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:
Religious 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.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| New Student Seminar | 1 | SEEDS: Effective Writing II | 3 |
| SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 2 | 3 |
| SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 3 | 3 |
| SEEDS: Exploration 1 | 3 | SEEDS: Political and Civic Life | 3 |
| RELG 100 or 101 | 3 | RELG 101 or 100 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 2 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 | SEEDS: World Language 2 or Free Elective | 3 |
| SEEDS: Exploration 4 | 3 | Major Elective - Texts | 3 |
| SEEDS: World Language 1 | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Major Elective - Texts | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| 15 | 15 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| Major Elective - Approaches or Issues | 3 | Major Elective - Approaches or Issues | 3 |
| Major Elective - Issues or Approaches | 3 | Major Elective - Issues or Approaches | 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 |
| RELG 275 | 3 | RELG 400 or 405 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | MBA Graduate Swing Courses | 6 |
| Free Elective | 3 | ||
| 15 | 15 | ||
| 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 | |||||