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.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| New Student Seminar | 1 | SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 |
| SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | SEEDS: World Language 2 or Free Elective | 3 |
| PHIL 100, 102, or 105 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration 1 - Ethical Inquiry and major elective 1) | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 2 - Historical Thinking recommended | 3 |
| SEEDS: World Language 1 | 3 | PHIL major elective 2 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PHIL 212 (Fulfills SEEDS: Political and Civic Life and PHIL major Value Theory course 1) | 3 | PHIL 264 (Fulfills SEEDS: Effective Writing II and PHIL major Logic course) | 3 |
| SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 3 - Creative Expression recommended | 3 |
| PHIL major elective 3 | 3 | PHIL Major Traditions in Contemporary Philosophy course | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PHIL 266 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration 4 - Scientific Reasoning) | 3 | PHIL major History course | 3 |
| PHIL Major Value Theory course 2 | 3 | PHIL major elective course 4 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| PHIL major Seminar course | 3 | PHIL major Knowledge and Reality course 2 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 2 |
| Free Elective | 3 | MBA Graduate Swing Courses | 6 |
| 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 | |||||