MS Information Systems and Technology Admission Info
While most applicants apply intending to be a degree candidate seeking a graduate degree or certificate, you may also apply as a non-degree seeking special student. To apply as a special student, you must meet the same prerequisites and requirements as a degree seeking candidate, as listed below.
- Completed and submitted application form
- Application fee of $75 (waived for graduates of the Whiting School of Engineering)
- Official transcripts from all college studies
- Applicants must have earned a grade point average of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 (B or above) scale in the latter half of their studies or hold graduate degrees in relevant technical disciplines
- Applicants should have completed a year of college mathematics and one year of introductory computer science including a course in Java, or C++, and a course in data structures
- Applicants who have not taken the prerequisite undergraduate courses may satisfy admission requirements by completing the specified courses with grades of A or B
- Those students who do not satisfy the introductory computer science requirements may take the undergraduate courses 605.201 Introduction to Programming Using Java and 605.202 Data Structures