BS/MS Option in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering

This fast-track program enables outstanding BS degree students in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering to complete both the BS and the MS with nine fewer total credits. Students may take three graduate courses as their CPE or ELE BS-degree technical electives and apply them to both degrees.

Eligibility

Outstanding undergraduate scholars - typically those that have a cumulative GPA of 3.500 or above - will be identified at the conclusion of the fall semester of their junior year. The graduate committee will select nominees at the beginning of the spring semester. Students invited to participate in the program must then select a graduate advisor and develop an individual program of study. Those students need to file an application through the Office of Graduate Studies, submitting the regular graduate application but without GRE or TOEFL scores or recommendation letters, by the end of the academic year; and they will be accepted into the five-year program as of the fall of their senior year. Because of the nature of the BS/MS Program, students will be required to file a program of study along with their graduate application.

The department will follow a schedule:

• Graduate Committee identifies qualified students: February
• Graduate Committee sends invitation letters: March
• Student/Advisor develop Program of Study: March/April
  • when students need more time to identify a graduate advisor, they should work with their undergraduate advisor to select the technical elective(s) that will count towards the BS and MS degrees.
• Application filing deadline: May 31^st