Logistics
A BS/MS student with fewer than 128 credit hours is considered an undergraduate, subject to the department undergraduate regulations and not eligible to be a graduate assistant.
A maximum of 6 credit hours of EE or COSC courses at the 4000 or 5000 level may be counted toward both the undergraduate and MS degree requirements, subject to the approval of the student's advisor and the EE/COSC Graduate Coordinator.
A BS/MS student must secure a faculty advisor and submit a plan of study by advising week of his/her first semester in the program. A committee will be put together at the same time.
Admission
Students are eligible to apply to the MS Quickstart program in the second semester of their Junior year. Applications must be submitted through the Office of Admissions and approved by the EE/COSC Graduate Admissions Committee. Minimum requirements for admission to the joint program are:
- the successful completion with a grade of B or better of at least two courses from two of the four areas required for admission to the EE/COSC S. program (see list below.)
- having Junior standing and having completed 75 credit hours with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.4 in courses taken at UW (Faculty can submit GPA exception requests to the Graduate Committee)
- a minimum GPA of 3.0 in EE/COSC courses, and
- names of three references; at least two of which must be from full-time UW EE/COSC faculty
In lieu of requirement (1) above, undergraduate transfer students must have successfully com- pleted, with a grade of B or better, two equivalent courses from two of the four areas listed below. Course equivalents are determined by the graduate admissions committee. Transfer students must have also completed at least 12 credit hours of courses at UW in order to be eligible for admission.
EE Core Courses
- EE 2220 Circuits & Signals
- EE 3220 Signals & Systems
- EE 3310 Intro to Electronics
- EE 2390 Digital Systems
- EE 3150 Electromagnetics
COSC Core Courses
- COSC 3020 Algorithms & Data Structures
- COSC 4200 Computability & Complexity
- COSC 4780 Prinicples of Programming Languages
- COSC 4785 Compiler Construction I
- COSC 4740 Operating Systrems Design
Program of Study
The program of study may include courses to be taken from the senior year through the end of the MS program. This plan must be submitted to the students faculty advisor and filed in the students EECS Department records by the end of the first semester in which the student has been admitted into the program. The plan of study is to be submitted to the registrar by the end of the students first semester in the graduate program.
Retention Requirements
Prior to completion of all requirements for the BS degree, students in the Quick Start program must complete all requirements for admission to the EE/COSC graduate program. Failure to complete admission requirements will result in suspension from the program.
A student in the Quick Start program must maintain a cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 in his or her undergraduate courses, a GPA of at least 3.0 in EE/COSC courses and a GPA of at least 3.0 in 5000-level courses in order to remain in good standing in the program. Failure to meet the GPA requirement places a student on probation for one semester. If the GPA requirement is not met after that semester, the student will be suspended from the program.
Students in the Quick Start program must begin full-time graduate study in the semester following completion of the BS degree. A student who fails to remain continuously enrolled at UW will need to apply for readmission to the graduate program.
