Accelerated Pathways

A number of undergraduate programs offer an accelerated pathway to a graduate degree for students. These pathways may allow an undergraduate student, who meets certain requirements, to take graduate coursework that will count towards the completion of both a Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in their chosen program. Each academic department determines the number of graduate credits that can be taken and a maximum of 40% of graduate credits may be used for undergraduate degree requirements.

An accelerated pathway student may be provisionally accepted into the respective graduate program and formally admitted upon completion of their undergraduate degree provided all other graduate admission requirements have been met. For a complete list of graduate program admission requirements please see the Graduate catalog.

STANDARDS FOR ENTRY TO ACCELERATED PROGRAM
Students must have attained junior status [60 or more credits] and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.00 prior to taking any graduate courses.  If an intended graduate program requires a higher GPA, the student must meet the higher GPA before taking graduate courses. 

GRADES
A student must have obtained a grade of “B” or higher in the graduate course in order for it to count towards the graduate degree program, while a grade of “C” or higher is necessary in order for it to count towards the undergraduate degree program.

Each accelerated pathway has different requirements which can be found in the Undergraduate catalog under the associate Bachelor’s program. Students are encouraged to meet with their academic advisors before electing to participate in the accelerated pathway. The current accelerated pathway options are: