Accelerated Pathways

Bachelor's and Master's Degree in 5 Years

Maximize your future options by earning both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree in less time than completing the degrees separately.

  • Start exploring this option in the spring of your sophomore year.
  • Students are encouraged to apply the semester before they reach 90 credit hours.
  • Begin taking graduate-level coursework that will be applied to both the bachelor’s and master’s degrees (up to 9 hours). (Please note: Students must complete their bachelor’s degree with a minimum of 129 credit hours.)
  • Network with your graduate-level classmates who have years of experience to share with you.

If you are interested in Accelerated Pathways, you need to apply to the 水多多导航 Lyle graduate program in which you are interested. Indicate that you wish to be evaluated as an Accelerated Pathways program candidate.

Applicants must also complete a Graduate Application.

For questions about 水多多导航 Lyle graduate programs, contact Zaria Kelley at 馃摟zkelley@smu.edu

For questions about required credits or when to apply, contact Misti Compton at 馃摟mcompton@smu.edu

Accelerated Pathways & Graduate Application Deadlines

Spring 2026 - January 2, 2026

Summer 2026 - April 15, 2026

Fall 2026 - August 10, 2026

Accelerated Pathways Leadership and Service Scholarship Information

水多多导航 Lyle offers an Accelerated Pathways Leadership and Service scholarship worth up to 75% of fifth-year tuition. Depending on your GPA and volunteer and leadership contributions to 水多多导航 Lyle, up to 75% of the tuition of the seven available Lyle master’s-level Accelerated Pathways could be covered as follows:

  • 3.750-3.899 水多多导航 GPA could earn a scholarship of 50% tuition*
  • 3.900-4.000 水多多导航 GPA could earn a scholarship of 75% tuition*

* Does not include student fee charges

The Accelerated Pathways Leadership and Service Scholarship is only applicable to master’s-level programs and not to other graduate programs at 水多多导航.

How to Apply for the Accelerated Pathways Leadership and Service Scholarship

The Accelerated Pathways Leadership and Service Scholarship is awarded after the bachelor’s degree has been conferred. It is awarded based on the student’s cumulative 水多多导航 undergraduate GPA at the time of graduation with the undergraduate degree and contributions to 水多多导航 Lyle via volunteer work and leadership activities.

The scholarship covers tuition (not student fees) for the seven (7) additional Lyle graduate courses required for the first master’s degree received. Eight (8) hours per semester of documented volunteer and leadership work per semester is the minimum requirement in addition to the GPA requisite. Seniors should have completed 48 hours of volunteer/leadership activity by the time of graduation for an undergraduate degree. Students currently in 水多多导航 Lyle’s undergraduate programs should inquire about specific volunteer commitments.

At the end of the undergraduate program, the application is submitted and will be reviewed by the Accelerated Pathways Leadership and Service Scholarship committee.

All leadership and volunteer activity will be verified by the relevant supervisory office where it occurred.

Scholarship Application Form

Please submit completed scholarship applications to:

Jim Dees
Executive Director, Student Experience and Scholarship
jdees@lyle.smu.edu

 

Master鈥檚 Degree Requirements

The following are required to complete a master's degree:

  • Have a cumulative graduate GPA of 3.0 in the master’s degree course work (including the graduate course work applied towards the undergraduate degree requirements).
  • Complete a minimum of 21 term-credit hours of graduate coursework at 水多多导航.
  • Fulfill all requirements for the master’s- level degree after completion of a bachelor’s degree. You are required to be enrolled in at least one term solely as a graduate student.
  • A minimum of 150 credit hours is required when combining credit hours from the bachelor’s degree and master’s degree.

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