Information and Cybersecurity Technology, BS/Information and Cybersecurity Technology, MS

Program Coordinator: Te-Shun Chou (206 Science and Technology Building; 252-737-1037; tsys@ecu.edu)
Admissions Contact Information: MSTECHSYSTEMS@ecu.edu

The Information and Cybersecurity Technology, BS/Information and Cybersecurity Technology, MS accelerated program is initiated while on-campus undergraduates are completing the bachelor’s degree. For this program, graduate student coursework begins in the students’ fourth year of undergraduate study and can be completed within one academic year of full-time study beyond the bachelor’s degree. Eligible students who are accepted into the program may count up to 12 semester hours of graduate coursework towards completion of both the bachelor of science (BS) and master of science (MS) degrees. Students are formally admitted to the master’s program after all requirements for the undergraduate degree are completed.

Undergraduate information and cybersecurity technology on-campus students may apply for the accelerated program after completion of a minimum of 75 eligible undergraduate semester hours, and students can begin taking graduate courses after completion of a minimum of 90 eligible undergraduate semester hours.

The minimum GPA at the time of admission into the accelerated program is 3.3 in the major and 3.0 overall. Students are formally admitted to the master’s program after formally applying in their senior year for graduate admission and after all requirements for the bachelor’s degree are completed.

Students admitted to the accelerated program must earn a B or higher in all graduate coursework to remain in the program. Undergraduate accelerated program students earning a grade of C in any graduate course can count that course toward the bachelor’s degree, but will no longer be eligible to take additional graduate courses, and will be dropped from the accelerated program.

Undergraduate students accepted into the Information and Cybersecurity Technology, BS/Information and Cybersecurity Technology, MS accelerated program may count up to 12 semester hours from the following graduate courses towards completion of both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees:

ITEC 6000 - Statistical Applications in Technology Management (for ITEC 3200 - Introduction to Statistical Process Control or may be applied as approved electives toward the undergraduate degree)
ITEC 6060 - Research Methods in Technology (may be applied as approved electives toward the undergraduate degree)
ITEC 6200 - Technology Project Management (for ITEC 3300 or may be applied as approved electives toward the undergraduate degree)
Any ICTN 6000 level graduate courses (may be applied as approved electives toward the undergraduate degree)

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.