A Combined Degree program enables undergraduate students to enroll in graduate courses in their senior year, which can be counted towards the completion of both their Bachelor's and Master's degree requirements. The ability to take these "swing courses" allows students to earn both their Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a shortened period of time, typically within five years. Undergraduate students interested in this option can find more information regarding program requirements on the University's Combined Programs website.
Program Requirements
Students in this combined degree program must complete the requirements for:
Entrepreneurship Concentration - Business Administration (B.S.)
Business Administration (M.B.A.)
Graduate Swing Courses
A combined degree program allows students to complete 6-12 graduate credits ("graduate swing courses") while enrolled as an undergraduate. These courses count for both their bachelor and master’s degrees. Graduate swing courses will count toward undergraduate free electives, unless noted otherwise.
The Graduate Swing Courses for this program:
Recommended Roadmap to Degree(s)
This recommended five-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within five years. This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.
Fifth year courses are taken at the graduate level, after matriculation into the graduate portion of this combined degree program.
Undergraduate Program Roadmap
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| New Student Seminar | 1 | BCOM 280 (Fulfills SEEDS: Effective Writing II) | 3 |
| SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 | ECON 101 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration 3 – Analyzing Cultures and Societies) | 3 |
| ECON 102 (Fulfills SEEDS: Political and Civic Life) | 3 | INFO 240 (Fulfills SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 |
| INFO 173 | 3 | ACCT 204 | 3 |
| MGMT 201 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration 2 - Ethical Inquiry) | 3 | ENTR 201 | 3 |
| MATH 100 (or Free Elective) | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| INFO 290 | 3 | SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 |
| FINC 300 | 3 | ENTR 301 | 3 |
| INFO 300 | 3 | ENTR 302 | 3 |
| MGMT 300 | 3 | BSLW 235 | 3 |
| MKTG 300 | 3 | BUGN 320 | 0 |
| BUGN 310 | 0 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| SEEDS: World Language 1 | 3 | SEEDS: World Language 2 or Free Elective | 3 |
| ENTR 420 | 3 | Concentration Elective 2 | 3 |
| Concentration Elective 1 | 3 | Concentration Elective 3 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| SEEDS: Exploration 3 | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 4 | 3 |
| MGMT 439 | 3 | Major Elective 2 | 3 |
| Major Elective 1 | 3 | MBA Swing Courses | 6 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 2 |
| Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||
Graduate Program Roadmap
| Fourth Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Credits | ||||
| First Half | |||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| MBA Elective | 1.5 | ||||
| Second Half | |||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| 6 | |||||
| Fifth Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| First Half | First Half | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | MBA Core Course | 1.5 | ||
| MBA Flexible Core course | 1.5 | MBA Flexible Core | 1.5 | ||
| MBA Elective | 1.5 | MBA Elective | 1.5 | ||
| Second Half | Second Half | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||
| MBA Elective | 1.5 | MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||
| 10.5 | 10.5 | ||||
| Total Credits 27 | |||||