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Page E17 Table 4-D. Proposed Schedule of Courses: Structural Option – Integrated B.A.E./M.S. Degree Program Courses in BOLD count toward the M.S. degree and will appear on the graduate transcript. Semester 7 Semester 8 Summer Course Credits Course Credits Course Credits A E 430 3 A E 403 3 ARCH 441 4 ARCH 442 3 CAS 100A/B 3 A E 431 3 A E 401 3 A E 530 3 A E 402 3 E MCH 315/316 3 ARCH 443 1 TOTAL 17 TOTAL 15 TOTAL Semester 9 Semester 10 Summer Course Credits Course Credits Course Credits A E 481W 4 A E 482 4 A E 600/610 ** 3 (optional) C E 209 2 STAT 401 3 ENGL 202C 3 GH ELECT 3 Geotechnical Elective 4 DEPT ELEC* 3 A E 5XX* 3 A E 5XX* 3 TOTAL 16 TOTAL 16 TOTAL 3 Semester 11 Semester 12 Course Credits Course Credits A E 5XX* 3 A E 600/610 ** (if needed) A E 600/610 ** 3 GS ELEC 3 TOTAL 9 TOTAL * Courses must be selected from the approved list of electives. ** As a minimum, a total of 6 credits of AE 600/610 must be taken.

Page E18 D. Statement of Admission Requirements (i.e., required test scores, minimum junior/senior GPA, as deemed appropriate by the proposer). Program Availability and Eligibility. The integrated B.A.E./M.S. degree program is only available to undergraduate Penn State Architectural Engineering students. These undergraduates must have: 1) achieved fourth-year standing at time of application to the program; 2) a minimum junior/senior GPA of 3.0; and, 3) a positive recommendation from the review committee. All students must have an AE faculty member who will be willing to serve as the student’s thesis adviser and submit a program of study outlining the 30 credits that will count toward the M.S. degree. E. Justification for the Program. The proposal should include a statement regarding the necessity for the program, i.e., why the program should be offered; and information on the ability of the department to offer a quality program. Included in the section should be the projected size of the program and its impact on current course offerings and faculty load as well as additional faculty advising duties. Need for an Integrated B.A.E./M.S. Degree Program. As noted in the Objectives, an Integrated B.A.E./M.S. degree program would benefit both the students and their employers by adding an integrated research experience the students integrated degree programs. The availability of an integrated B.A.E./M.S. degree will provide faculty with a new source of quality graduate students, drawing primarily from the existing pool of B.A.E,/M.A.E., to conduct research. At present, a small number of University Scholars (less than one per year on average) choose to pursue an M.S. in AE at Penn State through an integrated degree program offered through the Schreyer Honors College. Approximately 40-50% of the Penn State AE’s who are not in the Honor’s College pursue the integrated B.A.E./M.A.E. degree, which requires an additional 12 credits beyond the 160 required for the five-year B.A.E degree, and a special combination of department electives. However, to earn an M.S. degree, they currently need to complete 30 additional credits, which would require 8 additional courses and a six-credit thesis beyond their B.A.E degree. This collection of courses is very different than those which a student with a four-year degree from another university would take in a Penn State AE M.S. degree program, because non-PSU students typically include three or four of the department’s senior level undergraduate courses in their M.S. program of study. This proposal would permit Penn State undergraduate students to earn a Master of Science degree for the same series of courses that a four-year graduate from another institution would apply toward an M.S. degree. We anticipate that an integrated B.A.E./M.S. program will have approximately three to six students enrolled in it each year upon approval. These would be students that would otherwise have enrolled in the current integrated B.A.E./M.A.E. program. Another benefit of this program is that AE faculty could fund a M.S. student in this program with approximately 50% of the funds necessary to fund a student from another institution. Another is that these students, after being exposed to a research environment, may elect to continue their studies in the department’s Ph.D. program. Graduate Degree Programs Bulletin Architectural Engineering (A E) LINDA M. HANAGAN, Graduate Program Officer 104 Engineering A 814-863-2084 gpoarc@engr.psu.edu Degree Conferred: Ph.D., M.S., M.A.E., M.Eng. Integrated Programs The Graduate Faculty Chimay J. Anumba, Ph.D. (U Leeds, UK); D.Sc. (Loughborough, UK) P.E. Head; Professor of Architectural Engineering William P. Bahnfleth, Ph.D. (Illinois) P.E. Professor of Architectural Engineering Richard A. Behr, Ph.D. (Texas Tech) P.E. Charles and Elinor Matts Professor of Architectural Engineering Thomas E. Boothby, Ph.D. (Washington) P.E., R.A. Professor of Architectural Engineering James D. Freihaut, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering Louis F. Geschwindner, Jr., Ph.D. (Penn State) P.E. Professor Emeritus of Architectural Engineering Linda M. Hanagan, Ph.D. (Virginia Tech) P.E. Associate Professor of Architectural Engineering

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Table 4-D. Proposed Schedule of Courses: Structural Option – Integrated B.A.E./M.S. Degree Program<br />

Courses in BOLD count toward the M.S. degree and will appear on the graduate transcript.<br />

Semester 7 Semester 8 Summer<br />

Course Credits Course Credits Course Credits<br />

A E 430 3 A E 403 3<br />

ARCH 441 4 ARCH 442 3<br />

CAS 100A/B 3 A E 431 3<br />

A E 401 3 A E 530 3<br />

A E 402 3 E MCH 315/316 3<br />

ARCH 443 1<br />

TOTAL 17 TOTAL 15 TOTAL<br />

Semester 9 Semester 10 Summer<br />

Course Credits Course Credits Course Credits<br />

A E 481W 4 A E 482 4 A E 600/610 ** 3 (optional)<br />

C E 209 2 STAT 401 3<br />

ENGL 202C 3 GH ELECT 3<br />

Geotechnical Elective 4 DEPT ELEC* 3<br />

A E 5XX* 3 A E 5XX* 3<br />

TOTAL 16 TOTAL 16 TOTAL 3<br />

Semester 11 Semester 12<br />

Course Credits Course Credits<br />

A E 5XX* 3 A E 600/610 ** (if needed)<br />

A E 600/610 ** 3<br />

GS ELEC 3<br />

TOTAL 9 TOTAL<br />

* Courses must be selected from the approved list of electives.<br />

** As a minimum, a total of 6 credits of AE 600/610 must be taken.

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