The combined Bachelor's + Master's degree programs allow students to complete 12 graduate credit hours while still undergraduates. These 12 graduate credit hours will count toward both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
DePaul Undergraduate Degree + Computer Science (MS)
The Computer Science (MS) combined degree program is open to all undergraduate majors across the university.
For information on admission criteria and combined degree program structure, see the CDM Graduate Academics Page.
Graduate courses for the combined degree program
The combined degree students take at most three graduate courses during their undergraduate degree selected from the following list of graduate courses. Students are encouraged to work with their undergraduate advisor in their home college and the CDM advisor to choose the three courses that best fit the student’s background and undergraduate degree.
| Course | Title | Quarter Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Take three (3) graduate courses from this list | 12 | |
| CSC 421 | APPLIED ALGORITHMS AND STRUCTURES | |
| CSC 435 | DISTRIBUTED SYSTEMS I | |
| CSC 447 | CONCEPTS OF PROGRAMMING LANGUAGES | |
| CSC 453 | PRINCIPLES OF DATABASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS | |
| SE 450 | OBJECT-ORIENTED SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT | |
| or SE 456 | ARCHITECTURE OF REAL-TIME SYSTEMS | |
Students who want to substitute different graduate courses for courses in the recommended list must discuss the request with their undergraduate advisor in their home college and the CDM advisor. Requests must be approved by the CDM advisor.
In addition to the three graduate courses, students complete the MS in Computer Science by taking an additional 36 credit hours (9 graduate courses) and any additional introductory courses that were not satisfied during their bachelor’s degree. Students will follow the master's degree program requirements for the term they are admitted to the master's degree program.
Prerequisite undergraduate courses:
Students are encouraged to work with their undergraduate advisor in their home college and the CDM advisor to complete appropriate coursework during their undergraduate degree to satisfy the introductory courses of the Master’s degree.
The suggested set of undergraduate courses that satisfy the Introductory courses for the MS in Computer Science degree are listed here:
- CSC 400 Discrete Structures for Computer Science: MAT 140
- CSC 401 Introduction to Programming: (CSC 241 and CSC 242) or CSC 243
- CSC 402 Data Structures I: CSC 300
- CSC 403 Data Structures II: CSC 301
- CSC 406 Systems I: CSC 373
- CSC 407 Systems II: CSC 374