{"id":33,"date":"2013-09-06T09:21:50","date_gmt":"2013-09-06T14:21:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/?page_id=33"},"modified":"2023-09-13T09:54:11","modified_gmt":"2023-09-13T14:54:11","slug":"amd","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/amd\/","title":{"rendered":"Accelerated Masters Degree"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"w-full xl:container mx-auto px-6\">\n<header class=\"mb-6\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title text-gray-600 text-2xl lg:text-4xl mb-4 font-serif\">Accelerated Masters Degree for Undergraduate Seniors<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>The Political Science Department offers an accelerated Masters Degree in Public Administration for current Undergraduates. Students accepted to an <a href=\"https:\/\/catalog.marshall.edu\/undergraduate\/programs-az\/liberal-arts\/political-science\/public-administration-accelerated-masters-degree\/\"><strong>Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree<\/strong><\/a> program can begin taking graduate coursework in their senior year up to a maximum of 12 hours in place of electives.\u00a0 Students reduce the number of hours required to complete the Bachelor\u2019s degree by the number of graduate hours they complete (up to a maximum of 12). They must meet all other degree requirements for their Bachelor\u2019s degree while they work on their Master\u2019s degree. None of the credit hours used for the Bachelor\u2019s degree can be counted toward the Master\u2019s degree.<\/p>\n<p>Graduate coursework\/credit will appear ONLY on the graduate transcript, and graduate course grades will be calculated at the graduate level.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Advantages of an Accelerated Degree:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>complete the Bachelor\u2019s degree with up to 12 fewer credit hours, (must meet all other degree requirements for the Bachelor\u2019s degree);<\/li>\n<li>begin work on the Master\u2019s degree during the senior year;<\/li>\n<li>complete up to 12 graduate credits at undergraduate tuition rates;<\/li>\n<li>earn a Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s degree in less time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Eligibility Requirements for Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree Program<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>must have completed at least 90 hours toward the Bachelor\u2019s degree;<\/li>\n<li>must have at least a 3.30 overall undergraduate GPA;<\/li>\n<li>must have at least a 3.30 GPA in the major;<\/li>\n<li>must meet the admission requirements of the chosen Master\u2019s degree program.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>How to Apply<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol start=\"1\">\n<li>During the junior or senior year, eligible students should meet with their Undergraduate Advisor and the Director of Graduate Studies of their chosen Master\u2019s degree program to develop an\u00a0Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree <a href=\"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/graduate-council\/files\/2012\/11\/AMDPlanofStudy.pdf\"><em>Plan of Study<\/em><\/a>. The <em>Plan of Study<\/em> form is available from the Graduate College office or online at the Graduate College website. The completed, signed, and approved <em>Plan of Study<\/em> must be submitted to the Graduate College. Any changes to the\u00a0Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree <em>Plan of Study<\/em> must be approved by the Undergraduate Advisor and Director of Graduate Studies and submitted in writing to the Dean of the Graduate College.<\/li>\n<li>The student\u2019s acceptance into the\u00a0Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree program is subject to the approval of the <em>Plan of Study<\/em> by the Dean of the Graduate College.<\/li>\n<li>Students accepted into the\u00a0Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree program should apply for admission to the chosen Master\u2019s degree program for the first semester after the bachelor\u2019s degree is awarded.\u00a0 Applications should be submitted during the last semester of the senior year.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><strong>Requirements for Continuation in the\u00a0Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree Program<br \/>\n<\/strong>Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.0 for all graduate credit toward their Master\u2019s degree program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Withdrawal from the Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree<\/strong><br \/>\nA student may withdraw at any time from an approved\u00a0Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree program by informing the Undergraduate Advisor, the Director of Graduate Studies, and the Dean of the Graduate College in writing. A student\u2019s status will then revert to the standard undergraduate degree program. Any graduate hours earned must be approved for use in fulfillment of bachelor\u2019s degree requirements by the student\u2019s Undergraduate Dean.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Undergraduate to Graduate Student<br \/>\n<\/strong>Beginning with the semester after the student has earned the Bachelor\u2019s degree and has been accepted into a Master\u2019s degree program, the student is enrolled in the Graduate College and is assessed tuition and fees at the graduate rate. All rules regarding graduate education will apply to the student once admitted into the Master\u2019s degree program.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Accelerated Masters Degree for Undergraduate Seniors The Political Science Department offers an accelerated Masters Degree in Public Administration for current Undergraduates. Students accepted to an Accelerated Master\u2019s Degree program can begin taking graduate coursework in their senior year up to a maximum of 12 hours in place of electives.\u00a0 Students reduce the number of hours [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":262,"featured_media":987,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-legacy.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-33","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/262"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=33"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":997,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/33\/revisions\/997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/987"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/mpa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}