Application Process
- The applicant completes the Combined Degree Program Application form and obtains an approval signature from their Director of Undergraduate Studies (DUS).
- The applicant then submits the form to the DGS for review. The DGS discusses eligibility and department-specific admission requirements with the applicant.
- The DGS marks their decision and signs the form.
- If the decision is Deny, the DGS notifies the applicant via email, with a cc: to
askccas@gwu.edu. - If the decision is Admit, the DGS forwards the form to CCAS Graduate Studies (Phillips Hall, Suite 215, askccas@gwu.edu).
- CCAS Graduate Studies finalizes the review and issues the applicant a letter of admission, with a cc: to the DGS, the DUS, and the CCAS Undergraduate Advising office.
Combined Degree Credit Form (CDCF)
When Graduate Studies emails the admission letter to the student, they also receive a Combined Degree Credit Form. This form is also available on the DGS shelf. It is completed by the DGS and the student, and lists the graduate courses the student will be enrolling in, and potentially double counting.
- To receive graduate credit for these courses the students must earn grades of B or better.
- No permission will be given to retroactively count courses completed (grades posted) before admission to combined degree status.
- Combined degree students double-count 6000-level courses or advanced undergrad courses that include additional work to qualify for graduate credit.
- If courses below the 6000 level are listed, an email from the Professor of the course verifying that additional coursework was done to warrant graduate credit must accompany this CDFC.
- Any subsequent changes to the courses listed on this form must be made by the submission of a new form.
This form must be submitted to CCAS Graduate Studies (Phillips Hall, Suite 215,
askccas@gwu.edu) by the following dates:
If combined degree status begins in a Fall term – November 20
If combined degree status begins in a Spring term – April 20
If combined degree status begins in a Summer term – April 20
Maximum Number of Double Counted Credits
For most programs, the maximum number of credits that can be double counted is 25% of the total credits normally required for the master degree. As a result of grandfathered approvals, a few programs have a slightly higher maximum. Please ensure that this maximum for your program is clearly stated on your department website and in the Bulletin.
Application Deadline
CCAS Graduate Studies has not set an application deadline date for this program. Instead, applicants must apply within this application window:
- students can only apply after completing (grades posted) 75 undergraduate credits
- and must apply no later than the semester before the final undergraduate year.
Within this window, departments can set their own deadline date each semester to accommodate their internal application review timelines.
Application Form
Combined Degree applicants do not use the online TargetX application. Instead they only use the PDF Combined Degree Program Application form, available on the CCAS Combined Degree website.
Additional Application Materials
Individual departments determine what else, in addition to the Combined Degree Program Application form, they wish to require from the application review. This might include letters of recommendation, a resume, and/or statement of purpose. Some departments specify a minimum GPA requirement. Each department determines their own requirements, so potential applicants are referred to the DGS and the department’s combined degree website page, to confirm which
additional materials are required.
Unless otherwise specified on the Grad2Grad website, if the department participates in the Grad2Grad 10% graduate tuition reduction program, then combined degree applicants are not required to submit a GRE score.
