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2009-2010 Catalog Computing and Engineering, School of Department of Computer Science & Electrical Engineering Fast Track Program in Computer Science
Fast Track Program in Computer Science
This program offers students an opportunity to meet the full requirements of the existing BS and MS degree programs in a shorter time period than the separate degree programs by completing a B.S. degree in Computer Science within four years and then completing an M.S. degree in Computer Science in their fifth year.  Please contact our department for additional info or clarification on the information below, by calling (816) 235-1193, or sending an e-mail to mailto:csee@umkc.edu

Admission Requirements for Fast Track

Students must meet the following entrance requirements:
  1. High School GPA of 3.50 GPA (out of 4.00).
  2. ACT Math of 28 or higher.
  3. No single grade below C (2.00) in any coursework in STEM (Science, Technical, Engineering or Mathematics) fields from another college.
  4. Cumulative GPA of 3.00 in any previous college credit.
  5. Must start at UMKC/CSEE within one year of High School graduation.
Students are expected to follow the recommended curriculum (although deviations are possible) and must maintain:
  1. UMKC cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher.
  2. A minimal course grade of 2.00 or higher for every course attempted in the CSEE department.
Students are admitted into the graduate program in the spring semester of their fourth year. Upon successful completion of the first four years, the students will be eligible for an assistantship.  The assistantship is renewable for the second semester of the fifth year only if they complete at least nine credit hours during their first semester with at least a 3.50 GPA.
 
Program Description Students will begin with the existing undergraduate degree programs in the school. They will take the same classes as other undergraduates, carrying 15-18 credit hours per semester. If they continue to meet the requirements, they will be invited to take graduate level classes before they graduate with a BS degree. After graduating with a BS degree, they will continue with the graduate program.
 
Five Year Program Sample

The computer science curriculum requires a total of 150 hours of undergraduate and graduate coursework and satisfies the requirements for both the B.S. in CS and M.S. in CS degrees. This is a sample only, and adjustments can be made for particular situations, please see an adviser to tailor a degree program.

First Year

Fall Semester   Hours
MATH 210 Calculus I 4
ENGLISH 110 Freshman English I 3
COMM-ST 110 Fundamentals of Effective Speaking 3
COMP-SCI 101 Problem Solving & Programming 3
COMP-SCI 191 Discrete Structures I 3
  General Elective 1
Total Hours   17

Spring Semester   Hours
MATH 220 Calculus II 4
ENGLISH 225 English Composition II 3
PHYSICS 240 Physics for Science and Engr. I 5
COMP-SCI 201 Problem Solving & Programming II 3
COMP-SCI 281 Intro. to Computer Architecture 3
Total Hours   18

Second Year

Fall Semester   Hours
MATH 250 Calculus III 4
PHYSICS 250 Physics for Science and Engr. II 5
COMP-SCI 282 Assembler Language Programming 3
COMP-SCI 291 Discrete Structures II 3
  Constitution Requirement(a) 3
  WEPT 0
Total Hours   18

Spring Semester   Hours
STAT 235 Statistics 3
COMP-SCI 304WI Ethics and Professionalism 3
COMP-SCI 352 Data Structures and Algorithms 3
COMP-SCI 393 Num. Analysis & Symb. Computation 3
Art/Art History/Fine Arts Elective(b) 3
  General Elective 3
Total Hours   18

Third Year

Fall Semester   Hours
BIOLOGY 108 General Biology I 3
BIOLOGY 108L General Biology I Lab 1
COMP-SCI 394R Applied Probability 3
COMP-SCI 441 Programming Languages - Design and Implementation 3
COMP-SCI 481 Advanced Computer Architecture 3
  Social and Behavioral Science Elective(c) 3
  General Elective 3
Total Hours   19

Spring Semester   Hours
COMP-SCI 421 Found. of Data Networks 3
COMP-SCI 431 Introduction to Operating Systems 3
COMP-SCI 451 Software Architecture 3
  Computer Science Elective 3
  Social and Behavioral Science Elective(c) 3
  General Elective 3
Total Hours   18

Fourth Year

Fall Semester   Hours
COMP-SCI 470 Intro. to DBMS 3
  Computer Science Electives from Graduate Accepted List 3
  General Electives 6
  Computer Science Graduate Course(d) 3
Total Hours   15

Spring Semester   Hours
  Computer Science Graduate Course(d) 9
Total Hours   9

Fifth Year

Fall Semester   Hours
  Computer Science Graduate Course(d) 9
Total Hours   9

Spring Semester   Hours
  Computer Science Graduate Course(d) 9
Total Hours   9

(a) Constitution Requirement may be satisfied by taking either HIST 101, 102, 360R or POLSC 210. (b) Fine Arts electives include art/art history, conservatory or theatre. (c) Social and Behavioral Science electives include criminal justice, economics, geography, history, political science, psychology, social science or sociology. (d) Graduate credit enrollment has degree specific requirements and faculty adviser will work out details of the program in consultation with the student.
 
Requirements for Graduation

Credit Hour Requirements:

The BS and MS program in Computer Science requires:
  • 120 Undergraduate Credit Hours,
  • 30 Graduate Credit Hours, and
  • 150 Total Credit Hours.

Academic Requirements:

The academic requirements for both degrees are identical to the requirements for the two degree when considered separately, with a few additions and exceptions.
  1. Students enrolled in the plan must maintain a 3.50 cumulative GPA for all UMKC coursework.
  2. Students must receive a minimum grade of C (2.0) in every course attempted in the CSEE Department.
  3. Students should follow the recommended sample program in order to graduate within five years, but variations are possible.
  4. The degree requirements for a BS in CS includes four CS advanced electives: (CS 420 or CS 421), (CS 470 or CS 471), plus two additional CS advanced electives. For students in the Fast Track, at least two of these four courses must be from the approved list of courses that graduate students can count towards their graduate studies, thus they must take (at least) two courses from from CS 411, CS 421, CS 423, CS 457, CS 458, CS 461, (CS 470 or CS 471, not both), CS 493 and CS 494R.
  5. Students must be admitted to the Graduate School in the spring semester of their fourth year.
  6. Upon successful completion of the first four years, the students will be eligible for a graduate assistantship.
  7. The degree requirements for the Fast Track M.S. in CS is identical to that of the M.S. in CS under the 'non-thesis' option, composed of the 30 hours of graduate credit in combination with the two courses taken as an undergraduate that were selected from the list above.
For additional details, please contact our Department by phone (816) 235-1193 or by e-mail mailto:sce@umkc.edu
 

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