COMBINED BS/MS
Computer Science
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The MCS Department is pleased to announce a new program which will allow students to earn both a
Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science degree simultaneously.
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| Features of the Combined Program: |
- Students will be able to complete a Non-Thesis or Thesis M.S. in at least one
additional year to the B.S. Normally a Master's Degree takes two years to complete,
but with the Combined Program, students can use 6 credit hours towards both degrees.
This translates to 10 graduate courses (30 credit hours) for Non-Thesis option, and
6 graduate courses (18 credit hours) and a thesis (12 credit hours) for Thesis
option, which the student takes in addition to the normal undergraduate B.S.
requirements.
- Students will not have to take the GRE (Graduate Record Examination) for admission
to the program.
- The application fee is only $25 for CSM Undergraduates who complete an online
application, available at
http://www.mines.edu/admiss/grad/onlineapp.html.
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| Admission Criteria: |
- Students may not apply for the combined program until they have taken five
or more Computer Science classes at CSM (classes transferred from other
universities will not be considered). The following courses are considered
to be Computer Science (CS) classes:
- MACS 261: Programming Concepts
- MACS 262: Data Structures
- MACS 306: Software Engineering
- MACS 341: Machine Organization & Assembly Language Programming
- MACS 358: Discrete Mathematics
- MACS 400: Principles of Programming Languages
- MACS 403: Database Management
- MACS 404: Artificial Intelligence
- MACS 406: Design & Analysis of Algorithms
- MACS 407: Introduction to Scientific Computing
- MACS 411: Expert Systems
- MACS 440: Parallel Computing
- MACS 441: Computer Graphics
- MACS 442: Operating Systems
- MACS 443: Advanced Programming Concepts Using Java
- MACS 471: Computer Networks
In addition to these courses, there may be other courses not in the catalog
that are offered by the MCS department that would be considered to be CS
courses. If you are not certain about the status of a class, contact
Dr. Mehta.
- Students applying for this program must have an overall GPA of 2.5 or higher,
and a GPA of 3.3 or higher in their CS courses.
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| Application Procedure: |
- Complete the Online Application available at
http://www.mines.edu/admiss/grad/onlineapp.html.
- Indicate whether you are applying for a Non-Thesis or Thesis M.S. in
Mathematical & Computer Sciences.
- Students are not required to take the GRE, or arrange
for transcripts or letters of recommendation, even though these may be
requested in the application form. For on-line applications from CSM
undergraduates, the application fee is only $25. There is also no particular
need to write up a "Statement of Goals" in the application except to
briefly indicate that you are already a CS major at CSM and that you are
applying to the Combined B.S./M.S. program in CS. This will ensure that your
application will be correctly processed.
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| Questions about the Combined Program?
Contact Dr. Mehta.
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Department of Mathematical and Computer Sciences
Colorado School of Mines • Golden, CO 80401-1887
303.273.3860 • Fax: 303.273.3875
Questions/Comments to: macsweb@mines.edu
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