{"id":95705,"date":"2024-05-03T09:44:53","date_gmt":"2024-05-03T13:44:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/?page_id=95705"},"modified":"2025-05-06T15:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-05-06T19:49:57","slug":"bs-ms","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cds\/programs\/bs-ms\/","title":{"rendered":"Bachelor&#8217;s-to-Master&#8217;s in Data Science"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The BS-to-MS in Data Science, typically completed in four-and-a-half to five years, is designed for highly qualified students.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Students apply to the program through the MS in Data Science application. They are encouraged to apply during their junior year and must apply <em>before<\/em> the conferral of the bachelor\u2019s degree. For more information about application requirements and deadlines, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cds-faculty\/programs-admissions\/combined-bs-ms\/\">CDS BS-to-MS Program Application website<\/a>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Bachelor\u2019s-to-Master\u2019s Programs are linked bachelor\u2019s and master\u2019s degree programs in which the two degrees are conferred sequentially. This Bachelor\u2019s-to-Master\u2019s Program allows students to apply a maximum of 8 units from their undergraduate degree toward the MS in Data Science (MSDS). The units applied toward the master\u2019s degree must be at the 500 level or above.<\/p>\n<p>Students must apply to Bachelor\u2019s-to-Master\u2019s Programs <em>before<\/em> the conferral of the bachelor\u2019s degree. Typically, students apply to the Data Science Bachelor\u2019s-to-Master\u2019s program in their junior year via the <a href=\"https:\/\/bu-cds.liaisoncas.com\/applicant-ux\/#\/login\">normal application process<\/a>. Students in the Bachelor\u2019s-to-Master\u2019s Program in Data Science must complete at least 24 units while enrolled as a graduate student. Students should consult with the Financial Assistance office to learn how entrance into the Bachelor\u2019s-to-Master\u2019s Program might impact their financial aid.<\/p>\n<h2>Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>The program requires at least 38 four-unit courses (152 total units, 128 as an undergraduate student and 24 as a graduate student) in total, comprising:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cds\/programs\/bs-in-data-science\/\"><strong>All CDS Data Science BS requirements<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/cds\/programs\/ms-in-data-science\/\"><strong>All CDS Data Science MS requirements<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>For information about application requirements and deadlines, please see the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/cds-faculty\/programs-admissions\/combined-bs-ms\/\">CDS BS-to-MS Program Application website<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BS-to-MS in Data Science, typically completed in four-and-a-half to five years, is designed for highly qualified students. Students apply to the program through the MS in Data Science application. They are encouraged to apply during their junior year and must apply before the conferral of the bachelor\u2019s degree. For more information about application requirements [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1859,"featured_media":0,"parent":84057,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95705"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1859"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=95705"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95705\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":98226,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/95705\/revisions\/98226"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/84057"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=95705"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}