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Electrical Engineering, Accelerated 4+1 BEE or BCE/MSEE


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The Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science also offers an accelerated program that would enable students to a earn a Bachelor of Electrical or Computer Engineering degree as well as a Master of Science in Electrical Engineering in 5 years.

Admission to Program


Students are eligible to apply after they have completed sixty credit hours in their undergraduate program, with at least 30 credit hours earned at CSU.

Program Requirements


Once admitted to the combined program, the student may complete up to 12 credit hours of graduate courses while enrolled in the undergraduate program. These 12 credit-hours count towards both the undergraduate degree and the graduate degree requirements, either as electives or as requirements. For more details, please refer to the department webpage https://www.csuohio.edu/engineering/eecs/5-year-bsms-accelerated-program.

Students who are accepted for an accelerated 4+1 program may apply or transfer a maximum of 12 graduate credit hours taken while an undergraduate. No additional graduate credit hours taken as an undergraduate may be applied or transferred to the graduate record.

Course Requirements

All bachelor’s degree requirements must be met. 12 credits of 500-level EEC courses must be taken (in addition to, or as approved substitutions for undergraduate elective requirements) in year 4 while completing the bachelor’s degree.

500-level and/or 600-level courses will be taken in year 5 as a graduate student.

The 12 credits of 500-level coursework completed during undergraduate studies will be applied to both the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree. Students may apply or transfer a maximum of 12 graduate credit hours taken while an undergraduate. No additional graduate credit hours taken as an undergraduate may be applied or transferred to the graduate record. For more details, please refer to the department webpage: https://www.csuohio.edu/engineering/eecs/5-year-bsms-accelerated-program.

GPA Requirement

Students must maintain a 3.00 or higher GPA to remain in the program

Honors Students

500-level courses that are already counted as honors credits can be counted to satisfy the requirement of 12 credits of graduate courses in this program.

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