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2015-2016 University Catalog

BS (selected)/Data Analytics Engineering, Accelerated MS

School: Volgenau School of Engineering  

Department: Interdisciplinary Programs  

Qualified undergraduate students have the option of obtaining an accelerated Data Analytics Engineering, MS  with a concentration in predictive analytics. Students in an accelerated degree program must fulfill all university requirements for the master’s degree. For more detailed information, see AP.6.7 Bachelor’s Accelerated Master’s Degrees . For policies governing all graduate degrees, see the Academic Policies  section of the catalog.

Admission Requirements

While no specific undergraduate degree is required, Mason undergraduate students majoring in systems engineering or any other engineering, business, computer science, statistics, mathematics, or information technology may apply to this option if they have earned 90 undergraduate credits with an overall GPA of at least 3.30.

For the predictive analytics concentration, students must submit evidence of:

• Satisfactory completion of courses in calculus, applied probability and statistics, and a scientific programming language.

• Familiarity with analytical modeling software, such as spreadsheets or math packages.

Accelerated Option Requirements

Students must complete all credits that satisfy requirements for the BS and MS programs, with six credits overlap chosen from the courses in the following table. For BS candidates, these graduate courses replace the corresponding undergraduate courses listed. The undergraduate version of these courses may not be applied toward the MS degree.

Undergraduate

Graduate

 

SYST 473 

SYST 573 

Credit may not be received for both courses.

OR 441 

OR 541 

Credit may not be received for both courses.

For the predictive analytics concentration, any other 500-level course may be applied to both the undergraduate and graduate degrees with approval of the advisor and SEOR department chair.

OR 541 - Operations Research: Deterministic Models Credits: 3  will substitute for the OR 531 - Analytics and Decision Analysis Credits: 3  core requirement in the MS DAE program.

Degree Conferral

Students must apply the semester before they expect to complete the BS requirements to have the BS degree conferred. In addition, at the beginning of the student’s final undergraduate semester, students must complete a Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Transition form that is submitted to the Office of the University Registrar and the VSE Graduate Admissions Office. At the completion of MS requirements, a master’s degree is conferred.