering (M.S.)
  10. Robotics and Autonomous Systems Engineering (M.S.)
  11. Space and Aeronautical Engineering (M. S.)




For details about the College of Engineering graduate requirements, click here.

For more information or queries, contact the corresponding Department Chairs or Graduate Coordinators.

Ph.D. programs
  1. Environmental Engineering (Ph.D.)
  2. Engineering (Ph.D.)
For more information or queries, please contact:

Dr. Tushar Sinha, Ph.D. Program in Environmental Engineering, tushar.sinha@tamuk.edu.

Dr. Mahesh Hosur, Ph.D. Program in Engineering, Mahesh.Hosur@tamuk.edu.

Are you interested in speaking with a Department Chair to discuss their programs more in-depth? Click here to explore the different departments at the Frank H. Dotterweich College of Engineering and contacts you may connect with.

Contact the Dean's Office for more information: 361-593-2000.