In this grad track option, the Construction Management, BS  student can take a maximum of nine (9) credit hours of graduate courses while completing the bachelor’s degree. After earning the bachelor’s degree, these credit hours can be counted toward the Engineering Management, MS. Prior to registering for these courses, the student must be admitted to the grad track option and obtain approvals from the undergraduate and graduate coordinators. Admission requirements and program policies

Admission requirements and program policies

Application requirements 

• Construction Management, BS major.
• Junior status (must have completed at least 75 credit hours and be ready to enroll in the Senior Design course the following fall semester).
• Minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5 at the time of application submission, with an average grade of 3.5 or higher in Construction Management, BS core courses.
• Two letters of recommendation from ME faculty members.
• The student’s application will be reviewed by both the ME undergraduate advisor and the ME graduate advisor.
• Once the application is approved by the ME advisors, the student must apply to the Toulouse Graduate School within the first semester of the senior year.

Application procedures 

The student must earn a grade of B or higher in each graduate course for the course to be counted toward the master’s degree.

• After being admitted to the grad track program and having completed at least 90 credit hours, the student can start taking the specified graduate courses in place of the technical electives in the bachelor’s program.
• The student admitted to the grad track option will be admitted into the master’s program on a conditional basis.
• Once the student has satisfied all course work for the bachelor’s degree and maintained a 3.0 GPA or higher, they will be fully admitted into the master’s program.

Program policies

Policies related to completion of programs

• The students accepted to the grad track option should complete all requirements for the bachelor’s degree and graduate within 12 months from the beginning of the semester in which they first enrolled in a graduate course. If requirements are not completed within 12 months, enrollment in graduate-level courses will be suspended.
• The student must enroll in the graduate program the long semester after finishing the bachelor’s degree and should take the remaining graduate-level courses in the following year(s) to complete the Engineering Management, MS. If the student does not enroll in the graduate program the long semester immediately following completion of the bachelor’s degree, the graduate-level courses applied to the undergraduate degree may not be counted toward the Master of Science even if the student returns to UNT for graduate school in the future.

Program requirements

Graduate courses that may be applied to the bachelor’s degree should be selected with the approval of the ME undergraduate coordinator and graduate advisor.

Grad track students can take six (6) credit hours of graduate courses from the following Engineering Management, MS core courses that can be used as electives towards their bachelor’s degree.

• EMGT 5020-Design of Experiments
• EMGT 5040-Product Reliability and Quality
• EMGT 5050-Project Management for Engineers
• EMGT 5060-Technology Innovation
• EMGT 5070-Management in Human and Societal Development

Additionally, grad-track students can take three (3) credit hours of graduate courses that can be used as elective towards both their bachelor’s degree and the Engineering Management, MS degree.

All remaining courses for the Construction Management, BS  program must be completed.