Accelerated programs let you graduate with your master's sooner.

  • Apply during your junior year. Once you’re admitted to an accelerated program, you may take up to 12 hours of graduate (500-level) courses during your undergraduate senior year.
  • Talk to your advisor or fill out the form. When you apply for any graduate program, you must be accepted into the Graduate School and then to the program you want to pursue.

Student Success – that's what we're all about!

Fastrack 12 Hours

Fastrack 12 Hours

Take up to 12 graduate hours during your last year of undergraduate coursework.

Less time in the classroom

Less time in the classroom

Hours taken in this program apply to both your undergraduate and graduate degrees.

Smooth transition

Smooth transition

Your program’s professors already know you, and you understand their expectations.

The accelerated program adequately prepares for graduate level reasoning and helps to promote challenging oneself in the field. I was resistant to it at first, because I knew that the switch from undergraduate work to graduate level work would be challenging. I am ultimately glad that I took the challenge because it helped me to prepare for the move into the graduate program. The accelerated program ultimately was the reason I decided to pursue my master's degree. I learned that challenging myself in my studies was not "too much work" or impossible, but it made me care about the work I put out more.

Veronica Morgan, MA in English Accelerated Program Student