Undergraduate students who are pursuing Combined Bachelor’s/Master’s Programs of Study may qualify to take up to 9 hours of graduate 500-level coursework at Winthrop and apply those hours to the undergraduate degree. (BS-Exercise Science-Athletic Training students can take up to 24 hours towards the MS in Athletic Training.) To qualify for graduate-level coursework in a combined bachelor’s/master’s program, an undergraduate must:

• submit an Intent to Pursue Accelerated Graduate Program form (available on the Office of Records and Registration’s website under "Registration Forms") with the appropriate graduate program office (by that program’s posted deadline) and have it approved by the graduate program director;

• successfully complete 75 credit hours before taking a graduate course;

• maintain at least a 3.0 GPA as an undergraduate; and

• complete the Undergraduate Request to Take Course for Graduate Credit form through the Office of Records and Registration, no later than the add/drop deadline for each course taken in a specific semester.

 The following accelerated programs are available:

Master of Arts in Teaching (art, biology, chemistry, dance, educational studies, English, French, history, individualized studies, mathematics, political science, psychology, Spanish, or theatre)
BA in English > Master of Arts in English
BS in Human Nutrition > Master of Science in Human Nutrition
Master of Liberal Arts > any undergraduate program
BS in Business Administration > Master of Business Administration
BS in Exercise Science-Athletic Training > Master of Science in Athletic Training