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 Roadmap
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GNED 199 | 1 | GENERAL EDUCATION (C2) Literature | 3 |
| WRIT 105 | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION (F2) Humanities – Philosophical and Religious Perspectives | 3 |
| CMST 101 | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION (G) Computer Science | 3 |
| SOCI 100, 102, 104, 106, or 113 | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION (H) Mathematics | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (F1) Humanities – Great Works and Their Influences | 3 | SOCI 201 | 4 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (K2) Social Science – Global Cultural Perspectives - SOCI 220 recommended | 3 | ||
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (K1) Social Science – American and European History | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION (I) Natural Science Laboratory | 4 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (K3) Social Science – Social Science Perspectives | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION (L) Interdisciplinary Studies | 3 |
| World Language 1 | 3 | World Language 2 | 3 |
| World Cultures | 3 | Major Elective (Lower/Upper level) | 3 |
| SOCI 240 | 4 | Major Elective (Upper Level) | 3 |
| 16 | 16 | ||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (D) Fine and Performing Arts | 3 | SOCI 313 | 3 |
| SOCI 301 | 4 | Major Elective (Lower/Upper Level) | 3 |
| Major Elective (Upper Level) | 3 | Major Elective (Upper Level) | 3 |
| Free Elective/Minor course | 3 | Free Elective/Minor course | 3 |
| Free Elective/Minor course | 3 | Free Elective/Minor course | 3 |
| 16 | 15 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (J) Physical Education | 1 | Free Elective/Minor course | 3 |
| SOCI 400 | 3 | Free Elective/Minor course | 3 |
| Major Elective (Upper Level) | 3 | MBA Swing Courses | 6 |
| Free Elective/Minor course | 3 | ||
| Free Elective/Minor course | 3 | ||
| 13 | 12 | ||
| Total Credits 120 | |||
Graduate Roadmap
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 | |||||