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ECE BS-MS Advising

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Policies, Transition Rules & Academic Requirements

  1. Automatic Transition to Graduate Status
  • You will be switched to graduate (MS) status in the semester you reach 120 total units, including in-progress units.
  • This transition must occur even if your bachelor’s degree requirements are not yet complete.
  1. Requirements to Be Approved for the Transition

You must:

  • Have completed all lower-division and GE coursework
  • Be in good academic standing in both the undergraduate and graduate programs
  • Have applied for a graduation check for the bachelor’s degree
  • International students must complete all undergraduate degree requirements before transitioning

Students who do not successfully meet the requirements to transition will be moved back into the appropriate undergraduate degree major

  1. Financial and Enrollment Implications After the Switch

Once you move to graduate status:

  • Graduate tuition and fees apply
  • Financial aid eligibility may change because it will be based on graduate student status (please contact the Financial Aid Office)
  • You must follow graduate continuous enrollment rules
  • You must remain in good academic standing and comply with all applicable undergraduate GPA requirements while in undergraduate status and all graduate GPA requirements after transitioning to graduate status (including a minimum 3.0 GPA in all MS coursework)
  1. Time Limits
  • All courses on your Graduate Study Plan must be completed within 5 years (10 consecutive semesters). The time limit starts with the earliest course semester listed on the student's MS Study Plan. 
  • Extensions up to 7 years require an approved petition
  • Older coursework (more than 7 years) may require validation or may expire and have to be repeated
  • Courses completed more than 10 years before completing the requirement for the master’s degree are not eligible for validation
  1. Academic Standing and Program Continuation
  • Academic notice or lack of satisfactory progress may result in removal from the blended program
  • If you exit the blended program:
    • Double-counting of units will no longer be possible if you are later admitted into the MS program
    • Only eligible graduate coursework may transfer to a future MS program (up to 9 units)

Please, see UPS 410.400 for more information on "Academic Standards for Blended Bachelor’s and Master’s Programs"

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