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:
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
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 | SEEDS: Effective Writing II | 3 |
| SEEDS: World Language 1 (LATN/GREK sequence) | 3 | SEEDS: World Language 2 (LATN/GREK sequence) | 3 |
| New Student Seminar | 1 | SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 |
| SEEDS: Political and Civic Life - HUMN 211 or HUMN 384 recommended | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 2 - Analyzing Cultures and Societies recommended (HUMN 201 or HUMN 283) | 3 |
| SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | HUMN 282 | 3 |
| HUMN 281 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration 1 - Historical Thinking) | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| LATN/GREK course | 3 | LATN/GREK course | 3 |
| SEEDS: Exploration 3 - Literary and Artistic Analysis recommended (HUMN 230, HUMN 285, HUMN 314, or HUMN 315) | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 4 - Scientific Reasoning recommended (HUMN 181 or HUMN 115) | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| LATN/GREK course | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | Major Elective or Free Elective | 2 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | MBA Swing Courses | 6 |
| Major Elective or Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 14 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||
Graduate Program
| Fourth Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Credits | ||||
| First Half | |||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| MBA Core course | 1.5 | ||||
| MBA Elective course | 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 course | 1.5 | ||
| MBA Flexible Core course | 1.5 | Second Half | |||
| MBA Elective course | 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 | |||||