• Admissions Requirements
• Academic Standing
• Program Requirements (150 units)
• Advising Roadmap

The Electrical Engineering Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education (SAGE) Scholars Program enables qualified students in the Electrical Engineering, BS  program to complete simultaneously the requirements for both the Electrical Engineering, BS and Electrical Engineering, MS  degrees. Students progress from undergraduate to graduate status seamlessly, with a simplified application process and no application fee, and complete both degrees in one fewer semester than would occur if completing them separately. This program thus provides a substantial cost savings. 

Summary of Degree Units

For more information, contact the SAGE Scholars Program Coordinator​ Thuy Le.

Admissions Requirements

All SJSU Electrical Engineering, BS undergraduates are eligible to apply for, and be admitted to, the Electrical Engineering SAGE Scholars program if they fulfill the following requirements:

1. Successfully completed a minimum of 75 Electrical Engineering BS applicable units and not more than 120 undergraduate degree applicable units at the time of admission in the program;
2. Completed EE 110 , EE 112 , and EE 118  with grades of “B” or better;
3. Minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at time of admission. GPA is calculated by the last 60 semester (or 90 quarter) units taken or a student’s cumulative GPA, whichever is higher.
4. Have completed all lower-division work (including lower-division general education courses and American Institutions courses).

Students who have reached up to their first semester as classified seniors will remain eligible for entry into the SAGE program. Second semester, senior-level students enrolled in the term they expect to graduate from their baccalaureate degree are not eligible to enter into the SAGE program as these students will not gain the accelerated graduate-level benefit offered through the SAGE blended program option.

Academic Standing 

Requirements for program continuation and advancement to candidacy in the graduate program, include:

• Meeting every semester with an academic advisor to plan and track coursework and graduate status. Once the BS degree is conferred, students meet every semester with their graduate advisor to plan a formal course of study;
• Maintain GPA of 3.0 or higher with no individual grade below a C. Students not maintaining these standards will be placed on probation initially, followed by disqualification if the grades are not improved within two semesters; and, 
• The proposed graduate program must be approved by the graduate coordinator before the student may be considered a candidate for the MS degree.
• Students are converted to graduate status when they have completed 120 SAGE program-applicable units. The following University Requirements are waived or satisfied with required courses in the major: GE Areas A3, B, C2, C1/C2, and E, SJSU Studies (R, S and V) and Physical Education. Alternate courses that may satisfy these requirements are not counted in the calculation of the 120 SAGE program-applicable units.