Current students

Required Training

Beginning Summer 2025, the University of Colorado Boulder requires all admitted students to complete the Community Accountability Training in order to register for future sessions. 

Curriculum

Getting Started

Enroll in a course and pay tuition ($667 per credit hour). Tuition is due at the time of enrollment. You will receive a confirmation message within an hour when your enrollment has been processed. *Please note that course tuition may vary depending on the college.

Payment Options:

  1. Pay with Credit or Debit Card with 2.85% service fee.
  2. Pay with ECheck.
  3. Pay with Flywire.

Visit the Bursar's Office MS-EE on Coursera webpage for more information.

  Enroll Now 

After enrolling in a course and paying tuition, you will receive an email from the Office of Information Technology (OIT) with your Student Identification Number (SID) and instructions on how to activate your IdentiKey (which will be your CU login name) and password. You will use your identikey to access online services and applications at CU Boulder. 

  Activate Your Identikey 

Didn't get the email from OIT? Email them at oithelp@colorado.edu to locate your Student Identification Number (SID).

After activating your IdentiKey, you will need to set-up your CU Boulder email account which is @colorado.edu. All official forms of communication will be sent to @colorado.edu email address.

  Activate Your CU Email 

Linking your CU email to your Coursera account will grant you access to the MS-EE Student Onboarding Course.

To get started, open the linking invitation email from Coursera with the subject line “ACTION NEEDED: Link your Coursera account…”. 

  How to link your Coursera account 

Prior to accessing for-credit content for the first time, you must pass the non-credit "MS-EE Student Onboarding Course" 

  • You only need to complete this course once.
  • We recommend bookmarking this course so you can refer back to it when you have questions about the program.
  • If you have completed the onboarding course and still do not have access to the for-credit content, the class may not have started yet. See Calendar.

Once you complete the "MS-EE Student Onboarding Course", you will gain access to the for-credit content. Please keep the following in mind:

  • If you have completed the onboarding course and still do not have access to the for-credit content, the class may not have started yet. See class start and end date.
  • Schedule your proctored exam at least 72 hours prior to the class end date
  • Final grade will be posted 2 weeks after the end of the 8-week session

Beginning Summer 2025, all CU Boulder students must complete the mandatory Community Accountability training online in Canvas. This non-credit online course covers university policy and resources addressing discrimination, harassment, and sexual misconduct. Students also learn skills for helping bystanders and supporting friends to prevent and respond effectively to harm.

 

Note:The Community Accountability course is only required after you are admitted to the MS-EE program. You will only be able to access the course in the beginning of the semester after you are admitted (for example – if you are admitted after the Spring 1 session, you may not see this course appear until Summer 1). The course will be automatically added to your Canvas dashboard when you are due to complete it. Failure to complete the course by the deadline will result in a registration hold being placed on your account.

 

After logging in, the course should appear on your Canvas dashboard. If you don’t see it listed, select “Courses” on the left, then “All Courses.” Don't hesitate to contact OIEC if you are having trouble accessing it.

  Complete Community Accountability

General Information

The MS-EE on Coursera program is unique among graduate programs at the University of Colorado Boulder in its modality, admissions policies, course design, and has a number of special policies. These policies are listed in the student handbook.

  Student Handbook 

The Buff Portal is known as the student portal that will serve as a one-stop-shop for students to find the important resources such as managing transactions, viewing class schedule, checking current status, and much more.

  Buff Portal Features 

Upon first logging into Buff Portal, students must consent to conduct business electronically during their time at CU Boulder. 

  Log in to Buff Portal 

Drop and Refund: Each student may drop a class if they are within 14 days from the class start date or their enrollment date (whichever is later) and have not accessed the proctored assessment. When a course is dropped under the conditions listed above, it will not appear on the student’s record.

  Drop a course 

Withdrawal: Students who request to drop the course after the 14-day period and have not accessed the proctored assessment may withdraw from the course but will not receive a refund. When a student withdraws from a course under these conditions, the student will receive a grade of W on their academic record. W grades have no bearing on the GPA and credit total.

  Withdraw from a course 

Obtain a copy of your tuition statement and 1098T Tax Form. 

  Account Statements 

The Office of the Registrar can provide confirmation of enrollment or degree status for current or former students.

To get started, send an email to reg-specialprograms@colorado.edu.

Before ordering the official CU Boulder transcript, students must check for holds by logging into the Buff Portal. If there are financial obligations with CU, the student transcript will not be released. 

  Student Transcript 

Note: Click on the "Students with an IdentiKey" button to get started.

 

CU Boulder is proud to offer the certified electronic diploma (CeDiploma). Students who complete an official certificate program also have the option of downloading a certified electronic certificate (CeCertificate). For more information, visit the Certified Electronic Doplomas & Certificates website.

Note: CU Boulder issues both diplomas and graduate certificates 3x a year - July, October and February.

  Download your CeDiploma & CeCertificate 

This policy only applies to admitted students (successfully completed a pathway specialization) on the MS-EE degree program. Admitted students can replace up to six credits in the cumulative GPA calculation. In this process, all courses attempted will still appear on the transcript, but only the last attempt will be calculated in the cumulative GPA and credit totals.

To get started, visit the Retake a Course for Grade Replacement website.

The Professional Conversations Seminar series provides an opportunity for MS-EE students to hear directly from industry leaders to discuss about their profession, how their role plays in their organization, the methods and techniques being used, and their own career trajectory.

  Professional Conversations 

Graduation

  1. Declare your intention to seek the degree, which you can do before, during, or after any work in a pathway specialization;
  2. Complete at least one Pathway Specialization for-credit with a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of at least 3.00;
  3. Complete a minimum of 30 for-credit hours which includes a pathway specialization with cumulative GPA of at least 3.00 for all for-credit courses taken to date.
  1. At the start of your final, 8-week session, send an email to msee-support@colorado.edu for details about participation in the next graduation ceremony.
  2. Attend the graduation ceremony (optional).

You will receive a congratulatory email about three weeks after your final 8-week session concludes.

You will receive your diploma around two months after you complete your course work.

You should verify both your name that will appear on your diploma, as well as the address your diploma will be mailed to in your Buff Portal. You will need to Update Your Contact Information if your name and/or home address are not listed correctly before the session deadline.

You also have access to a Certified Electronic Diploma & Certificate (CeDiplomas/CeCertificates). Go to the electronic diplomas & certificates card in Buff Portal and click the "Access your CeDiploma/CeCertificate" link to access CeCredential Trust, an approved third-party vendor of CU Boulder. Please see CeDiplomas/CeCertificates for additional information regarding electronic diplomas.