UMass Dartmouth Pre-Master’s Program (PMP): Engineering
2 SEMESTER ENGINEERING PMP
MS in:
- Civil Engineering
- Electrical Engineering
- Computer Engineering
- Mechanical Engineering
- Physics1
PMP Semester start date
Fall (September)
PMP Duration
2 semesters
Total duration2
(PMP and remainder of Graduate
program)
2 academic years
PMP Academic entry requirements
GPA 2.6
Academic Progression requirements3
First Term ; GPA 2.7
End of PMP program; CGPA 3.0
PMP language requirements
5.5 IELTS, 525 (PBT)/ 70 (IBT) TOEFL, 50 Pearson Versant
Courses during PMP4
FALL INTAKE:
3 Foundation Engineering Courses
2 Navitas Support Courses
SPRING INTAKE
3 Graduate level courses
2 Navitas Support Courses
Graduate Credits taken during PMP5
Maximum of 9 credits
Credit hours required after PMP6
Minimum of 21
Graduate Credits required for Master’s
Degree7
30
1 SEMESTER ENGINEERING PMP
MS in:
- Computer & Information Science
PMP Semester start date
Fall OR Spring (September OR January)
PMP Duration
1 semester
Total duration2
(PMP and remainder of Graduate
program)
2 academic years
PMP Academic requirements
GPA 2.6
Academic Progression requirements3
First Term ; GPA 2.7
End of PMP program; CGPA 3.0
PMP language requirements
6.0 IELTS, 550 (PBT)/ 72 (IBT) TOEFL, 56 Pearson Versant
Courses during PMP4
3 Foundation Engineering Courses
1 Graduate level courses
1 Navitas Support Course
Graduate Credits taken during PMP5
Maximum of 6 credits
Credit hours required after PMP6
Minimum of 24
Graduate Credits required for Master’s
Degree7
30
Bachelor’s degree required from the following disciplines:
- Any Engineering discipline
- Computer Science
- Mathematics
- Physics
MS in Computer & Information Science:
Students with a Bachelor’s degree from any other discipline with work experience in the computing field may
be considered. All students must have knowledge of programming (fluency) in at least one general purpose
programming language, i.e. Java, C, C++ or C#.
1
Admission is department specific and non-transferrable between programs
2 Length of study dependent on student performance, typically 2 year’s duration (PMP plus remainder of Master’s program)
3
Cumulative GPA of 3.0 based on all courses taken while in the PMP program at UMass Dartmouth, at most one grade below B- and no
grade of C- or below.
4
Courses are dependent on student background and undergraduate degree results
5
Some programs allow the use of a limited number of UG technical electives towards MS requirement.
6
The number of credit hours required after PMP depends on the degree option and number of transferrable courses taken during PMP.
No grade below a B may be transferred into the Master’s program.
7
MS in Mechanical Engineering requires 30-33 credits for Master’s Degree