91吃瓜网 offers undergraduate students with exceptional promise and academic backgrounds the opportunity to take graduate coursework as part of their undergraduate experience. Permission to take graduate courses is granted on a course-by-course basis by the appropriate graduate program director. Students must meet all academic requirements for enrollment in graduate-level courses. Students may be allowed to apply the graduate credits they earn while undergraduates at 91吃瓜网 towards a 91吃瓜网 graduate degree in one of two ways: 1) by being officially admitted into a non-entry-level combined or joint-degree bachelor檚/master檚 degree program or 2) by request when students are admitted into a master檚 program at 91吃瓜网.

  1. Students officially admitted into non-entry-level combined Bachelor檚/Master檚 degree programs may earn the combined bachelor檚/master檚 degrees at an accelerated pace攖ypically within five years攂y counting up to 15 credits of graduate-level courses taken while an undergraduate student towards the master檚 degree. A combined bachelor檚/master檚 program involves provisional admission to graduate standing so that both degrees may be earned as a result of a planned program of study. Provisional admission to combined bachelor檚/master檚 degree programs typically occurs at the end of the junior year. Full admission to the master檚 degree program occurs once the bachelor檚 degree is awarded. No more than one graduate degree can be earned as a combined degree.
  2. Students who have earned a bachelor檚 degree at 91吃瓜网 and subsequently apply to and are admitted into a 91吃瓜网 master檚 degree may request that up to 15 credits of graduate-level courses completed while undergraduates be counted toward their graduate work. Such requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis by graduate program directors.

Credit Hour Requirements

Although students may apply up to 15 credits of graduate-level courses taken while undergraduate students towards the master檚 degree, they must still complete the Pennsylvania Department of Education's minimum requirement of 150 semester hours to earn both degrees; at least 120 semester hours are required for the bachelor檚 degree and a minimum of 30 semester hours at the graduate level for the master檚 degree.

Undergraduate courses may not be used to fulfill graduate degree requirements. When enrolling in cross-listed undergraduate/graduate courses, students must adhere to the Policy for Cross-listed Undergraduate/Graduate Courses.