Santa Clara University

Open University

• Tuition and Fees
• Application Requirements
• Registration Procedures
• Transfer to a Degree Program
• Related Links

Open University allows the students to:

• Examine a field of study before enrolling in a degree program 
• Enhance your professional training 
• Attend on a regular or noncontinuous basis, depending on your own needs 
• Get a head start by enrolling in classes while waiting for admission/transfer to a degree program

Tuition and Fees:
Students in the Open University pay the same tuition and fees as other graduate students in the program. The tuition for 2009-10 is $710 each quarter unit, plus a $135 course and lab fee.  Our academic quarters are 10 weeks in duration (with the exception of Summer Sessions I and II), with finals held during the 11th week:

Fall 2009 (9/21/09-12/04/09)
Winter 2010 (1/04/10-3/12/10)
Spring 2010 (3/29/10-6/4/09)

Summer 2010:
1st 10-week session 6/14/10-8/21/10
2nd 5-week session 6/14/10-7/16/10
3rd 5-week session 7/26/10-8/27/10

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Application Requirements:

1. Complete the Online Application. (Please note:  Santa Clara University does not issue F-1 visas to applicants who wish to enter directly into the Open University)
   
2. Send or fax one photo copy of your bachelor's degree or diploma to the following address:

Engineering Graduate Services
School of Engineering
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara, CA 95053-0583

Email: GradEngineer@scu.edu
Phone: 408-554-4313          Fax: 408-554-4323

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Registration Procedures:
After your application is received and processed, your student ID# and password will be sent to your preferred email address directly from our IT department. You will be assigned a registration appointment and will enroll in your classes online via ecampus. You will be taking the same courses as the degree-seeking students and are held by the same registration dates and deadlines.  You will pay the same tuition rate as the other graduate students.

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Transfer to a Degree Program:
If you would like to apply to a degree program later on, you will need to follow the same procedures required of the degree-seeking applicants, except that you will not need to pay the application fee again.  The general GRE test requirement for admission to the master's degree program can be waived if the following two conditions are satisfied, effective winter 2008:

• The student has completed a set of required courses in the department to which they are applying.
• The student has achieved a GPA of 3.5 or above in these courses.

(PLEASE NOTE:  Official transcripts will still be required as part of the admissions process.)

 In general, up to 16 units taken in the Open University program can be transferred into the M.S. program. However, students who wish to do so should make sure that these courses conform to the departmental requirements in their chosen area of specialization.

Required Courses for Waiving the GRE, by department:

• Applied Mathematics
  Any set of AMTH courses for a total of 8 units are acceptable.

•  Civil Engineering
   A minimum of 12 units of course work in either of the two option tracks detailed below; 
  all course work must be completed in one of the two specified optional tracks:
  
  Structural Engineering
  CENG 205, CENG 206, CENG 222, CENG 233, CENG 234, CENG 236, CENG 237, CENG 239, CENG 246
  General Civil Engineering
  CENG 218, CENG 219, CENG 237, CENG 242, CENG 249, CENG 250, CENG 251, CENG 260, CENG 269

• Computer Engineering
  Computer engineering requires three specific 4 unit courses for each of its degrees:

M.S. Computer Engineering Degree (12 units)
1. COEN 210: Computer Architecture (4 units)
2. COEN 279:(Cross-listed as AMTH 377) Design and Analysis of Algorithms (4 units)
3. COEN 283: Operating Systems (4 units)

M.S. Software Engineering Degree (12 units) **
1. COEN 260: Truth, Deduction and Computation (4 units)
2. COEN 275: OO Analysis, Design and Programming (4 units)
    or COEN 359: Design Patterns (4 units)
3. COEN 285: Software Engineering (4 units)

**The above only waives the GRE requirement and not other requirements of admission. A student applying to the MSSE program who does not hold a B.S in a computing-related field is required to take the GRE subject test. That requirement cannot be waived by the taking the above three courses and earning a GPA>=3.5

Electrical Engineering Four courses must be chosen from the following set (for a total of 8 units):
1. Electromagnetic fields (ELEN 201 or 202)
2. Control systems (ELEN 232, 236, or 333)
3. Electronics (ELEN 252, 261, 264, or 270)
4. Networks (ELEN 211)
5. Digital systems (ELEN 500 or 603)

• Mechanical Engineering

  The admission requirement for the transfer to the Master's Program is a total of 8 or more units with a GPA of 3.5 or above from the courses and course sequences listed under each topic area.  Most of the offerings in ME are 2-unit courses.  All courses considered must be in one topic area, and sequences as listed must be completed for the units to count towards the total. MECH 202 must be one of the courses applied to computing the GPA.

• Related Links:
  • Course Descriptions
  • Course Schedules
    
  • Open University Checklist
  • Application Deadline
  • Apply Online

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