Undergraduate students currently enrolled at Iowa State University have the option to start taking classes for the MSAE or MSE degree before getting their bachelor’s degrees. In particular, up to 6 credits used toward an undergraduate degree can also be used for an MS degree. In total, a student can earn up to 9 credits or more for an MS degree before getting the BS degree.
You can consider the MS as a counterpart of a double major. While double majors allow “horizontal” growth in knowledge and skills, our MS degree deepens your knowledge and skills “vertically” and do so in time efficient manner.
| Year | Coursework | Comments |
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| BS (Senior Year) | 3000+ level or 4000+ level electives (9 credits) | |
| MS (Fall) | MSAE/MSE: Econ 5000 Quant Methods in Econ Analysis I (4 credits) Econ 5010 Microeconomics (4 credits) Econ 5940X Res Methods in Econ I (1 credit) Electives (3 credits) | Choose major professor File Program of Study and Committee (POSC) form |
| MS (Spring) | MSAE/MSE: Econ 5710 Intermediate Econometrics (4 credits) Econ 5950X Res Methods in Econ II (1 credit) Econ 5960X Res Methods in Econ III (1 credit) MSAE: Electives (3 credits) MSE: Econ 502 (4 credits) | File for graduation
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Undergraduate Timeline
- Fresh - Jr Year - Express interest to academic advisor
- Jr Spring and Sr Fall - Work with MS Director to plan concurrent enrollment and apply
- Sr Fall and Spring - Begin taking graduate level courses
Post-Bachelor's Degree Timeline
- First Fall - Take graduate classes and plan for research
- First Spring - Continue classes, begin research, search for jobs and graduate