Requirements for Graduation

Credit Hour Requirements:

• 120 Undergraduate Credit Hours,
• 30 Graduate Credit Hours, and
• 150 Total Credit Hours.

Academic Requirements:

1. Students enrolled in the plan must maintain a 3.50 cumulative GPA for all UMKC coursework.
2. Students must receive a minimum grade of C (2.0) in every course attempted in the CSEE Department.
3. Students should follow the recommended sample program in order to graduate within five years, but variations are possible.
4. The degree requirements for a BS in CS includes four CS advanced electives: (CS 420 or CS 421), (CS 470 or CS 471), plus two additional CS advanced electives. For students in the Fast Track, at least two of these four courses must be from the approved list of courses that graduate students can count towards their graduate studies, thus they must take (at least) two courses from from CS 411, CS 421, CS 423, CS 457, CS 458, CS 461, (CS 470 or CS 471, not both), CS 493 and CS 494R.
5. Students must be admitted to the Graduate School in the spring semester of their fourth year.
6. Upon successful completion of the first four years, the students will compete for one of ten financial incentives available for the two departmental Fast track programs. See above.
7. The degree requirements for the Fast Track M.S. in CS is identical to that of the M.S. in CS under the 'non-thesis' option, composed of the 30 hours of graduate credit in combination with the two courses taken as an undergraduate that were selected from the list above.