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:
Finance 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 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (A) New Student Seminar | 1 | GENERAL EDUCATION (C2) Literature | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (C1) Writing | 3 | ACCT 201 | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (C3) Communication | 3 | ECON 101 (Fulfills General Education K3 category) | 3 |
| ECON 102 (Fulfills General Education L category) | 3 | INFO 240 | 3 |
| INFO 173 (Fulfills General Education G category) | 3 | INFO 290 | 3 |
| Free Elective or MATH 100 if needed | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (K1) Social Science – American and European History | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION (F1) Humanities – Great Works and Their Influences | 3 |
| BSLW 235 | 3 | BUGN 310 | 0 |
| BUGN 280 | 3 | FINC 300 | 3 |
| FINC 221 | 3 | INFO 300 | 3 |
| MGMT 201 | 3 | MGMT 300 | 3 |
| MKTG 300 | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (I) Natural Science Laboratory | 4 | GENERAL EDUCATION (K2) Social Science – Global Cultural Perspectives | 3 |
| World Language 1 | 3 | World Language 2 | 3 |
| FINC 322 | 3 | World Cultures | 3 |
| FINC 326 | 3 | FINC 327 | 3 |
| Concentration Elective | 3 | Concentration Elective | 3 |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (F2) Humanities – Philosophical and Religious Perspectives | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION (D) Fine and Performing Arts | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (J) Physical Education | 1 | FINC 423 | 3 |
| BUGN 320 | 0 | FINC 490 | 3 |
| FINC 430 | 3 | Graduate Swing Courses | 6 |
| MGMT 439 | 3 | ||
| Concentration Elective | 3 | ||
| 13 | 15 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||
Graduate Program Roadmap
| Fourth Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Credits | ||||
| First Half | |||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| MBA Elective | 1.5 | ||||
| Second Half | |||||
| MBA Core course | 3 | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| 10.5 | |||||
| Fifth Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| First Half | First Half | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | MBA Core course | 3 | ||
| MBA Flexible Core course | 1.5 | MBA Elective | 1.5 | ||
| MBA Flexible Core course | 1.5 | Second Half | |||
| MBA Elective | 1.5 | MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||
| 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 | ||||
| 10.5 | 9 | ||||
| Total Credits 30 | |||||