Is a physics bachelor degree enough?

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I know for a fact that this is not true at Arkansas at least for most departments. I also know that what is true at Arkansas is true almost everywhere else in the country in that they almost always say something like “must have an ABET-accredited BS in [blank] engineering or related science.” I have never heard of any school that just patently refuses to admit anyone based on the fact that their degree isn’t [blank] engineering. Most schools go for the students that they consider to be the brightest and most promising that they can get. This even means they will go outside of ABET programs from time to time.

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<p>My only argument to this is that possibly the traditional on-campus/funded programs operate different from the online M.S. program at U-Arkansas. With the online M.S. program, it was made clear that that the applicant MUST have an ABET-engineering degree. I was given the option of taking the M.S. in Operations Management which ALLOWS you to take some engineering courses, but the actual MSE was not an option.</p>

<p>Having different paths for math/science majors into M.S./M.Eng programs is not new. Purdue and I believe Michigan will allow math/physics majors into the graduate engineering program, but your degree will be a M.S. (without the “engineering” designation) as opposed to the M.S.E.</p>

<p><a href=“https://engineering.purdue.edu/ProEd/credit/mse[/url]”>https://engineering.purdue.edu/ProEd/credit/mse&lt;/a&gt;
<a href=“Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan”>Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of Michigan;

<p>Of course, I doubt that it will matter to most employers because if you have taken the coursework, you have taken the coursework.</p>