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Information Technology, Combined B.S./M.S. Program

This pre-M.S. program allows advanced students to earn a B.S. in Information Technology and an M.S. in Information Technology at an accelerated rate.

Undergraduate students with a major in information technology can supplement their undergraduate coursework with up to 6 credits of specified graduate IT coursework.  The graduate-level IT coursework would satisfy both graduate and undergraduate program requirements.  Only six credits of the 12 may be applied to the undergraduate degree.

Students are allowed to enroll in up to four (4) graduate-level IT courses while completing undergraduate coursework; however, only two of those courses (six credits) would be eligible for application to the undergraduate degree.  If students opt to take an additional two courses at the graduate level while completing the undergraduate degree, these courses would only apply to the graduate program requirements. All four graduate courses would satisfy M.S. in Information Technology program requirements.

Admission Requirements:  In addition to meeting universitywide undergraduate admission requirements, students are permitted to submit an application and, if approved, take graduate information technology courses if they have 

• a declared major in information technology with a specialty in applied IT, computer science, game design and development, or information systems;

• at least 60 credits but no more that 90 credits; and

• a minimum overall GPA of 3.4.


Minimum Grade and Residency Requirements: Students should consult the requirements for their major program.  The following also applies:
  • A minimum grade of C is required in all information technology undergraduate courses, and a minimum grade of B is required for all graduate courses.
  • Students must complete 21 credits of their undergraduate IT courses and all of their graduate courses at Marymount.

Graduate IT Courses:

IT 510
Requirements Analysis
IT 515 Decision Making for IT
IT 520 Enterprise Infrastructure and Networks
IT 530 Computer Security

Graduate Student Status: Upon completion of up to four 500-level IT courses (each with a minimum grade of B-) and the awarding of their bachelor’s degree, students must apply for admissions to the M.S. in Information Technology program to attain admission to the M.S. program.

Students complete their M.S. degree by following a general program of studies or choosing one of the seven tracks in their final year: cybersecurity, data science, digital transformation, health care informatics, project management and technology leadership, or software engineering.

Upon the awarding of the B.S. in Information Technology degree and the completion of the M.S. in Information Technology admission process, the student will become subject to all graduate student policies and procedures. The program requirements for the M.S. in Information Technology can be found in the Graduate Catalog 2019-20.