BS/ MS Combined Degrees

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BS/ MS Combined Degrees
Issa Batarseh SECEDHA Meeting 11/07/2008
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University of Central FloridaEECS Accelerated
BSMS

• UCF provides an opportunity for its EECS
  undergraduates to earn their Bachelors and
  Masters degrees in five years and, where
  appropriate, the PhD in an additional two to two
  and a half years.
• This is achieved by allowing students to dual
  count 12 credit hours or more of 5000- or
  6000-level courses towards both the BS and MS
  requirements in EE, CpE, and CS.
• Provides financial support for qualified students
  to earn the BS MS degree in five years.
• Started in 2005 now 45 students

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UCF SCHOOL OF EECS BSMS

• Students who are eligible to enroll in the
  Accelerated Graduate Program must meet the
  following requirements
• Completion of the sophomore year (after the
  completion of 60 cr. hrs and before the
  completion of 90 credit hours towards CS major)
• Pass the Foundation Exam (CS majors ONLY)
• Must have competitive GPA (3.2-3.5 CpE, CS and
  EE majors).

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UCF SCHOOL OF EECS BSMS

• Timeline for a BSMS Student
• End of Sophomore Year (after 60 Credit
  Hours) Apply for BSMS Fall Semester of
  senior level Take classes that will count
  towards both BS and MS. Spring and
  Summer of senior level Continue taking classes
  that will count for both BS and MS.
  receive BS degree. Last Year as BSMS
  (Graduate level) Finish course-work. Receive MS
  degree. MS with thesis students must
  establish affiliation with a CS faculty research
  advisor in the Spring of Junior Level, and
  complete 6 credit hours of research in the last
  three semesters.

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UC BerkeleyFive Year Bachelor/Master's Program
EECS

• The Five Year Program is not intended for those
  who wish to pursue a Ph.D.
• Focused on inter-disciplinary study and more
  experience in aligned technical fields such as
  Physics, Materials Science, Statistics, Biology,
  etc., and/or professional disciplines such as
  Management of Technology, Business, Law and
  Public Policy.
• If admitted to the program, students must begin
  the graduate portion in the semester immediately
  following the conferral of the Bachelor degree.
• Only one additional year (two semesters) beyond
  the Bachelor degree.
• Only available to Berkeley EECS and LS CS
  undergraduates.
• Participants in program are self-funded.

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University of Mass. LowellECE Combined B.S./M.S.
Program

• Outstanding undergraduate students may pursue a
  combined B.S./M.S. degree in either electrical or
  computer engineering, achieving both degrees by
  the fifth year of study
• Students must make a commitment to the B.S.
  Eng/M.S. Eng program before the end of their
  junior year
• must take two 500-level graduate courses as their
  technical electives in their senior year.
• If the grades in these courses are "B" or better,
  they will count toward the M.S. Eng as well as
  the BS Eng degrees.

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UC Santa CruzB.S. / M.S. CompE

• Students who have already graduated (or will
  graduate in one or two quarters) and students
  from CS, EE, or other majors are not eligible.
  Ineligible students are encourage to apply for
  the standard M.S. in CompE.
• The B.S./M.S. program does not allow
  undergraduate courses to be applied to the M.S.,
  while the standard M.S. program currently allows
  two upper-division undergrad courses to count
  toward the degree.
• The B.S./M.S. student must complete 48 units of
  graduate courses that fulfill the standard M.S.
  degree requirements. No undergraduate courses may
  be used to meet the M.S. degree requirements.
• Up to 10 units of these graduate courses can be
  counted toward both the B.S. degree and the M.S.
  degree.

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Ohio State UniversityCombined BS/MS in Computer
Science and Eng.

• Up to 15 credit hours of courses may be applied
  simultaneously for credit toward both the MS and
  BS degrees.
• application for admission to the CSE graduate
  program should be at least two quarters in
  advance of the intended start of graduate study
• Requirements
• be an undergraduate CSE major
• have at least a 3.5 GPA in all previous
  undergraduate work
• have completed at least 135 undergraduate credit
  hours toward the BS degree prior to starting
  graduate study

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University of MarylandCS Combined BS-MS Program

• A CS combined BS/MS Program is offered for
  students of exceptional ability and interest in
  Computer Science. Qualified majors are offered
  the opportunity to participate in the program.
• An overall GPA of at least 3.5.
• No more than 15 credits remaining of required
  upper level computer science credits for the BS
  degree in the semester of admission.
• No more than 6 credits of CORE distributive
  studies requirements remaining for the BS degree.
  

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University of WashingtonCSE Combined
Bachelors/Masters Program

• the CSE department created a Combined
  Bachelors/Masters (BS/MS) program for current CS
  and CE majors at UW-Seattle
• The program is currently funded for 10 graduates
  per year
• Students will be admitted to the Masters program
  while undergraduates, but dont attain graduate
  student status until their Bachelor degree is
  completed
• Up to 12 credits towards the Masters degree
  requirements earned after admission and prior to
  completion of the Bachelors degree can count
  towards the Masters degree provided that
• Courses are 500-level and above
• Courses are not used to fulfill any Bachelors
  degree requirements

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Florida International University Accelerated
combined bachelor of Science/ master of Science
in EE

• The BS/MS degree allows to 'double-count'
  graduate courses toward both degrees
• Students who have completed a minimum of 90 hours
  towards their BS degree in Computer Engineering
  and have earned at least a 3.3 GPA on both
  overall and upper division courses may, upon
  recommendation from three faculty members, apply
  for admission in the combined BS/MS program.
• With this accelerated program, students may
  obtain a Bachelor of Science degree in Electrical
  Engineering combined with any of the following
  Master Degrees
• Master of Science in Biomedical Engineering
• Master of Science in Electrical Engineering
• Master of Science in Telecommunications and
  Networking

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Summary

• Double dip up to 15 credit hours
• After at least completing 60 credit hours
• Apply to the program to get admitted
• GPA requirement vary between 3.0 and 3.5
• Done for EE, CompE, CS, CSE.
• Not much on combined BSBA or BA MS

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Open Discussion Questions

• Do you have a BSMS Program?
• Why did you initiate the program ?
• When did you start?
• How many students have participated?
• How do you promote it ?

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