Accelerated Pathway (BA/BS to MS in Sociology)
Still an undergrad? Are you eager to fast-track your journey towards a rewarding career? With our Accelerated Pathway Programs, you’ll have the flexibility to tailor your coursework to your interests and complete your bachelor’s degree and your M.S. in Sociology in a combined five years in a variety of majors.
In consultation with their advisor, students may select up to 12 credits of graduate level coursework (500-level or higher) appropriate to their intended graduate program of study. Graduate courses may be completed during their senior year when a student has earned at least 90 credits. Courses successfully completed with a grade of 'C' or higher will earn dual credit to be applied to both the undergraduate and graduate transcript. The catalog description for the M.S. Sociology program is available online here.
If you are interested in this program, please contact the Graduate Coordinator.
Students with an overall 3.0 GPA may be approved to complete an accelerated pathway. Approval to start graduate coursework does not guarantee admission to the graduate program.
Eligibility requirements for the Accelerated Pathway program are:
- Cumulative undergraduate GPA of 3.0
- Cumulative GPA of 3.0 across all major sociology courses
- Students who meet these requirements by the spring of their junior year are eligible to take one graduate course each semester in their senior year.
- Eligible students in the Accelerated Pathway program will apply for early acceptance graduate admission in the spring semester of their senior year.
- Acceptance into the undergraduate Accelerated Pathway does not automatically guarantee admission to the graduate Accelerated Pathway.
- All undergraduate seniors with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 are eligible to register for a graduate course, regardless of whether they are in the Accelerated Pathway program.
- Students formally accepted into the Accelerated Pathway program may register for graduate courses without needing to first obtain a Petition for Irregular Schedule form.
- Undergraduate seniors who are not in the Accelerated Pathway program may register for one graduate course per semester (up to a maximum of 9 credits) by completing and submitting the Petition for Irregular Schedule form to the School of Graduate and Professional Studies (SGPS).
- For more information, see the handout called Are You a Senior Interested in Taking Graduate Courses?