Accelerated Biology 4+1 B.S./M.S.
The Biology Department offers an accelerated 4+1 B.S./M.S. program in biology to allow well-qualified biology students to complete a Master’s in Biology in two additional semesters plus one summer of enrollment. Students take graduate classes in their undergraduate senior year that can count towards both degrees upon successful completion of the M.S. degree in Biology.
What Will I Learn?
What are the requirements for this degree?
The Biology Department offers an accelerated 4+1 B.S./M.S. program in biology to allow well-qualified biology students to complete a Master’s in Biology in two additional semesters plus one summer of enrollment. Students take graduate classes in their undergraduate senior year that can count towards both degrees upon successful completion of the M.S. degree in Biology.
Applying
Students apply to the program during their junior or first-semester of their senior year, after accumulating 75 credits. Students seeking to enroll in the program must be admitted to the graduate program and maintain a 3.0 grade point average at the time they begin their final undergraduate semester.
Coursework
Students enrolled in the program take two 3-credit graduate biology courses as well as the 1-credit graduate seminar (BIO515: Scientific Communication in Biology) during their senior year. Students then take nine credits during each of their two semesters as a graduate student, and 6 credits during the summers before and/or after their graduate year. The 7 graduate credits taken in the senior year would count toward the B.S., and then on completion of requirements for the M.S., would double-count in that program as well.