Course Planning

Utilize DegreeWorks's to assist you with planning for next semester.

Note: Due to browser compatibility issues, we strongly recommend using Google Chrome to access DegreeWorks.

You can access DegreeWorks online via Highlander Pipeline.

• Log into Highlander Pipeline
• Find the "Campus Wide Services" tab
• Select "DegreeWorks"

The below flowcharts and checklists can serve as guides for which courses to take in what order. For the semester-by-semester breakdowns, adjust accordingly based on your placement exams, AP credits, and any transfer courses.

The undergraduate and graduate catalogs contain a wealth of information about which courses to take as well as recommended electives.

1. Choose Your Graduate Program
   View available YWCC programs here and decide which one you want to pursue.
2. Submit Application
   Apply using the "Dual Enrollment Application BS/MS." You must have Junior standing (57+ credits) and a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 to be eligible to apply.  You cannot apply in your final UG semester.
3. Wait for Admission Decision
   It may take about a month for Admissions to process your application. If you don’t hear back in a month, follow up with your academic advisor.
4. Accepted - Meet with Your Academic Advisor
   Once accepted, meet with your assigned academic advisor to review your program and choose appropriate graduate courses (see equivalencies below).
5. Submit Your GR Course Requests Each Semester
   Complete the Approval for Undergraduate to Register for Graduate Courses - (BS/MS) and send it to ywcc-bsms@njit.edu.  Note the following:

• If your cumulative GPA is between 3.0–3.1999, you can take up to 3 graduate courses; if it's 3.2 or higher, you can take up to 4, overall, not per semester.
• Registration for BS/MS courses begins TWO WEEKS after general registration opens.  
• Ensure the course meets both undergraduate (UG) and graduate (GR) requirements.
• Ensure you meet any prerequisites for both the UG and GR equivalents.
• Make sure the course you are requesting is OPEN.  UG students cannot waitlist for GR classes.
• If you applied to the MS Online program, you can only take Online Virtual classes; for MS Newark, in-person or Online Newark classes.

6. Advisor Processing**
   YWCC Advisors will verify the course is open and meets your program requirements.  Once reviewed and signed, it will be emailed back to you.
7. Request Registrar to Register You
   Email Registrar@njit.edu to add you to the course, attaching the completed form. Be sure to CC ywcc-bsms@njit.edu and your YWCC Graduate Advisor.
8. Registrar’s Processing
   As long as the course is open and you meet the prerequisites for the course, the Registrar will add you to the course and mark it as counting toward both your undergraduate and graduate credits.

**Note: If you're outside YWCC, confirm with your UG academic advisor in your home school/college how the course will count toward your undergraduate degree and then email the YWCC Graduate Advisor to sign the graduate portion of the form.

CS Courses

CS 506 can replace CS 241

CS 610 can replace CS 435

CS 630 can replace CS 332 (recommended starter course)

CS 631 can replace CS331/IS 331 (recommended starter course)

CS 645 can replace CS 351 (recommended to take CS 356/656 prior to CS 645)

CS 634 can replace CS 301 or CS 482 or DS 340

CS 656 can replace IT 420 or CS 356 (recommended starter course)

DS 675 can replace CS 375.

DS 644 can replace CS 444 (as a CS upper level elective)

IS 650 can replace CS 450

CS 634 can replace CS 482 (as a CS upper level elective)

CS 670 can replace CS 370 (as a CS upper level elective)

DS Courses

MATH 661 can replace a Math Elective

MATH 660 can replace MATH 461

MATH 644 can replace MATH 344 (Students should take prereq of MATH 661 first.)

IS Courses

IS 601 for IS 218 (recommended starter course)

IS 650 can replace CS 450

IS 661 can replace IS 247 (recommended no pre reqs)

IS 665 can replace IS 465 (This requires taking the prereq IS 601)

IS 663 can replace IS 390

IS 688 can replace IS 392

IS 684 can replace IS 455

IS 664 can replace IS 375

IS 631 can replace IS 331

IT Specialization Courses

CS: 646, CS 696, CS 648, CS 656

IT: 610, 620, 640

IS: 682

HRM 601

MGMT 688 (For BS/MS student pursuing MBA)

BIS Courses

HRM 601 can replace HRM 301

FIN 600 can replace FIN 315

• Please note you need to receive a B or better in the course in order for it to count. If a student receives a C grade the credits can count towards undergraduate credit only.