Students who demonstrate exceptional academic performance in the undergraduate Bachelor of Science program (BS) in Computer Science at Rutgers-Camden can apply to an accelerated program that will permit completion of a joint BS-MS in a total of 5 years. To qualify for admission into this program, an undergraduate student in the BS program must meet the following requirements by the end of the Fall semester in the third (junior) year:
- Completion of at least 75 credits towards the BS degree with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher;
- Completion of 50:198:111, 50:198:113, 50:198:171, 50:198:211, and 50:198:213 with a GPA of 3.3 or higher.
Students who meet the above requirements may apply to be admitted to the 5-year joint degree program by providing the following documentation in the Spring semester of their junior year:
- Complete transcripts until the end of the Fall semester of the junior year.
- At least two letters of recommendation from faculty members at Rutgers
- A personal statement (of at most two pages) on academic interests, graduate school plans, and career goals.
- Optionally, other supporting information, such as work or research experience and special skills.
- The GRE General (Aptitude) Test requirement will be waived for the accelerated undergraduate admission.
Once admitted, it is the student’s responsibility to finish the remaining BS degree requirements in the fourth year of undergraduate studies and ensure that the overall GPA on all CS undergraduate courses remains above 3.3 at the end of the 4th year. Among the CS courses taken in the senior year, up to two CS courses that are also cross-listed for graduate credit in the program may be double-counted (i.e., they count for both undergraduate and graduate credit). The student (in consultation with the Graduate Program Director) will devise a course plan that will ensure that he/she completes the individual requirements of both degree programs.
A student who has been admitted to the accelerated program but subsequently fails to meet the above requirements by the end of the senior year will not be able to double-count any courses for the graduate and undergraduate programs; also, in that case, the student must submit GRE General (Aptitude) test scores showing satisfactory performance no later than the end of the 9th semester.
Program contacts
Computer Science Graduate Program Director
gradcompsci@camden.rutgers.edu
Tel: (856) 225-6439
Department of Computer Science 322 BSB
227 Penn Street
Rutgers University – Camden
Camden, NJ 08102
Tel: (856) 225-6077 | Fax: (856) 225-6624