Please feel free to contact Susan Bitzer, the Undergraduate Student Services Associate, if you have additional questions. SGUS students are allowed to satisfy some of the requirements for an M.S. degree while completing the requirements for the B.S. degree. A maximum of six hours of credit can be used for both degrees.
Many employers now favor hiring more highly trained engineers at the entry level of the profession.
T he Biomedical Engineering SGUS program is also unique in that students will also have the option of continuing their academic careers in medical school. The SGUS program is an integrated program which facilitates the completion of a Master's degree with two semesters of study beyond that required for the Bachelor's degree. Up to 8 hours of required course work can be double counted within the combined program. Thus, with proper planning and scheduling, a semester of study may be eliminated and students should be able to complete the B.S. and M.S. degrees with five years of study. Upon completion of the SGUS program students have all the job possibilities available with their traditional engineering degree as well as the additional possibilities created with a M.S. degree in Biomedical Engineering.