Option to Change Your Degree Objective
Some students decide during the course of their studies that they would like to do research and earn a Master of Science degree in addition to (or instead of) the BCP certificate. Fortunately, all BCP courses are transferable into the Master of Science degree program with a signed waiver from Academic Programs and Graduate Studies*. If you are interested in this possibility you need to find a thesis advisor (someone on or off-campus) that is willing to supervise your masters research. Once this has been achieved, you should email the graduate coordinator (maria.gallegos@csueastbay.edu) to discuss the possibility of completing a Change of Graduate Objective (COGO) online form to add the Master of Science (MS) as a degree objective. Complete and submit this form following the instructions included as soon as you decide to change your degree objective. You can be admitted to the MS degree program during any quarter but YOU MUST ENROLL IN AT LEAST ONE COURSE THE QUARTER YOU ARE ADMITTED or you will be dropped from all UnIversity programs! Keep this in mind when you are completing your COGO and requesting a quarter for admission.
*University rules state that no more than 13-quarter units of coursework applicable toward the master’s degree can be completed before admission to the program. To waive this rule, you need to ask the graduate coordinator to submit a waiver to “Academic Programs and Graduate Studies” on your behalf. Any BCP student that needs a waiver, should first download then complete this Form and place in the graduate coordinator's mailbox (currently, Maria Gallegos).
