Department of Sociology and Anthropology : Graduate Studies Combined Program

The accelerated B.A./M.A. is designed for academically superior undergraduate students at UMBC in any major. Accelerated B.A./M.A. students may take up to 9 credits in their senior year that count for both the B.A. and M.A. degrees. This reduces the number of credits required for the M.A. degree. For example, students who complete the maximum of 9 graduate credits in their senior year need to complete only 21 additional credits for the M.A. degree.

Students may be admitted to the accelerated B.A./M.A. after they have earned 60 undergraduate credits. Students should have a GPA of 3.0 and take an undergraduate statistics course in any discipline by the time they receive their B.A. degrees. Students do not have to take GREs and there is no application fee.

Students who are interested in the Accelerated B.A./M.A. program should email Professor William Rothstein, Graduate Program Director, at rothstei@umbc.edu. Professor Rothstein will arrange a meeting with the student.