OVERVIEW
- individualized 2-yr thesis MS that is significantly expanded than the current SoCB MS degree
- stipend support of $31,000 through a combination of teaching and research assistantships
- focused admissions and visitation
- an individually-designed schedule of classes
- early access to research and advisor selection
- individualized mentoring by faculty committee and peer mentor
- teaching opportunities and training through strategic teaching assistantship
- target opportunities and training in oral and written communication
- focused professional development activities
- coaching for applying to PhD programs
- an oral thesis defense
Key Components
| Admissions | Recruitment for ACS-Bridge Site Applications; Review for SoCB Graduate Recruiting Committee |
| Financial Support | Full Stipend Equivalent to PhD SoCB student; 2 Year Tuition Waiver; 2 Semesters as Teaching Assistants |
| Induction | Pre-enrollment Assessment; Design of IDP, On-campus GT and SoCB Orientation |
| Mentoring | Regular Meetings with Mentoring Team Consisting of 4 faculty and 1 peer Ph.D student |
| Coursework | Mastery of Core SoCB Graduate-level Subjects Equivalent to PhD Core; More moderated pace and Include Opportunities for Remediation |
| Research | Original Research with Focus Toward Conference Presentation, Paper Publication, and MS Thesis |
| Monitoring | Formulative and Cumulative Assessment as Conducted for the standard MS and PhD Program |
| PhD Application | Expert Assistance and Coaching with PhD Applications |