<p>My recent rejection from The Ohio State University caused me to have an epiphany; I only wanted to study operations research because I would not have to take alot of pre-reqs. Having an empty year on my hands, I am now able to reconsider my life. Conclusion: I want to get a masters in Civil Engineering.</p>
<p>I have a BA in mathematics. I have not taken Calculus based Physics nor Chemistry and have taken no engineering courses. </p>
<p>Question: Can I have a masters in engineering in 3.5 years. I mean can I have taken all pre-reqs. and completed all graduate courses in 3.5 years. </p>
<p>If you read this, you must respond. Nonnegotiable. Final. End of discussion.</p>
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<p>What you need to do is look at the prereqs for programs you are interested in and see what their requirements are. They make require you to have an engineering degree, but Math might be okay. You should see what their prereqs are. You will probably need at least a semester or two in undergrad classes, or maybe a semester and a summer. I don’t think it is unreasonable though.</p>
<p>Shouldn’t be a problem - I had one professor tell me you can jump most field-changes in a year, and even the worst in 2 years. So assuming your actual grad work takes less than 2.5 years, you should be okay.</p>
<p>I think the best option would be to take a year of physics courses and then apply to engineering schools. We have lot of students here who major in Math in 4 years and then come back to take a year of Calculus based Physics, Engineering Mechanics and Dynamics (offered in the dept of Physics), Thermodynamics, and other physics courses realted to civil engineering. Most of them have gone to civil and mechanical engineering schools with math and physics background and no engineering background what so ever.</p>
<p>I did my master in chemical engineering at OSU in 1.75 years, once you get in I don’t think you need that long (3.5 years)-assuming you work hard and full time the whole time.</p>
<p>being a BA in math… obviously you would have all the math pre-reqs, just need to take a few physics courses before you could apply I assume?</p>
<p>my undergrad was also ChemE, it’s a shame I didn’t do the BS+MS combined program, it will only take one extra year if you do it that way. </p>
<p>when I took the master as an independent degree, I couldn’t use any of the grad course I took in undergrad to help my master’s requirement-----in another words, my background in ChemE did NOT help my master study (in terms of the amount of time I spend), the time I spent is same as you were with different background.</p>
<p>but different department have diff flows, I did the thesis based program, so the second year I focused solely on doing research, so if you are good at it, it will take shorter, vice versa.</p>
<p>In most schools, 2 years is the norm for a masters with no deficiencies in preperation. One year is possible (I knew one guy who did it in EE), and can be expected in those programs which tack onto the end of a BS degree at the same school. 3 years or more is possible depending on the school and the success of your thesis research.</p>
<p>Deficiencies arising from changing fields add to this. Going from math to engineering should add a year or less, so figure 3 years total is reasonable.</p>