Students who pursue a BS degree and are approaching their senior year in Computer Science and have earned at least a 3.2 overall GPA may, upon recommendation from three faculty members, apply to the department to enroll in the combined BSCS/MSEM pathway. Students must also submit an online application to the University Graduate School for admission to the MSEM program. In addition to the admission requirements of the MSEM program, students must meet all the admission requirements of the University Graduate School.<br>Students need only apply once to the combined degree pathway, but the application must be submitted to Graduate Admissions before the student starts the last 30 credits of the bachelor's degree program. A student admitted to the combined degree program will be considered to have undergraduate status until the student applies for graduation from their bachelor's degree program. Upon conferral of the bachelor's degree, the student will be granted graduate status and be eligible for graduate assistantships.<br>Students enrolled in the combined degree program could count up to three Computer Science graduate courses toward satisfying both the BSCS and the MSEM requirements, for a total saving of 9 credit hours. Students are required to take four courses from the following list. Additional courses may be selected with approval of the program director.