B.S. / Accelerated M.S. in Systems Engineering

Qualified undergraduate students may apply for this five-year program, which leads to a Bachelor of Science in an engineering discipline and an MS degree in systems engineering. The program can be completed in 144 credits.

Applicants must be Mason undergraduate students majoring in systems engineering, computer science, computer engineering, electrical engineering, or civil and infrastructure engineering. Students may apply after they have completed at least 90 credits applicable to the BS degree. Students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.30 on courses applicable to the BS degree, and must have successfully completed all MATH and PHYS requirements.

Students must complete all requirements for the BS degree in their chosen major. Students in the accelerated program may apply to have the BS degree from the appropriate IT&E program conferred during the semester during which they expect to complete their BS requirements. The MS degree is granted upon completion of remaining courses.

Up to two courses (six credits) of master's level courses taken as part of the undergraduate degree may be applied to the graduate degree. These two courses may be chosen from the list of graduate courses in the following table. For BS candidates, these graduate courses replace the corresponding undergraduate courses listed in the table. The undergraduate version of these courses may not be applied toward the MS degree.

Any other 500-level SYST course may be applied to both the undergraduate and graduate degrees with approval of the advisor and department chair.

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