Graduate Advising

Apply by January 15th for fall admission or September 15th for Spring Admission. You need to begin planning for the Accelerated MS no later than your Junior year, but apply during the final year of your bachelor's degree.

Many of our students work with faculty on their funded research projects to grow their skills and broaden their experiences. Additional funding opportunities include teacher or research assistantship positions, work study, fellowships, and grants.

Up to 9 credits may be double counted.

You may take up to 10 credits in your senior year. A coursework only MS requires 30 credits to complete; you may take no fewer than 6 credits to graduate with your MS in your 5th year. More on Senior Rule

You will be able to graduate with both your BS and MS in as few as 5 years

No, all accelerated master's degrees currently offered are coursework-only

Yes! It is easy to add a certificate on to your MS. Talk to your accelerated MS advisor about this option.

We offer accelerated MS degrees for all of our programs, including Industrial Heritage and Archaeology, Environmental Energy and Policy, and Sustainable Communities.

We accept undergraduates from any degree program.

For our Environmental and Energy Policy program, you will need to be sure to complete a statistics course, a microeconomics course, and environmental science

You will apply through the Graduate School. The minimum GPA requirement is 3.0. Applicants must submit a statement of purpose, two letters of recommendation, and all other required application materials.

This is a nine-credit online certificate program in which students take three seven-week courses (SS 5301, SS 5318; SS 5350) that are offered every term. Some courses may be double counted per accelerated master's rules. While some courses may not be taken as an undergraduate, certificate students must be enrolled as a graduate student for at least one course.