In the final undergraduate year, provisionally admitted students must submit the formal application to the Graduate School (including payment of the application fee) by January 15.  While submission of GRE scores is optional for such students, the GRE is highly recommended if the students wish to be considered for assistantships or scholarships; however, because of concerns arising from the public health crisis that began in early 2020, this recommendation is currently waived for the academic years for 2021-2022 and 2022-2023.

Beginning in the Spring semester of the third year and continuing through their final undergraduate year, provisionally admitted students would take up to 9 credits toward the MS degree (required classes listed below).  These courses would also count towards the BS degree (joint credits satisfying the two COS electives required of the BS), but must be part of the Master’s Program of Study.

Upon graduation with a BS degree, and with satisfactory performance in courses taken as an undergraduate (defined as 3.5 cumulative GPA and no grade below “B” in the courses to be double-counted for the MS degree), the student may be formally matriculated into the MS program. Students who meet these requirements must matriculate in their MS program within one semester/term after receiving their BS degree in order to use the joint credits. 

To receive the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science, in years 4 and 5 the successful Computer Science 4+1 student is expected to complete any remaining requirements outlined in the UMaine Master of Science in Computer Science Curriculum.