Bachelor's/Accelerated Masters

Bachelor's/Accelerated Advanced Degree Programs

The university offers a number of Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's Programs for academically strong Mason undergraduates with a commitment to research or graduate or professional studies. Applicants receive a waiver of the graduate application fee and admitted students may obtain both a bachelor's and a master's degree after satisfactory completion of 144 - 150 credits (number of required credits depends on the graduate program).

The School of Integrative Studies houses the Master's of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies (MAIS). This program is available to undergraduate students in pursuing any major at Mason and many SIS faculty members serve as concentration heads.

Bachelor's Degree (any) -> MAIS

Concentration options within MAIS: Computational Social Science, Energy and Sustainability, Religious Studies, Social Entrepreneurship, Social Justice and Human Rights, War and the Military in Society, Women and Gender Studies, and Individualized. 

Bachelor's Degree (any) -> HEP

Academic options include: PhD-Higher Education, MA-Higher Education, Graduate Certificate in College Teaching and a Graduate Certificate in Higher Education Administration. 

Other Bachelor/Accelerated Master's Options: 

3+3 Accelerated Law Program

Bachelor's Degree (any) -> Master's of Education (multiple programs to chose from)

BA Integrative Studies, Social Science for Education to MEd Curriculum and Instruction - History/Social Science