Combined B.S. /M.S. Degree
Purpose of the program
The combined BS/MS program in Electrical and Computer Engineering enables
especially well-qualified students to be admitted to the MS program during the junior
year of their BS program, and to work thereafter towards both the BS and MS degrees.
These students would earn the BS degree in either Electrical Engineering or Computer
Engineering and the MS degree in Electrical Engineering following the current curricula.
This program allows for early planning of the MS portion of the student's education,
taking graduate courses as part of the BS degree, more flexibility in the order in which
courses are taken, and more efficient use of what would otherwise be a final semester
with a light credit hour load.
Due to the tighter coordination of courses within the ECE Department than is possible for
students who come to UW from other institutions to pursue the MS degree, up to six
credit hours may be counted toward both the BS and MS degree programs (see
Overlapping Credit below).
Admission to the program
Application for admission into the BS/MS program in the ECE department may be made
at any time during or after the student enters his or her junior year. Minimum
requirements for admission to the joint program are:
1. completion of the five core EE courses (see list below),
Transfer students, in place of requirement (1) above, must have taken at least two of the
core EE courses at UW and have completed coursework at another institution (or other
institutions) which is approved for transfer credit equivalent to all EE core courses not
taken on the UW campus, and must have completed at least 15 credit hours of total
courses at UW in order to qualify for admission.
Staying in the program
The student must maintain a GPA of at least 3.5 over all undergraduate courses taken,
and a GPA of at least 3.0 in all graduate courses taken in order to remain in good
standing in the program.
Regulations
Until a student in this program reaches a total of 132 credit hours of courses applicable to
the BS degree in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering taken and passed (each
with a grade of C or better), he/she will be governed by the rules and regulations
applicable to any undergraduate student in the ECE department unless specified
otherwise in the regulations described herein. After a student has accumulated a total of
132 applicable credit hours, he/she will be governed by the rules and regulations
applicable to any graduate student in the ECE department unless specified otherwise in
the regulations described herein. It is the intention of the department that, as far as
possible, a student in this program is treated on the same basis as any other student in the
department at a comparable stage of his/her academic career.
Overlapping Credit
With the recommendation of the student's academic advisor and the approval of the ECE
Graduate Coordinator, as many as 6 credit hours of ECE department courses at the 5000
level or above may be counted both towards the undergraduate degree requirements and
to the requirements for the MS degree. In theory, therefore, the minimum number of
credit hours required for the BS/MS degree will be 156.
Advising
Students in the joint BS/MS program must have a faculty advisor with whom they will
consult to compose a degree plan, including a list of courses to be taken from the senior
year through the end of the program. This plan must be filed with the ECE Department
Student Coordinator by the end of midterm of the first semester in which the student has
been admitted into the program. The student in collaboration with the faculty advisor will
determine whether the masters program will be either Plan A or Plan B.
EE Core Courses
EE 2220 Circuits & Signals
For further information, contact the Electrical and Computer Engineering
Department at (307) 766-2279, or e-mail at ece@uwyo.edu
