"4+1" (ADDP)
"4+1" (ADDP)
Advising Materials for the Accelerated Dual Degree Program
A Masters degree is becoming increasingly valuable when it comes to working your way into a high-paying career, but there's a downside: two more years in school means more lost income and probably more student debt, as well. With the ADDP program, you can receive a Bachelors and Masters in a Computer Science or Data Science related field from Rowan University in five years.
NOTE: Please visit your advisor regularly. Rowan's progress-tracking tools, such as Degreeworks, are not a replacement for advisor appointments. Do not self-advise as this may put your graduation date in jeopardy.
General Process
- Submit your admissions application (unique to each program) and be sure to apply using the semester previous to the one you are currently in. Click here to access the student dashboard to begin the application process and view its progress.
- Your application is then reviewed by the CS Graduate Committee for admission approval. The Committee will be looking for a high CS GPA and two letters of recommendation.
- During your senior year, you enroll and complete four graduate courses (instead of the four restricted electives that are required for the undergraduate degree). These four graduate courses count as your restricted electives, and you get to pay for these 12 graduate credits at the less expensive undergraduate tuition rate.
- You continue enrollment as a full-time Rowan student for one more year while you complete additional graduate credits, for which you are charged the graduate tuition rate.
- Notice that you receive your Bachelors and your Masters in five years (instead of the 4 + 2 years of a traditional MS degree) while paying for only 18 graduate credits (instead of 30).
BS Computer Science to MS Computer Science
Specific details about the 4+1 for BS CS 0700 to MS CS G700
BS Computer Science to MS Data Science
Specific details about the 4+1 for BS CS 0709 to MS Data Science G719.
BS Computer Science OR BA Computing & Informatics to MS Bioinformatics
Specific details about the 4+1 for BS CS 0711 or BA CI 0712 to MS Bioinformatics G711/G712.
BA Computing & Informatics to MS Cybersecurity
Specific details about the 4+1 for BA CI 0713 to MS Cybersecurity G713.
BA Computing & Informatics to MA STEM Education
Specific details about the 4+1 for BA CI 0713 to MA STEM Education G845
3 + 1 + 1 Cybersecurity
Specific details about the 3 + 1 + 1 program for the MS in Cybersecurity, provided for community college students completing the 3 + 1 Bachelors program.