Combined Degree Programs

LAS/Engineering

For a number of years, the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering have jointly sponsored a five-year program leading to a B.A. or B.S. degree in Liberal Arts and Sciences and a B.S. degree in a field of engineering. The program allows motivated students to combine a professional engineering education with a broad liberal arts background. Students are required to complete all the degree requirements of both colleges.

Freshmen normally apply for entrance through the College of Engineering, but students who have applied to and been accepted by the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences may be able to enter the program. All students must meet the entrance requirements of both colleges. In addition, they may be required to meet the intercollegiate transfer requirements of both colleges. For further information about the program, students should consult their college office.

LAS/Business

The College of Liberal Arts and Sciences together with the College of Business offer two joint-degree programs that lead to the degrees of B.A. or B.S. in Liberal Arts and Sciences and M.A.S. or M.B.A. Each program takes five years to complete. These programs allow students to complete master's programs in accounting or business administration while they provide students with the broad opportunities unique to a liberal arts program. Students interested in these opportunities should contact the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, 270 Lincoln Hall for additional information and advising.

Baccalaureate-Master of Accounting Science Degree Program

(This program is currently under revision. Please see the College Office for up-to-date information.)

The B.A./B.S.-M.A.S. program is designed to enable the qualified student to earn both a bachelor's degree in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Master of Accounting Science degree in five years rather than the normal six years. The program integrates an undergraduate education with a professional education without diluting the quality or purpose of either. Program objectives will be met primarily by the completion of courses during the student's fourth year that are simultaneously electives in the baccalaureate program and requirements for the M.A.S. degree. A student who is interested in the joint degree should contact a program adviser (in 270 Lincoln Hall) early in the initial year.

The program is open to all students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who meet the requirements below. In most cases, participants in the B.A./B.S.-M.A.S. program will complete their undergraduate majors by the end of the third year. As a consequence, some students will have to plan their course work carefully to meet their undergraduate educational objectives and to participate in the program; this will be particularly true for undergraduates whose majors require extensive sequential course work.

Because the B.A./B.S.-M.A.S. program is based on careful course selection and program planning, an interested student should consult with a B.A./B.S.-M.A.S. adviser during the first year at the University. The program's objectives and requirements will be explained so that the student, in consultation with his or her baccalaureate degree program adviser, may plan course work to meet both objectives.

A student who wishes to participate in the B.A./B.S.-M.A.S. program must make formal application by March 31 in the second semester of the junior year. To be eligible for consideration, the student must have at least a 3.25 cumulative grade point average, with at least 96 hours of course work completed, and at least a score of 550 on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT).

Baccalaureate-Master of Business Administration Degree Program

The B.A./B.S.-M.B.A. program is designed to enable the qualified student to earn both a bachelor's degree in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences and the Master of Business Administration degree in five years rather than the normal six years. The program integrates an undergraduate education in a field such as English, political science, or economics with a professional business education without diluting the quality or purpose of either. Program objectives will be met primarily by the completion of courses during the student's fourth year that are simultaneously electives in the baccalaureate program and requirements for the M.B.A. degree. A student who is interested in the joint degree should contact the program adviser (in 270 Lincoln Hall) early in the first year.

The program is open to all students in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences who meet the requirements below. In all cases, participants in the B.A./B.S.-M.B.A. program must complete their undergraduate majors by the end of the third year. As a consequence, some students will have to plan their course work carefully to meet their undergraduate educational objectives and to participate in the program; this will be particularly true for undergraduates whose majors require extensive sequential course work.

Since the B.A./B.S.-M.B.A. program is based on careful course selection and program planning, an interested student should consult with a B.A./B.S.-M.B.A. program adviser during the first year. The program's objectives and requirements will be explained so that the student, in consultation with his or her baccalaureate degree program adviser, may plan the course work to meet both objectives. A student who wishes to participate in the B.A./B.S.-M.B.A. program must make formal application by March 31 in the second semester of the junior year. To be eligible for consideration, the student must have at least a 3.0 cumulative grade point average on the last 45 hours of course work completed, with at least 96 hours of course work completed by the beginning of the student's fourth year, and at least a score of 600 on the Graduate Management Admissions Test (GMAT).