This program is pending Chancellor’s Office approval.

The Computer Engineering Spartan Accelerated Graduate Education (SAGE) Program  allows students to earn both their Computer Engineering, BS  and Computer Engineering, MS  in approximately five years, instead of the typical six when completed separately. The program consists of 108 units for the BS and 33 units for the MS, with 12 units of graduate coursework double-counted toward both degrees, for a total of 141 program units. The Student Success Center supports participants throughout the process, ensuring a smooth transition from undergraduate to graduate status without requiring a separate graduate application. This accelerated pathway not only provides financial benefits but also helps graduates advance more quickly into careers in computer engineering and related fields.

Total Sage Program Units (BS+MS): 141 Units

For more information, contact the Engineering Student Success Center (Success-Engineering@sjsu.edu).

Admission Requirements

1. Students must successfully complete a minimum of 75 undergraduate degree applicable units and not more than 120 undergraduate degree applicable units at the time of admission into the SAGE program.
2. Students must be enrolled in or have completed the undergraduate Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (100W prior to admission into the SAGE program).
3. Students must have a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA at the time of admission into the SAGE program.

Graduate Standing Requirements

• SAGE students in the undergraduate career must have completed all lower division courses (designated as 0-99, including lower division general education courses and American Institutions courses) BEFORE transitioning into the SAGE graduate degree objective status. Students who have completed 120 degree eligible units but not completed all lower division courses will be removed from the SAGE program and will complete the standalone undergraduate degree. Students may then enter the standalone masters program, but will have to apply to the graduate program separately and are subject to graduate admissions requirements at SJSU. Additionally, any graduate courses used to meet undergraduate degree requirements may not be used in the graduate program.

Additional Department Requirements/Criteria: 

• Maintain a GPA of 3.0 or higher, with no individual grade below a “C”. Students in the first four years of the program who do not maintain these standards will be withdrawn from the SAGE Scholars program and returned to the non-SAGE program.
• Meet every semester with an academic advisor to plan and track coursework and graduate status. Once the degree is conferred, students meet every semester with their graduate advisor to plan a formal course of study.
• The proposed graduate program must be approved by the graduate coordinator before the student may be considered a candidate for the graduate degree.