Admission to Program
Students will be allowed to apply to the Double Dawg Dual Degree program during the Fall and Spring Semester of their Junior Year in Engineering.
To be considered for the dual degree pathway the student must submit a UGA graduate application form and meet the following requirements:
1) Have an overall UGA GPA of 3.0.
2) Have completed all the necessary pre-requisites for their respective undergraduate degree programs required to enroll in Capstone Design I (AENG 4910, CVLE 4910, ENVE 4910 or MCHE 4910) during Fall Semester of their Senior Year.
3) Submit an essay indicating their research interests and career goals within an ECAM degree program.
4) Provide a letter of support from a faculty member within the School of ECAM indicating that the faculty member will serve as the student’s mentor during the next Academic Year (Senior Year in Engineering). In this role, the faculty member will commit their time to helping the student start their graduate program and give them advice on potential coursework, research advisors, and research projects. By agreeing to serve as the student’s mentor, the faculty member does not guarantee funding for the student or continued advisement during their fifth year in the program.
Admission to the dual degree pathway does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.
At the end of the student's senior year:
If both parties agree that this graduate program does not meet their needs, the student may choose not to continue in their fifth year of study.
Admission requirements for the graduate degree program.
What Students Need to Apply:
• Completed and submitted College of Engineering Pathway Application (PDF)
• Resume
• Statement of Purpose (professional interest and career goals in ECAM)
• Unofficial Transcripts
• Letter of Support from Faculty Member
Curriculum
Graduate-level courses that may be used to satisfy undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
The graduate courses that will satisfy the M.S. in Agricultural Engineering must be chosen to also satisfy the undergraduate B.S.A.E. program technical elective requirements. The currently published courses that would achieve this are listed below. Students will work with their faculty advisor to select the most appropriate coursework.
Electrical and Electronic Systems (Bio-Electionics)
• CSEE 4620/6620 Biomedical Imaging
• CSCI 4830/6830 Virtual Reality
• CVLE(MCHE)(LAND) 4660/6660 Sustainable Building Design
• ELEE 4210/6210 Linear Systems
• ELEE 4220/6220 Feedback Control Systems
• ELEE 4230/6230 Sensors & Transducers
• ELEE 4235/6235 Industrial Control Systems
• ELEE 4250/6250 Advanced Microcontrollers
• ELEE 4260/6260 Introduction to Nano-electronics
• ELEE 4540/6540 Applied Machine Vision
• ELEE 8240 Instrumentation Programming
• ELEE 8310 MEMS Design
• ELEE 8580 Biological Microscopy
• ENGR 6910 Foundations for Engineering Research
• ENGR 8103 Computational Engineering
• ENGR 8930 Optimization Theory & Engineering Applications
• MCHE 4650/6650 HVAC Systems for Buildings and Industry
• INFO 8000 Foundations of Informatics for Research & Practice
Additional requirements that are unique to this Double Dawgs program:
The requirements of the B.S. in Agricultural Engineering and the M.S. in Agricultural Engineering (non-thesis) must both be met. The requirements of the M.S. in Agricultural Engineering (non-thesis) may be found at the College of Engineering or School of Environmental, Civil, Agricultural & Mechanical Engineering websites.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Dual Counting Courses for BSAE and MSAE:
In this program up to a maximum of 12 credit hours may be applied to both the BSAE and MSAE degree. In the BSAE degree program these 12 credit hours may be acquired from a combination of either the Required or Elective courses within each Area of Emphasis. The dual counting courses must have a course number of 6XXX or greater to be able to be used to satisfy requirements for a graduate degree program of study. Because these dual counting courses come from both the required and elective list of courses within the curriculum it is very important that the student and faculty mentor plan out the dual counting courses prior to the start of Year Four of the curriculum.
AREAS OF EMPHASIS
Students must declare an Area of Emphasis and complete seven (7) Required Courses (21 credit hours).
ENGINEERING ELECTIVES
Students must choose a total of 7 Elective Courses (19 credit hours). All electives in Year Five must be graduate level electives.
RECOMMENDATIONS:
It is recommended that during year four of their curriculum that the student take the 6000 level components of the included 4000/6000 level courses.
REQUIRED EXAMINATIONS:
All students in the BSAE program are required to take the Fundamentals of Engineering Exam prior to graduation with their BSAE degree
Curriculum for M.S. (non-thesis)
The M.S. in Agricultural Engineering with a non-thesis option requires a minimum of 33 semester hours in the Program of Study, which consists of:
1. Core Coursework (16 hours):
Students are required to select 15 hours from an area of emphasis to achieve a focus in their studies
ENGR 8950 Graduate Seminar (1 hour) *
2. Elective Coursework (14 hours)
Students will work with a graduate advisor to select the most appropriate specialty area and coursework to ensure breadth of understanding as well as mastery of knowledge in a specific subject area. In the MS Thesis option all coursework is selected consistent with specific degree and emphasis area requirements in coordination with the Student’s Faculty Advisor and approved by the student’s Advisory Committee on the Program of Study.
3. Project Report (3 hours)
ENGR 7010, Project-Focused Masters Research
A minimum of 15 hours of coursework must be in ECAM Engineering courses
* Only 1 hour of Graduate Seminar may apply on the program of study. Students are strongly encouraged to continue regular attendance at speaker series presentations even if not formally registered in the seminar.
Admission to Graduate Program
What Students Need to Apply:
• Completed and submitted College of Engineering Pathway Application (PDF)
• Resume
• Statement of Purpose (professional interest and career goals in ECAM)
• Unofficial Transcripts
• Letter of Support from Faculty Member
e) Admission to Graduate Program
The student must apply and be admitted to the UGA graduate school. Their performance during their fourth year and any relevant testing (GRE, TOEFL) will be considered.
Admission to Graduate Program
• Online Graduate School Application
• Resume
• Statement of Purpose (professional interest and career goals in ECAM)
• Transcripts
• 3 Letters of Recommendation, including the Letter of Support from the faculty advisor who will mentor the student in their master’s project