Pursue a master’s degree in less time with less financial commitment.
Designed for the dedicated and driven Fulton Schools student, Accelerated Master’s degree programs combine advanced undergraduate work with graduate courses, enabling students to earn both a BSE and MSE in electrical engineering (online and in person), MS in computer engineering (in person only) or MS in robotic and autonomous systems (electrical engineering) (in person only) in five years if attending full time.
Information sessions will be held virtually and bi-weekly during the fall and spring semesters. Students will receive an email from the accelerated master’s coordinator. If you have questions or would like to make an appointment with the accelerated master’s coordinator, please email [email protected].
The following are the admission standards for all of the electrical engineering accelerated programs. Each program has additional standards as well.
The electrical engineering MSE program is offered in person and online. The electrical engineering MS (thesis program) is only offered in person and requires a faculty member to agree to oversee the student’s research. The computer engineering (electrical engineering) and robotics and autonomous systems (electrical engineering) MS programs are offered in person only.
The credit hour requirements are 120 for the BSE and 30 credits for the MSE/MS. The MSE program requires 10 total classes, which may exceed 30 credits.
Each graduate program has different degree requirements. Students should refer to the handbook for each program when deciding on one to learn the requirements.
Satisfactory progress in the accelerated degree program is achieved if the student remains in good academic standing by maintaining a GPA of at least 3.0.
All courses on the graduate Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS) must be taken at Arizona State University.
Students must maintain continuous enrollment throughout their graduate programs with no breaks in enrollment. Per ASU’s Graduate College policy manual, graduate-level students need to be enrolled in at least one graduate credit each fall and spring semester in order to maintain continuous enrollment. Should a student need to take a semester off, they need to request a leave of absence request before that semester.
Students should refer to each program’s handbook for additional information on probation policies. Refer to the handbook links above for policies specific to each program.
Step 1: Submit the internal department application
You must download the application form (links below) and submit the completed paper form to the accelerated master’s coordinator at [email protected] . Even if you aren’t sure about what to write for some sections, give it a try. The application is not set in stone. It can be changed, and it is more of an exercise in understanding the undergraduate and graduate degree requirements.There is information below on shared/reserved, which you will need to know when filling out the application.
You will also want to review these resources:
The deadline to submit your application is July 1 for fall semesters and December 15 for spring semesters.
Step 2: Submit the graduate admissions application when instructed to do so
You will receive further instructions from the accelerated master’s coordinator on the process to submit a formal online application to graduate admissions. The application fee does apply. Do not apply to graduate admissions until you receive instructions to do so.
While filling out the application, you will be asked to indicate which classes you want to share or reserve.
Sharing means that the classes will count toward both your undergraduate and graduate degrees.
Reserving means that you will take the class while you are an undergraduate student and reserve it for future use in your graduate program, so it will not count toward your undergraduate program.
For our programs, you should aim to share three classes. Those classes might be three or four credits each, so you might share nine to 12 credits.
If you are sharing nine credits (three 3-credit classes), you might want to consider adding a reserved class to your schedule if it allows.
Shared and reserved classes combined must be less than 12 total credits. If you are sharing classes that are four credits, you will not be able to reserve a class, but that is okay; the real benefit of this program is sharing credits.
All of our 400-level classes have a graduate section, EEE 591. If you want to share a 400-level class, you would register for the 591 version of the class after your application is approved.
You cannot take more than a total of four EEE 591 classes toward your graduate program, so plan accordingly. Use the resources below to determine if you need specific 400/591 classes as prerequisites to graduate classes you want to take and if you need any 591 classes for the comprehensive exam if you are an electrical engineering MSE student.