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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. 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 specified graduate program (except for receipt of the undergraduate degree).
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.
Please meet with Graduate Program Coordinator for application.
Terri Brennen
tbrennen@kennesaw.edu
Office: English building EB163
PHone: 770-499-3335
Accelerated Bachelor’s-Master’s Option Admissions Procedure
- Review application http://www.kennesaw.edu/graduate/accelerated.html
- All application materials should be submitted no
later than the following dates: July 1 for Fall Term , November 1 for Spring Term
April 1 for Summer Term.
Prior to submission of application materials, the interested student must:
- Meet with the Department Chair of the undergraduate degree program to determine appropriate course substitutions and complete a course substitution form (attached to the application form).
- Meet with the Graduate Proogram Coordinator and discuss entrance requirements. The Dean of the Graduate College will inform the
Director of Graduate Admissions of the admissions decision. Upon acceptance, the student should schedule a
meeting with the Dean of the Graduate College, Kennesaw Hall KH3424, 770-423-6738 to discuss course registration and pay application fee.
- The Dean of Graduate Studies will work with the student and the Office of the Registrar to ensure that students are properly registered for courses. Program Directors/Department Chairs may not register undergraduate students for graduate classes.
