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4+1 Accelerated Master's

  • Get ahead of the competition.
  • The 4+1 program allows students to complete both a BA and an MBA or MS in as little as five years. Students apply for the 4+1 program in their junior/senior year and can take graduate level courses while completing their BA. The graduate credits are in addition to the 120 credits required for graduation with the BA. Upon graduating with a BA and a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours, the student would continue in the MBA or MS program where he/she will complete additional credits.   

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The 4+1 program allows students to complete both a BA and an MBA or MS in as little as five years. Students apply for the 4+1 program in their junior/senior year and can take graduate level courses while completing their BA. The graduate credits are in addition to the 120 credits required for graduation with the BA. Upon graduating with a BA and a 3.0 GPA in the last 60 hours, the student would continue in the MBA or MS program where he/she will complete additional credits.   

Pre-requisite courses taken as an undergraduate:

  • BUS 1310. Financial Accounting
  • BUS 3314. Managerial Accounting
  • BUS 3320. Marketing Theory and Practice
  • BUS 3330. Operations Management
  • BUS 4390. Senior Seminar
  • ECON 1311. Fundamentals of Economics OR ECON 3312. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
  • ECON 3320. Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory OR ECON 5F70. Foundations for Business Economics

Graduate Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • ACCT 5323. Accounting for Managers
  • BUAD 5350 Data Analysis for Decision Making
  • BUAD 6305 The Effective Leader
  • MARK 6305. Value Based Marketing

Graduate courses taken as MBA student:

  • BUAD 8310. Business and Society
  • BUAD 8390. The Capstone Experience
  • FINA 6305. Managerial Finance
  • MANA 6307. Managing Complex Organizations
  • MANA 8320. Global Strategy
  • OPER 6305. Management of Operations

 

Pre-requisite courses:

  • BUS 1310. Financial Accounting
  • BUS 3314. Managerial Accounting
  • ACCT 5325. Intermediate Financial Accounting I

Graduate classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • ACCT 5326. Intermediate Financial Accounting II
  • ACCT 5380. Introduction to Taxation
  • ACCT 5350. Accounting Information Systems
  • ACCT 5360. Auditing

Graduate Courses taken as MS Student:

  • BUAD 6330. Business Communication
  • ACCT 6390. Business Ethics for Accounting
  • ACCT 6330. Financial Statement Analysis
  • ACCT 6340. Corporate Tax
  • ACCT 7340. Advanced Accounting
  • ACCT 8380. Accounting Research Methods
  • ACCT 8395. Accounting Theory

Program Prerequisites:

  • BUS 4390 Senior Seminar OR MANA 5F50 Foundations of Management and Strategy
  • BUS 3320 Marketing Theory and Practice OR MARK 5F50 Foundations of Marketing
  • BUAD 5350 Data Analysis for Decision Making

Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • BUAD 6305 The Effective Leader
  • BANA 6350: Quantitative Methods
  • BANA 6380: Advanced SAS Programming
  • BANA 6H15: Python Programming
  • BANA 6H30: R Programming Concepts

Graduate Courses taken as MS Student:

  • BUAD 8310: Business and Society
  • BANA 6390: Big Data Analytics
  • BANA 7320: Data Visualization
  • BANA 7350: Forecasting Methods
  • BANA 7365: Predictive Modeling
  • BANA 7380: Applied Business Analytics
  • BANA 8395: Business Analytics Practicum

Pre-requisite courses:

  • TECH 5F70 Foundations of Technology Management
  • BUS 4390 Senior Seminar OR MANA 5F50 Foundations of Management and Strategy
  • BUS 3320 Marketing Theory and Practice OR MARK 5F50 Foundations of Marketing

Graduate Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • BUAD 5350 Data Analysis for Decision Making
  • BUAD 6305 The Effective Leader
  • CYBS 6350 Data Protection
  • CYBS 6355 Compliance and Legal Issues

Graduate courses taken as MS student:

  • BUAD 8310 Business and Society
  • CYBS 7350 Operational Cybersecurity Management
  • CYBS 7357 Network Security
  • CYBS 7355 Penetration Testing and Vulnerability Assessment
  • CYBS 7359 Digital Forensics
  • CYBS 8396 Strategic Cybersecurity Practicum

Pre-requisite courses:

  • BUS 1310. Financial Accounting
  • BUS 3314. Managerial Accounting
  • ECON 1311. Fundamentals of Economics. OR ECON 3312. Intermediate Microeconomic Theory
  • ECON 3320. Intermediate Macroeconomic Theory. OR ECON 5F70. Foundations for Business Economics

Graduate Classes taken as an undergraduate:

  • ACCT 5325. Intermediate Financial Accounting I
  • BUAD 5350. Data Analysis for Decision Making
  • FINA 6305. Managerial Finance

Graduate courses taken as MS student:

  • BUAD 8310. Business and Society
  • FINA 7310. Intermediate Managerial Finance
  • FINA 7320. International Financial Markets
  • FINA 7322. Investments
  • FINA 7327. Corporate Valuation
  • FINA 7350. Derivatives
  • FINA 8395. Portfolio Management

 

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