Accelerated Master’s Degrees

Overview (2018-2019)

Whether you plan to teach or simply know the direction your career is headed, you can make quick work of your graduate studies and earn a bachelor’s and a master’s in five years. Applicants get their graduate application fee waived, and admitted students may obtain both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree after satisfactory completion of 144 to 150 credits (number of required credits depends on the degree program). Also, their is no GRE requirement!

Is it for you?

Students with an overall GPA of at least 3.0 may apply for provisional acceptance into this accelerated master’s program after completing at least 90 undergraduate credits. Each specific program might have some additional course requirements such as for example that as part of the 90 credits, you must have completed GGS 300 Quantitative Methods for Geographical Analysis, GGS310 Introduction to Digital Cartography, GGS 311 Introduction to Geographic Information Systems, etc.

Benefits

Graduate application fee waived
No GRE
Up to 6 credits of graduate coursework may be applied to both undergraduate degree and the master’s degree
During the bachelor’s degree status, students may take up to 6 graduate credits as reserve graduate credit. These credits do not apply to the undergraduate degree, but will reduce the subsequent master’s degree credits accordingly.
5 years to a BS/BA + MS degree

How to apply?

Use this guide to help you know what is required, how to submit your application, and avoid mistakes that may delay the consideration of your application.

Degrees Offered

Additional Information

Please see the GMU Catalog Entry for the MS in Geographic and Cartographic Sciences and the MS in Geoinformatics and Geospatial Intelligence for other program details.

Academic Catalog for Previous Years

Questions? Please contact the department at ggsprogs@gmu.edu.

Accelerated Master’s Programs