Telecommunications

The joint BS/MS program is a well-integrated program that permits students to complete both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in telecommunications in a reduced timeframe with a reduced total number of total credits.

Requirements

Completion of the joint BS/MS program requires a minimum of 145 credit hours, including a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate study. All specific requirements for both the BS and the MS degrees must be met. Students in the joint program may apply up to twelve credits of graduate coursework to both the undergraduate and graduate degrees simultaneously. The intent of this program option is to allow well-prepared students to finish both a bachelor’s and master’s degree within a 5 year period.

Status

A student enrolled in the joint BS/MS program will be considered to remain in undergraduate status until the completion of 124 semester hours, and thereafter tuition and fees will be charged at the graduate level. The BS degree will be awarded at such time as all the requirements for that degree are satisfactorily met. Students are expected to complete their BS program requirements prior to pursuit of the MS degree except where those two programs overlap.

Academic Standing

Admission to and continued matriculation in the joint BS/MS program requires maintenance of a GPA of 3.0 for courses taken at SUNYIT in each of the following categories: (a) all courses applicable to the undergraduate degree; (b) telecommunications courses applicable to the undergraduate degree; (c) all graduate courses. Students with a GPA of 2.75 to 2.99 in any of these categories will be placed on academic probation in the program. Students who are on academic probation for any two semesters or who have a GPA of less than 2.50 in any of these categories will be academically dismissed from the joint program. Students who are academically dismissed but have not yet completed the baccalaureate program but whose performance is satisfactory in the undergraduate program will automatically be placed in that program.

Admission

Admission to the BS/MS program may be achieved, and enrollment maintained, in one of the following ways:

As an entering freshman: continued enrollment in the joint program requires achievement of grades of B or better in all Telecommunications coursework and in calculus. In addition, students must have an overall GPA of at least 3.0 at the end of the semester in which the first 60 credits have been completed.
Upon initial transfer to SUNYIT: students must have earned grades of B or better in courses that receive transfer credit as Telecommunications course equivalents, and calculus. The student must have a transfer GPA of at least 3.0.
Subsequent to initial enrollment at SUNYIT: students must receive grades of B or better in those courses (or their transfer equivalents) listed in A) and B) above, have an overall GPA of at least 3.0 for all courses taken at SUNYIT, and have a GPA of at least 3.2 for courses in their major.

Students entering the joint BS/MS program must not have completed more than 94 credit hours toward their Bachelor’s degree, and must be able to complete all requirements for the Bachelor’s degree within the first 124 credit hours earned.

Direct any questions about the program to: John Marsh Department Chair.