Univerity of IL is also vague about this on the degree requirements page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13385544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=133

Univerity of IL is also vague about this on the degree requirements page: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13385544 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13385544 I would assume it's a hard dependency for any US school Msc offering. I do know in many European countries you can take a Pre-Masters which is a 2 semester program to make you eligible. For example TU/e has an english taught Msc in security with some classes taught by Tanja Lange and DJ Bernstein https://www.tue.nl/en/university/departments/mathematics-and-computer-science/education/graduate-programs/masters-programs/information-security-technology/degree-structure/ https://www.tue.nl/en/university/departments/mathematics-and... with the requirements being that Pre-masters program for non degree holders (sadly, not online option as you do research and conduct a Masters Thesis).