PlusOne with MS in Engineering and Public Policy
PlusOne with MS in Engineering and Public Policy
Overview
Accelerated Master’s degrees allow students to accelerate the attainment of the master’s degree by applying graduate credits taken as an undergraduate toward both the undergraduate and graduate degrees. Current students apply to enroll in the Accelerated Master’s Program.
With the PlusOne program, students attain their bachelor’s degree followed by a PlusOne year to complete the master’s degree.
Below are the eligible undergraduate majors available to pursue a PlusOne pathway with a master’s degree in Engineering and Public Policy. Also, review the Accelerated Master’s link for further details, including program policies and procedures, as well as how to Apply.
Acceptable Undergraduate Pathways
Graduate Course Sharing
Students can apply up to four graduate level courses to both their undergraduate and graduate degrees, selected from the following list.
Select up to four of the following:
| CIVE 5250 | Organic Pollutants in the Environment | 4 SH |
| CIVE 5261 | Dynamic Modeling for Environmental Investment and Policymaking | 4 SH |
| CIVE 5271 | Solid and Hazardous Waste Management | 4 SH |
| CIVE 5275 | Life Cycle Assessment of Materials, Products, and Infrastructure | 4 SH |
| CIVE 5280 | Remote Sensing of the Environment | 4 SH |
| CIVE 5281 | Coastal Dynamics and Design | 4 SH |
| CIVE 5300 | Environmental Sampling and Analysis | 2 SH |
| CIVE 5301 | Lab for CIVE 5300 | 2 SH |
| CIVE 5363 | Special Topics in CE: Climate Science, Engineering Adaptation, and Policy | 4 SH |
| ENGR 5670 | Sustainable Energy: Materials, Conversion, Storage, and Usage | 4 SH |
| ENSY 5100 | Hydropower | 4 SH |
| IE 5500 | Systems Engineering in Public Programs | 4 SH |
| IE 5640 | Data Mining for Engineering Applications | 4 SH |
| INSH 5301 | Introduction to Computational Statistics | 4 SH |
| ME 5645 | Environmental Issues in Manufacturing and Product Use | 4 SH |
| PHTH 5214 | Environmental Health | 4 SH |
| PHTH 5230 | Global Health | 4 SH |
| PPUA 5260 | Ecological Economics | 4 SH |
| PPUA 5262 | Big Data for Cities | 4 SH |
| PPUA 5263 | Geographic Information Systems for Urban and Regional Policy | 4 SH |
| PPUA 5264 | Energy Democracy and Climate Resilience: Technology, Policy, and Social Change | 4 SH |
| PPUA 5270 | Food Systems and Public Policy | 4 SH |
Program Contacts
r.beighley@northeastern.edu
Hydrologic and hydraulic modeling; remote sensing of the hydrologic cycle; hydrologic impacts of climate and/or land use change; flood hazard and risk assessment
Academic Advising
For support with academic questions, students should reach out to their undergraduate academic advisor in their home college as well as the Graduate School by emailing gradstudentservices@coe.neu.edu for more information about the PlusOne pathway of interest within COE.