Dual Graduate Credit Option

Any undergraduate student who is currently enrolled in a baccalaureate degree business program, and who is within the final twenty-four (24) credit hours needed to graduate, will be permitted to complete two (2) graduate courses for dual credit, totaling no more than six (6) credit hours, based upon the following criteria:

• A student who has a cumulative GPA of 3.50 or higher will receive unconditional approval to complete graduate courses for dual credit.
• A student who has a cumulative GPA between 3.00-3.49 will be considered for approval pending review of a letter of recommendation from an undergraduate instructor. This letter should list each business course(s) taught by the recommending instructor that the student has completed to date, the student’s overall academic performance in those courses, and the instructor’s view of the student’s ability to successfully complete advance coursework at the graduate level.
• A student with a GPA under 3.00 will not be approved to complete graduate courses for dual credit unless unforeseen or extreme, extenuating circumstances have had a significant, negative impact on the student’s overall undergraduate academic performance. In this case, the student must submit a detailed letter of explanation to the GPS Business Program Coordinator that explains these negative effects in greater detail, and that also discusses how the student now intends to successfully complete coursework at the graduate level.

Graduate courses that an approved student may complete for dual credit are listed below.

Approval to complete ACCT-6003 (Managerial Accounting) or FINC-6013 (Corporate Finance) may also be considered in specific cases that include an undergraduate Accounting major or minor who is within the final twenty-four (24) credit hours needed to graduate and who also meets the minimum GPA criteria listed above.

MANG-6043 (Strategic Management), as well as all Graduate Business concentration courses, will not be considered as options for dual credit under any circumstances.