The Whiting School of Engineering provides students the opportunity to pursue a bachelor's degree (from the School of Arts & Sciences or the School of Engineering) while pursuing a master's degree in engineering.
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All engineering graduate programs offer this combined degree option. While in most cases, concurrent students seek both degrees from the same department, this is not necessary. etc.........
Application Process
The Whiting School requires that a student apply for concurrent student status no later than the end of the first semester during the senior year, but individual departments may have earlier deadlines. JHU undergraduates interested in pursuing a WSE master’s degree concurrently should check with the prospective graduate program to determine its application deadline, application requirements and degree requirements for the concurrent degree program.
Eligibility Requirements
The registration status of students who have been admitted to a Whiting School of Engineering concurrent bachelor's/master's degree program may switch from "undergraduate" to "graduate" once they obtain clearance from their respective departments and either: (1) complete the requirements for a bachelor's degree, or (2) complete eight semesters of full-time study, whichever comes first. (Transfer students are treated differently; see below.) As soon as the student’s registration status changes, he or she is guaranteed health insurance benefits and becomes eligible for graduate student financial aid. For this status change to occur, a Change of Classification Form for Concurrent Students must be filed at the Office of the Registrar on behalf of the student (this process is described below).
Financial Aid
Concurrent students who have not yet earned graduate status, based on the requirements above, are eligible for continuation of undergraduate financial aid for the first eight semesters of full-time study. (Transfer students are treated differently; see below.) Concurrent students who have earned graduate status are eligible for a partial tuition waiver and research and teaching assistantships. In all cases, the amounts of these awards are determined by the master’s program. Once a student earns graduate status, he or she is no longer eligible for undergraduate financial aid, including the Federal Pell Grant, Federal SEOG, Federal SMART Grant, Federal Parent PLUS loans, the Bloomberg Scholarship, Hodson Scholarship and Westgate Scholarship. Loan limits for the federal student loan programs change when a student's classification switches from “undergraduate” to “graduate”. For further financial aid information, please visit the website for the Office of Student Financial Services.
Students enrolled in concurrent programs should consult with their academic advisors to determine at what point in their programs their status will change from undergraduate to graduate.
Transfer Students
Transfer students are evaluated upon entry and awarded either sophomore or junior class standing. A transfer sophomore is eligible for six semesters of undergraduate financial aid and is eligible for graduate status after having completed either of the following: (1) the requirements for a bachelor's degree, or (2) six semesters of full-time study, whichever comes first. A transfer junior is eligible for four semesters of undergraduate financial aid and is eligible for graduate status after having completed either (1) the requirements for a bachelor's degree, or (2) four semesters of full-time study, whichever comes first.
Transcript and GPA Issues
Once a concurrent student's status switches from "undergraduate" to "graduate", the undergraduate transcript is closed and a graduate transcript opens. These are two separate documents. If a concurrent student takes any more courses to be applied to the undergraduate degree beyond the point that his/her status is switched to "graduate", these courses will appear on the graduate transcript only (and thus, not be factored into the cumulative GPA found at the bottom of the undergraduate transcript). Likewise, courses ultimately applied to the master's degree but taken before the student's status is switched to "graduate" are found on the undergraduate transcript only (and thus, unintentionally factored into the cumulative GPA found at the bottom of the undergraduate transcript). Undergraduate students are not eligible to receive graduate student tuition support; therefore, a concurrent student cannot retain undergraduate status in order to leave open the undergraduate transcript and receive a graduate tuition waiver at the same time.
Status Change Procedures
In order for a student’s status to change from “undergraduate” to “graduate”, a Change of Classification Form for Concurrent Students must be completed. For students whose status change is due to completion of eight semesters of full-time undergraduate study at JHU (or the equivalent for transfer students), it is the responsibility of the Program Coordinator in the student’s chosen graduate program to sign the form and forward it to the Office of the Registrar (Garland Hall). For students whose status change is due to completion of undergraduate degree requirements prior to the eighth semester of full-time undergraduate study at JHU (or the equivalent for transfer students), it is the responsibility of the Program Coordinator in the student’s undergraduate program to sign the form first. It then goes to the student’s graduate program before it is received by the Office of the Registrar.
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