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2016-2017 University Catalog
Bachelor's Degree (any)/Political Science, Accelerated MA
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School/Department: Schar School of Policy and Government (formerly SPGIA)
Highly qualified undergraduates in any major may apply to the accelerated MA degree in political science. If accepted, students will be able to earn a bachelor’s degree in their chosen major and a MA in Political Science with a reduced number of overall credits and within a reduced time frame, sometimes five years. More information on bachelor’s/accelerated master’s programs may be found in the Graduate Policies AP.6.7 section of this catalog.
Students in an accelerated degree program must fulfill all university requirements for the master’s degree. The catalog contains additional information on university graduate academic policies .
Admission
Please see the Graduate Admission Policies section in this catalog for general information on graduate admission to George Mason University. Specific information on application requirements and deadlines for the Political Science master’s program may be found on the SPGIA web site.
To be considered for this accelerated master’s program, applicants must have completed a minimum of 75 credits, including 12 GOVT credits, and have a minimum GPA of 3.50 in all coursework applied to the degree.
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Accelerated Option Requirements
While undergraduate students, accelerated master’s students complete two graduate courses (six credits) that may be counted toward both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees. In addition, students may take another two courses (six credits) to be held as reserve graduate credit and count only toward the master’s degree. The courses are chosen from GOVT 500 , GOVT 510 , GOVT 520 , GOVT 530 , GOVT 540 . Students must maintain a minimum GPA of 3.00 in these courses and in coursework applied to their major.
Upon completion and conferral of the undergraduate degree in the semester indicated in the application, students must submit the Bachelor’s/Accelerated Master’s Transition Form to apply credits to the master’s degree. Students must begin their master’s program the semester immediately following conferral of the undergraduate degree (excluding summer).
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