Through the dual-degree program, qualified graduate students wishing to pursue an M.B.A. degree and a graduate degree in mechanical engineering can efficiently earn two graduate degrees in almost the same time it would take to earn the M.B.A. alone. For example, the M.B.A. program is normally sixty hours. For students pursuing a graduate degree in mechanical engineering, the length of the M.B.A. program is reduced to thirty-nine hours, with the area of concentration being the coursework in the mechanical engineering program. Students in the dual-degree program take approximately thirty hours of required management core courses, plus nine hours of graduate management electives. Those interested in graduate degrees in management and in mechanical engineering should consult with advisors in the College of Management as well as the Woodruff School, because admissions requirements for both programs must be met.