The MSME Online program offers the entire FAMU-FSU Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering degree over the internet. This allows anyone with a B.S. in mechanical engineering to pursue the master's degree without the need to move to Tallahassee, Florida. The M.S. Online program leads to a recognized M.S. degree at an established, accredited state university.
Online students satisfy identical requirements as the students that are on-campus.
While a number of other established, recognized universities are starting similar programs, the College of Engineering is pioneering the unique approach of fully integrating the online students into the existing classes. Admittedly, the need to meet the same deadlines as the local students reduces the freedom of the online students to set their own schedules compared to traditional correspondence classes. However, this does provide strong motivation to take no more classes than one can reasonably handle and to remain current with the class material. It also implies that there are fellow students thinking about the same material at the same time, having similar questions and difficulties. As far as the instructor is concerned, the online student is no different from any other student in the class.