1-day final degree exam on campus for non-thesis master of engineering candidates. Optional master of science in engineering requires thesis and 1 semester on campus.
Accreditation:
Regional Board - Southern Association of Colleges & Schools
School Characteristics:
Non-Profit, Public,
Credits:
30 minimum (Semester Credits)
Tuition:
State Residents: $ 696.00 per
semester credit
Out of State: $ 696.00 per
semester credit
Total Cost of Degree:
$20,880.00
Is this an Accelerated Degree:
No
Required Admissions Test(s):
GRE
Prerequisites:
Bachelors Degree Required: Yes
Accepts Non-Regionally Accredited Bachelors for Admission: No
Minimum Bachelors GPA (4.0 Scale): No Set Requirement
Bachelors Degree Must Be in Same Subject Area: Yes
Non USA Students Eligible: Sometimes Limited to residents of United States and Canada and military with APO or FPO addresses to mail required courses on DVD-R.
Additional Restrictions or Considerations:
Applicants must have earned a bachelor's degree in civil engineering B.C.E., B.S. or B.S.C.E. or a closely related area and must have completed such formal training as to warrant advanced study in the major and minor fields.
All faculty and staff that I have come into contact with at Auburn are unnecessarily rude. Professors ignore distance learning students and advisors are non-responsive. There is no system in place to accommodate distance learning students. Maybe on-campus students are treated better.
I would not recommend this online program for a few reasons.
(1) There are no avenues of academic support for students. This program does not utilize any form of Blackboard forum or online discussion board; nor are there graduate assistants available to answer questions.
(2) My experience has included mostly rude staff and unresponsive faculty. The assigned major advisor for this program refuses to return emails or voice messages. The department's academic advisor has literally yelled at me over the phone after I asked a simple question. The only way that I am able to have my current professors respond to my email messages is that I Cc the department chair on those messages.
(3) The classes are video recorded and available for distance learning students to download. However, some professors do not make any allowances for or take into account the schedules (or time differences) of distance learners.
I would strongly recommend against this program.
