The Accelerated Graduate Program is for the University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) undergraduates who make their intentions known to both their undergraduate advisor and the appropriate graduate program director, usually in their junior year.
A major advantage of this program is that it enables students to apply the same credits toward both the Bachelor of Science (B.S.) bachelor’s and the Master of Science (M.S.) degrees – while still paying undergraduate tuition rates. Usually, the student can use nine (9) credits for both degrees (“double count”), but refer to the individual graduate program for specific information regarding the number of credits allowed and its application procedure. If admitted to the Combined Accelerated Program, the student follows a specific course of study where a set number of advanced-level credits may be taken as an undergraduate and also counted later toward their master’s degree. Note that some programs (such as Cybersecurity) have specific courses that accelerated program students can take that count toward both degrees.
Both the student’s undergraduate advisor and the program director for the graduate program in which they are applying will need to approve the application.
Refer to the links below for information and application forms related to Computer Science and Electrical Engineering’s Combined Accelerated Bachelor’s/Master’s Programs or contact the respective program director with any questions.
Computer Engineering B.S. to Computer Engineering M.S.
Computer Engineering B.S. to Electrical Engineering M.S.
Computer Science B.S. to Computer Science M.S.
Computer Science (or Computer Engineering) B.S. to Cybersecurity M.S.
Computer Science (or Computer Engineering) B.S. to Data Science M.P.S.
Combined B.S./M.S. in Computer Engineering
More information about Accelerated Programs may be found at the UMBC Graduate School website.