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Accelerated Master’s Pathway
¶¡ÏãÔ°AV students currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program may be eligible to take graduate courses and count them towards their bachelor's and an ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV master's. This typically allows students to complete their credentials 4 to 12 months faster.
Requirements
Students fulfilling all of the listed requirements may apply for an accelerated master’s pathway which will provide conditional admission to a research-based master’s program. If accepted, students can take up to 10 units of graduate course work during their current undergraduate program which will count as electives or upper division credits towards a bachelor’s as well as program requirements to a master’s program. The cost for taking the graduate courses will be the basic graduate per unit rate or graduate specialty rate if applicable.
To apply to an accelerated master’s pathway, you must:
- have successfully completed at least 90 units of undergraduate course work
- have minimum CGPA of 3.67
Application Process
- Contact your graduate program of interest and express interest in the accelerated master’s pathway. They may discuss eligibility and course selection.
- Contact your undergraduate program for approval to take the graduate courses.
- Apply to Graduate ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV through the for the term after your expected undergraduate graduation.
- If admitted, your admission offer will be contingent on completing your undergraduate program.
- To enroll in the graduate courses during your undergraduate program fill out a Graduate Course Add form. Graduate Studies will enroll you and adjust the tuition to the Graduate per unit fee (or specialty fee) for the graduate course.
Note
- Students are ineligible for graduate scholarships or awards until the bachelor’s degree is complete.
- Students must complete a minimum of two full-time terms in their graduate program.
- If a student becomes ineligible to continue in the accelerated master’s, according to the specifications of the program, the Chair of the Graduate Program Committee must inform the student in writing of his/her ineligibility and a copy of this letter must be sent to Graduate Studies.