Combined BS/MS Five-Year Program

5 year Program Curriculum Guide

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The Five-Year Format in Digital Forensics replaces the existing Secure Software Systems Five-Year Format concentration. Until the approval process has completed the Graduate School level, applications for the Digital Forensics Five-Year concentration need to be done through the "Secure Software Engineering 5th Year Format" concentration. Applications submitted now for the Secure Software Systems 5th Year Format concentration will automatically be transferred to the new Digital Forensics Five-Year Format concentration in 2011.

Applications to the graduate program must be made in the junior year, no later than March 31st. Admission is awarded to those students accepted into the program at the end of the junior year, and is conditional upon completing undergraduate program requirements.

It is strongly recommended that interested students consult with the Program Coordinator each year, starting with the freshman year, in order to stay on track for admission to this concentration.

To be eligible to apply, students must

• Be enrolled in a baccalaureate program at JMU
• Have an overall GPA of 3.0 or more
• Be on track to complete 99 or more total credit hours by the end of the junior year

CS majors:

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• must be prepared to complete all but nine hours of required CS courses by the end of the junior year
• will be required to complete the CS undergraduate requirements as a condition of admission.
• are encouraged to enroll in CS452: Analysis of Algorithms as one of their CS undergraduate elective courses.

Non-CS majors:

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• must be prepared to complete CS139, CS227, CS228, CS239, CS240, CS350, CS430, and CS450 by the end of the junior year
• will be required to complete CS460 during the senior year as a condition of admission.

Students intending to take the Five-Year concentration should not enroll in any of these undergraduate courses:

    * CS457 Information Security
    * CS458 Cyber Defense

Admission is competitive and top applicants will be admitted as space is available.

Application instructions can be found at the Graduate School Admissions website.