2011-2012 Archived Catalog Information

Joint Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree in Economics

This program provides an accelerated path for undergraduate economics majors to obtain a Master’s degree in Economics.  The GRE requirement for applicants is waived; students are allowed to take up to two master-level courses in their senior year.  For each of these graduate courses taken, the student’s undergraduate total credit requirement is reduced by four credits.

Undergraduate students at Suffolk University, majoring in Economics (BS or BA) or International Economics (BS or BA), can apply for this joint degree program. Applicants must have completed the first semester of their junior year at Suffolk University with an overall GPA of 3.0 or higher and a GPA of 3.3 or higher in at least three economics major courses taken at Suffolk. Application deadline is June 15th of the junior year.  However, students may apply until November 1st of the senior year if they wish to enroll in graduate courses in the second semester of their senior year.

Each student admitted to this joint degree program must meet all the requirements of one of the undergraduate degree programs (BS in Economics, BA in Economics, BS in International Economics, or BA in International Economics). In addition, the student must meet all the requirements of one of the Master’s degree programs (MSEP, MSIE, or MSE). Upon successful completion of all of the degree requirements, a student will be conferred one joint degree.

A student may permanently exit the joint degree program and opt to graduate with a Bachelor’s degree if all the requirements of a Bachelor’s degree are met, in which case each of the two graduate courses taken in the senior year would be counted as a 4-credit course.