Offered SMU Home Page Admission to the Master's Program Admission to the Graduate Division of the School of Engineering and Applied Science is a prerequisite to post-baccalaureate registration for any graduate course or to any program of graduate study. A student wishing to study for a Master's degree may be admitted on either a regular or a conditional basis.
Regular admission follows an evaluation of a complete application.
An undergraduate G.P.A. of 3.00 or more on a 4.00 scale and a score of 650 or more on the quantitative portion of the Graduate Record Examination are normally required for regular admission. Those students who, in the judgment of the Graduate Division, will require more than the minimum of 30 term hours to satisfy the requirements for the Master's degree may be offered admission on a conditional basis. The necessity for such additional course work arises from the fact that a student's undergraduate program, however high in quality, may not have provided a completely adequate base on which to build the particular graduate program desired by the student. The undergraduate degree may have been completed in a field other than that in which the Master's degree is sought. Despite strong evidence that the student possesses both the necessary qualities and the motivation to succeed in graduate study, his or her undergraduate record may have been undistinguished, and the student may need further background in certain key academic areas.