Accelerated Programs

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Undergraduate students who satisfy the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to three graduate courses (to fulfill their 400-level elective requirements) that will be counted toward their bachelor’s degree. These graduate courses will be double counted toward their master’s degree. This allows students to earn both the bachelor’s and the master’s degrees in five years.

Criteria

• Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or economics at the College of Staten Island
• Successful completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits 
• Cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above
• Permission from the course instructor, the coordinator of the graduate program, and the department chairperson
• All graduate courses in the MS in Accounting can be taken as double-counting courses
• Undergraduate Accounting students with a 3.5 or higher GPA in their senior year may be offered Fast Track admission to the Master of Science in Accounting program

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

The undergraduate students satisfying the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to two graduate courses (to fulfill their 300- or 400-level elective requirements in Psychology) to be counted towards their bachelor’s degree. These graduate courses will be double-counted toward their Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) advanced certificate program. This allows students to earn both the bachelor’s and the advanced certificate in ASD in 4.5 years.  All graduate courses in the ASD Certificate Program can be taken as double-counting courses.

Criteria

• Current enrollment in bachelor’s degree in Psychology
• Successful completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits 
• Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above 
• Permission from the coordinator of the graduate program and the department chairperson

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Up to 12 approved graduate credits can be taken as an undergraduate and will count toward the graduate degree. Graduate courses taken will appear simultaneously on both the undergraduate and the graduate record as original coursework with grades calculated into the GPA. Double counting of 12 credits is accepted. Any credits taken after that number will be charged at the appropriate graduate program level.

Criteria

• Current enrollment as an undergraduate biology student at the College of Staten Island
• Completion of 75 or more earned credits. 
• Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above.

Permission from the coordinator of the graduate program and the department chairperson.

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Undergraduate students majoring in Accounting, Business, or Economics at the College of Staten Island and satisfying the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to three graduate courses to be counted towards their bachelor’s degree. These graduate courses may be used only to substitute for 400-level elective requirements (ACC, BDA, BUS, ECO, FNC, MGT, MKT) designations. All graduate courses in the Business Management program can be taken as double-counting courses. This allows students to earn two degrees, a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years.

Criteria

• Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or economics at the College of Staten Island 
• Completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits.
• Cumulative GPA of 3.3 or above
• Permission from the course instructor, the coordinator of the graduate program, and the department chairperson.
• Undergraduate Business Management students with a 3.5 or higher GPA in their senior year may be offered Fast Track admission to the Master of Science in Business Management-Strategic Management program

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Undergraduate students majoring in Computer Science satisfying the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to three graduate courses to be counted towards their bachelor’s degree. These courses may be used only to substitute for 400-level Computer Science elective courses (CSC designation). These graduate courses will be double counted toward their master’s degree. This allows students to earn both the bachelor’s and the master’s degrees in five years. 

Criteria

• Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree in computer science or computer science / mathematics at the College of Staten Island.
• Successful completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits. 
• Cumulative GPA 3.3 or above
• Permission from the course instructor, the coordinator of the graduate program, and the department chairperson. 
• All graduate elective courses can be taken as double-counting courses, except the required core courses: CSC 716, CSC 727, CSC 740, and CSC 770.
• Undergraduate Computer Science students with a 3.5 or higher GPA in their senior year may be offered Fast Track admission to the Master of Science in Computer Science program

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Undergraduate students satisfying the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to two graduate courses (to fulfill their 400 level elective requirements) to be counted towards both their bachelor’s and master’s degree. This allows students to earn both the bachelor’s and the master’s degrees in five years. 

Criteria

• Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering at College of Staten Island and successful completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits. 
• Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above
• Permission from the coordinator of the graduate program and the department chairperson.
• Graduate courses in the following list are eligible: ELE 600 (Probability and Stochastic Processes in Engineering), ELE 610 (Advanced Signal Processing), ELE 620 (Networking Systems and Protocols), ELE 630 (Semiconductor Devices), ELE 636 (Electrical Machines and Energy Systems), ELE 641 (Advanced Digital Communications), ELE 652 (Information Theory), ELE 701 (Photonic Devices), ELE 713 (Principles and Practice of Secure Networking), ELE 722 (Data Modeling and Compression), ELE 732 (Estimation, Detection, Learning and Inference), ELE 736 (Electric Power Transmission and Distribution), ELE 741 (Photonic Systems and Networks), ELE 755 (Principles and Practice of Machine Vision).
• Undergraduate Electrical Engineering students with a 3.5 or higher GPA in their senior year may be offered Fast Track admission to the Master of Engineering in Electrical Engineering program.

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

If accepted, students will be eligible to enroll in Environmental Science graduate courses that will count toward both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. Graduate courses taken will appear simultaneously on both the undergraduate record and the graduate record as original coursework with grades calculated into the GPA. A maximum of 12 credits can be accepted for double counting.

Criteria

• Current enrollment in the bachelor’s degree at the College of Staten Island
• Successful completion of 75 or more earned credits 
• Cumulative GPA 3.0 or above
• Permission from the course instructor, the coordinator of the graduate program, and the department chairperson

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Undergraduate students majoring in accounting, business, or economics at the College of Staten Island and satisfying the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to three graduate courses to be counted towards their bachelor’s degree. These graduate courses may be used only to substitute for 400-level courses that satisfy elective requirements for the undergraduate major. All graduate courses at the 600-level in the Healthcare Management program are eligible. This allows students to earn two degrees, a bachelor’s and master’s degrees in five years.

Criteria

• Current enrollment in the bachelor’s degree in accounting, business, or economics at the College of Staten Island
• Successful completion of three years of study with 90 or more earned credits 
• Cumulative GPA 3.3 or above
• Permission from the course instructor, the coordinator of the graduate program, and the department chairperson

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Undergraduate students majoring in History at the College of Staten Island who satisfy the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to three CSI 700-level History graduate courses that will count toward their bachelor’s degree. These graduate courses may be used to substitute for one 300-level requirement in History designations, with two additional graduate courses counting as general electives, but not counting toward the major. Courses taken under this arrangement may also be applied toward completion of the MA in History degree. 

Criteria

• Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree in history at the College of Staten Island
• Successful completion of three years of study with 75 or more earned credits
• Cumulative GPA 3.3 or above.
• Permission from the course instructor, the coordinator of the History MA program, and the History Department chairperson.
• Undergraduate History students with a 3.5 or higher GPA in their senior year may be offered Fast Track admission to the Master of Arts in History and Public History Advanced Certificate programs

Double Counting Policy and Criteria

Undergraduate students majoring in History at the College of Staten Island who satisfy the following criteria may be granted permission to take up to three CSI 700-level History graduate courses that will count toward their bachelor’s degree. These graduate courses may be used to substitute for one 300-level requirement in History designations, with two additional graduate courses counting as general electives, but not counting toward the major. Courses taken under this arrangement may also be applied toward completion of the MA in History degree. 

 

Criteria

• Current enrollment in a bachelor’s degree in History at the College of Staten Island
• Successful completion of three years of study with 75 or more earned credits.
• Cumulative GPA 3.3 or above
• Permission from the course instructor, the coordinator of the History MA program, and the History Department chairperson