Electrical Engineering, BS/Telecommunications, Accelerated MS

Admission Requirements

Students can apply for the program during the semester in which they expect to complete 90 undergraduate credits applicable toward the BS degree. An overall GPA of at least 3.1 at the time of application is required. Criteria for admission are identical to criteria for admission to the MS in Telecommunications Program. Application is made using the accelerated graduate program application forms, and all usual requirements must be met. The accelerated program application form specifies the overlapping courses and details the 3.1 undergraduate GPA.

Degree Requirements

Students must complete 144 credits that satisfy all the requirements for the BS and MS degrees, with 6 credits overlap. Students take 6 credits of 500-level courses as part of their technical electives or substitutes for required courses as part of their 120-credit undergraduate program. Students may take additional graduate-level courses as part of their BS technical electives with advisor approval. These additional graduate-level courses will not count toward the MS degree. Students admitted to the accelerated program must maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.0 during the MS program and present a GPA of at least 3.0 for the 24 credits of graduate work submitted for the MS degree.

Students should take 6 credits from the following:

• TCOM 509 - Internet Protocols Credits: 1.5
• TCOM 529 - Advanced Internet Protocols Credits: 1.5
• TCOM 551 - Digital Communication Systems Credits: 3
• or approved substitutions

Degree Conferral

Students must apply to have the BS in electrical engineering conferred the semester before they expect to complete the BS requirements. At the completion of the MS requirements, the MS degree will be awarded.