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2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

ABM Plan of Study - BSPE / MSE Petroleum Engineering Concentration


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The Accelerated Bachelor’s / Master’s (ABM) plan of study in Mechanical Engineering, BSPE and the Petroleum Engineering Concentration, MSE allows highly qualified students to graduate with both a BSPE and an MSE in Petroleum Engineering Concentration in five years. To be eligible, students must demonstrate broad academic achievement and the capacity to work at the graduate level.

Admission, Application, and Grade, Credit & Time Requirements   are outlined in the University’s policy.

Admission and Application Requirements


Students must meet the Admission, Application, & Grade, Credit, and Time Requirements oulined in the University’s ABM Policy.

In addition to the University’s ABM Admission Requirements students must:

  • have Petroleum Engineering, BSME (any concentration) declared as their primary major

Advising


During their senior year, students admitted to the ABM plan of study will be advised jointly by an Undergraduate Advisor and the Graduate Coordinator. The undergraduate degree graduation timeline for each student will be determined collaboratively with the student, Undergraduate Advisor, Graduate Coordinator, and Department Head. Following undergraduate degree completion, students will be advised by the Graduate Coordinator only.

Course Requirements


Program Requirements for the BSPE in Petroleum Engineering

Petroleum Engineering, BSPE  

Petroleum Engineering, BSPE, Smart Oilfield Concentration  

Program Requirements for the MSE in Petroleum Engineering Concentration

Engineering, MSE, Petroleum Engineering Concentration  

Approved ABM Courses

Upon ABM admission and successful completion, the following graduate‐level courses are approved to satisfy both the BSPE and MSE Petroleum Engineering Concentration degree requirements as outlined below. No more than 6 credit hours in 4XXG courses may be applied toward the graduate degree. No more than 9 graduate credit hours may be double counted toward the requirements of both degrees.

  • Choose up to 6 credit hours toward the total 9 credit hours from the following:

  • Credit Hours: 3
  •      (Satisfies UGRD Sr Yr requirement: PETE 411G)

         (Satisfies GRAD requirement: 3 cr hrs in PETE courses)

  • Credit Hours: 3
  •      (Satisfies UGRD Sr Yr requirement: PETE 421G)

         (Satisfies GRAD requirement: 3 cr hrs in PETE courses)

  • Credit Hours: 3
  •      (Satisfies UGRD Sr Yr requirement: PETE 431G)

         (Satisfies GRAD requirement: 3 cr hrs in PETE courses)


  • Choose up to 6 credit hours toward the total 9 hours from the following:

    • PETE 4XXG

            (Satisfies UGRD Sr Yr requirement: Petroleum Engineering 3 cr hrs)
            (Satisfies UGRD Sr Yr requirement: Petroleum Engineering or Geology 3 cr hrs)

            (Satisfies GRAD requirement: 3 cr hrs in PETE courses)

    • PETE 5XXG

      (Satisfies UGRD Sr Yr requirement: Petroleum Engineering 3 cr hrs)
      (Satisfies UGRD Sr Yr requirement: Petroleum Engineering or Geology 3 cr hrs)

      (Satisfies GRAD requirement: 3 cr hrs in PETE courses

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