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:
Geographic, Environmental and Urban Studies Major (B.A.)
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 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (A) New Student Seminar | 1 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (C2) Literature | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C1) Writing | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (F1) Humanities – Great Works and Their Influences | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (G) Computer Science | 3 | World Language 2 | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (J) Physical Education | 1 | EAES 161 or 170 | 3 |
| World Language 1 | 3 | Collateral Math course | 3-4 |
| EAES 100 or 101 | 3 | ||
| 14 | 15-16 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C3) Communication | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (F2) Humanities – Philosophical and Religious Perspectives | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (D) Fine and Performing Arts | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (I) Natural Science Laboratory or Geography Track course | 3-4 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (K) Social Science | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (K) Social Science | 3 |
| EAES 281 | 3 | EAES 210 | 3 |
| Collateral Sequence course 1 | 3-4 | Collateral Sequence course 2 | 3-4 |
| 15-16 | 15-17 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (L) Interdisciplinary Studies or Free Elective | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (K) Social Science or Free Elective | 3 |
| EAES 390 | 3 | Geography Track course | 3-4 |
| Geography Track course | 3-4 | Major Elective | 3-4 |
| Collateral Sequence course 3 or Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15-16 | 15-17 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| EAES 487 or 497 | 3 | Geography Track course | 3-4 |
| Geography Track course | 3-4 | Major Elective | 4-3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | MBA Swing courses | 6 |
| Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 15-16 | 16 | ||
| Total Credits 120-128 | |||
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 | |||||