4+1 Program with Drew University

Stevens Institute of Technology (Stevens) and Drew University (Drew) have established a 4+1 and a 4+1.5 Bachelor of Arts/Master of Science partnership. Drew University currently offers students a B.A. in computer science, a minor in computer science and multiple liberal arts degrees. Based on the student’s course of study and their academic performance, they will pursue different paths as they work towards a Software Engineering M.S. degree at Stevens. Students with a major or minor in computer science will take two master level software engineering courses at Drew enabling them to complete their Masters, potentially in one academic year at Stevens with the successful completion of 8 courses. Students without a computer science major or minor from Drew will complete their Masters at Stevens with 10 Stevens’ courses, which they are expected to complete successfully in a year and half.

The purpose of these programs is to provide qualified students at Drew University with a seamless pathway into the Master of Science in Software Engineering at Stevens Institute of Technology. The details of these programs are explained in more detail below.

4+1 Program

The Drew University/Stevens Institute of Technology 4+1 B.A./M.S. in Software Engineering program allows qualified computer science majors or minors to complete the Bachelor of Arts degree at Drew and the Master of Science degree at Stevens in five years instead of the five and one half years that it would normally require.

Students are eligible to apply to the Drew/Stevens program coordinator for provisional acceptance once they have completed 48 credits towards Drew graduation. The requirements for provisional acceptance are a GPA of at least 3.0 overall and in their computer science courses, recommendation of the Drew/Stevens program coordinator, and no academic integrity violations.

CSCI 540 and 600 successfully completed at Drew with a grade of 3.3 or above will be transferred to Stevens and applied to the M.S. in Software Engineering as the equivalent of SSW 540 and 690. Taking these two courses at Drew reduces the number of credits needed for the M.S. degree, thus allowing the M.S. in Software Engineering to be completed in one calendar year. Drew students admitted to Stevens through this program will complete an additional eight graduate-level courses at Stevens Institute of Technology. N.B., the two graduate-level courses completed at Drew must be above and beyond the 128-credit requirement for the Drew Bachelor of Arts degree.

4+1.5 Program

The Drew University/Stevens Institute of Technology 4+1.5 Bachelor of Arts/Master of Science in Software Engineering program allows Drew students without a major or minor in Computer Science the ability to complete the Drew B.A. and the Stevens

M.S. in Software Engineering in five and one half years. Upon completing the Drew degree, students will enroll at Stevens to complete the graduate degree. Meeting the entry requirements for the program will guarantee admission to Stevens.