McInerney, M., & Siahmakoun, A., & Joo, W. (2017, June), International Collaborative dual MS degree program  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE International Forum, Columbus , Ohio. 10.18260/1-2--29287

\bibitem{asee_peer_29287}
  McInerney, M., \& Siahmakoun, A., \& Joo, W. (2017, June), \emph{International Collaborative dual MS degree program}
  Paper presented at 2017 ASEE International Forum, Columbus , Ohio.
  10.18260/1-2--29287

Michael McInerney, Azad Siahmakoun, and Wonjong Joo P.E..  "International Collaborative dual MS degree program".  2017 ASEE International Forum, Columbus , Ohio, 2017, June.  ASEE Conferences, 2017.  https://peer.asee.org/29287 Internet.  07 May, 2024

\bibitem{asee_peer_29287}
  Michael McInerney, Azad Siahmakoun, and Wonjong Joo P.E..
  "International Collaborative dual MS degree program".
  \emph{2017 ASEE International Forum, Columbus , Ohio, 2017, June}.
  ASEE Conferences, 2017.
  https://peer.asee.org/29287 Internet.  07 May, 2024

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Wonjong Joo*, Azad Siahmakoun, Michael McInerney, Segrio Granieri

Department of Physics & Optical Engineering
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
5500 Wabash Avenue
Terre Haute, IN  47803, USA

*Department of Mechanical System Design Engineering
College of Engineering
Seoul National University of Science and Technology
232 Gongneung-ro, Nowon-gu, Seoul, Korea

In this paper we describe our international collaborative dual MS degree program with Seoul National University of Science and Technology (Seoul Tech).  
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) has been offering Optical Engineering offering BS and MS degrees since 1990.  The MS draws only a few students annually and around 2010 we worried that we would not have enough students to run the program.  At the same time the university in Korea with which we had ties, Seoul Tech, changed its mission from ‘Technical University’ to ‘National University’.  The new designation meant it had to expand its graduate programs.  The time was right to develop the dual degree program which has successfully solved our mutual problems.  Working together the students receive an MS in Optical Engineering (OE) from Rose-Hulman and a degree in Mechanical Systems Design Engineering (MSDE) from Seoul Tech.  This dual degree is the only program in Korea specifically in optics.
We will address several key questions regarding the Dual MS Degree Program, such as: How we agreed and managed a working curriculum for this program? What benefits this program has had for RHIT and our partner institution, Seoul Tech?  What benefits students have from gaining two MS degrees? What challenges we’ve had in establishing a double degree program? How we overcome them? How we sustain our relationship with Seoul Tech? What other programs/partnerships materialized at our institution as a result of this program? Finally, we talk about the "lessons learned" that are worth noting.


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