Accelerated Bachelor's-Master's Degree Program
The Accelerated Bachelor's Master's Degree Option provides qualified KSU undergraduate students the opportunity to begin graduate studies at KSU in their senior year and to simultaneously satisfy some remaining requirements for the bachelor's degree and the beginning requirements of an advanced degree.
A student may use up to nine credit hours of graduate-level courses offered within a single degree program in meeting the requirements of both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree. Students applying for this program must:
- Have completed at least 18 hours of coursework at Kennesaw State University.
- Have a KSU GPA of 3.5 or better.
- Be within 21 semester hours of graduation.
- Have written permission of the chair of the department of the undergraduate major to use the graduate level courses as acceptable substitutes to fulfill related requirements of the bachelor's degree (students must satisfy all prerequisites for those graduate courses).
- Meet all requirements for admission into the MAPW program (except for receipt of the undergraduate degree).
- Submit an application for admission to the Accelerated Bachelor's-Master's Degree Program, along with all necessary admissions documentation to the Dean of the Graduate College by the deadline dates listed below.
Application materials are available at http://www.kennesaw.edu/graduate/accelerated.html and should be submitted to the Dean of the Graduate College, Kennesaw Hall KH #3424, 770-423-6738, no later than the following dates:
- Fall Term Admission - July 15
- Spring Term Admission - November 15
- Summer Term Admission - April 15
No more than nine semester hours of graduate credit may be completed prior to the completion of the baccalaureate degree and admission to a graduate degree program. An undergraduate student enrolled in graduate classes is limited to six semester hours of graduate course work per term and a total academic course load of 12 semester hours per semester.
For students who work closely with their advisors in planning their course of study at KSU, this option offers the opportunity of simultaneously satisfying partial degree requirements for a bachelor's and a master's degree in an accelerated program of study. Upon completion of the undergraduate degree, with a satisfactory undergraduate grade point average, and a grade of "B" or better in all graduate courses completed, the student may move to full graduate status in the same graduate program, and the courses taken as an undergraduate can be applied toward the graduate degree.
Many combinations of undergraduate and graduate programs are possible and are not restricted to the confines of a single discipline or major. For example, integrated undergraduate/graduate programs have been developed for a Bachelor of Science in Psychology leading to a Master's Degree in Business Administration and a Bachelor of Arts in English leading to a Master of Arts in Professional Writing. Students interested in this option must meet with the department chair responsible for the undergraduate major.
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