Software Engineering, BS/Software Engineering, MS

Program Coordinator/Graduate Program Director: Nic Herndon (C-108 Science and Technology Building; 252-328-9696; herndonn19@ecu.edu)

The Software Engineering, BS/Software Engineering, MS accelerated program allows outstanding software engineering students with a minimum 3.0 GPA to apply for graduate-level study in software engineering after completing a minimum of 75 eligible undergraduate semester hours and to begin taking graduate courses in their senior year. The bachelor of science (BS) degree requires 120 s.h. for completion, and students are formally admitted to the master of science (MS) program after satisfactory completion of all requirements for the undergraduate degree. It is anticipated that students will complete both degrees in five years.

Students accepted into the accelerated program must earn a grade of B or above in graduate coursework being double-counted to continue in the accelerated program. Students who earn a C in any graduate course being double-counted will be able to count that course toward the bachelor’s degree, but will not be eligible to take additional graduate courses in the accelerated program. Students will be able to reapply to the graduate program.

Only on-campus (undergraduate and graduate) courses will be allowed to satisfy the requirements for the accelerated program.

Undergraduate students accepted into the Software Engineering, BS/Software Engineering, MS accelerated program may count up to 12 s.h. from the following graduate courses towards completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees:

CSCI 6020 - Machine Learning or DASC 6020 - Machine Learning (for CSCI 4120 - Machine Learning)
CSCI 6030 - Information Extraction and Retrieval or DASC 6030 - Information Extraction and Retrieval (for CSCI 4130 - Information Retrieval)
CSCI 6040 - Computational Analysis of Natural Languages or DASC 6040 - Computational Analysis of Natural Languages (CSCI 4140 - Natural Language Processing)
CSCI 6050 - Digital Image Analysis and Understanding or DASC 6050 - Digital Image Analysis and Understanding (for CSCI 4150 - Computer Vision)
CSCI 6600 - Database Management Systems (for SENG 3700 - Database Design and Development)
CSCI 6820 - Computer Graphics (for CSCI 3800 - Computer Graphics)
DASC 6010 - Big Data Analytics and Management (for CSCI 4180 - Big Data Analytics)
SENG 6230 - Software Engineering Foundations (for CSCI 3030 - Software Engineering I)
SENG 6240 - Software Architecture and Design (for SENG 3000 - Software Architecture and Design)
SENG 6265 - Foundations of Software Testing (for SENG 3020 - Software Verification and Validation)
SENG 6285 - Cloud Computing (for CSCI 4170 - Cloud Computing)

Admission Process

Students interested in the accelerated program should speak with the graduate program director to determine admissibility into the program. Following this discussion, the student and graduate program director should follow the procedures outlined in Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Program found in the Admission and Readmission section of the ECU graduate catalog.