Combined Degree students are permitted to take a limited number of graduate credits that will eventually double count toward both their bachelor and master degrees. They cannot begin taking these graduate level courses until their final undergraduate year. During this year, they are in ‘combined degree status,’ but they are still undergraduate students. Only after the undergrad degree is conferred, do those in combined degree status become graduate students.
While specific admission requirements vary by department (see Additional Application Materials section), all combined degree applicants should be able to show a strong academic record or other indication of their ability to meet the academic challenge of a combined program.
Students earn two separate degrees and attend both undergraduate and graduate graduation ceremonies (sequentially).
Admission to the graduate program is conditioned on the conferment of the undergraduate degree in the semester/year that the student lists on the Combined Degree Application form.
