Temple University offers several Accelerated Degree Programs arranged between undergraduate and graduate or professional schools and colleges. These programs enable academically qualified students to earn a bachelor's and an advanced degree—graduating sooner than they would have completing two distinct programs.
+1 Undergraduate/Graduate Accelerated Programs
Eligible undergraduate students use up to 12 specified graduate credits approved by the school/college to fulfill requirements for their undergraduate degree. Upon graduation from their undergraduate program, students move seamlessly into their graduate program, which they complete, in most cases, in one additional year. Students should meet with their advisor as soon as possible to discuss requirements for eligibility and the application process.
Students may enter a +1 Accelerated Program in either the junior or senior year. Transfer students are eligible if they have transferred to Temple no later than second term of the junior year. To meet the guidelines for admission and maintain standing in a +1 Accelerated Program, students must:
- Begin the program between the first term of the junior year and the first term of the senior year and continue through the final term of the senior year.
- Apply between the second term of the sophomore year and the second term of the junior year.
- Be able to complete the bachelor's degree within one (for senior status entrants) or two (for junior status entrants) years of program entry.
- Have a minimum 3.00 cumulative GPA before the start of the term in which they will begin the program and take the first graduate course. Some schools/colleges have designated higher cumulative minimum GPAs and this information is listed within the program requirements. Click on the links below to find out more about the minimum GPAs, the coursework, and the application process.
- Be a declared major in the designated undergraduate degree.
- Maintain full-time undergraduate status and not register for an overload (take no more than 18 credits total per term).
- Complete at least 6 but not more than 12 graduate credits as part of their undergraduate roster, with the following stipulations:
- No more than one graduate course (3-4 credits) in either term of the junior year.
- No more than three graduate courses (9 credits) in the senior year.
- No more than two graduate courses (6 credits) in either term of the senior year.
- Take graduate courses from the prescribed list only; no exceptions.
- Maintain a 3.00 cumulative GPA throughout the program and earn at least a B grade in each graduate course.
- Formally apply for admission to the Graduate school in the second term of the senior year, with the following stipulations:
- Students will be required to pay the Graduate School application fee.
- Students will not need to submit a GRE score.
- Complete the graduate degree in one year after completion of the bachelor's degree.
+1 Programs Available to Qualified Students in Any Major
College of Liberal Arts
Fox School of Business and Management
Lew Klein College of Media and Communication
School of Sport, Tourism, and Hospitality Management
Tyler School of Art and Architecture
College of Education and Human Development
- Adult Learning, Training and Organizational Development MEd
- Higher Education MEd
- Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages MSEd
College of Science and Technology
+1 Programs Available to Qualified Students in Specific Majors
Fox School of Business and Management
- BBA or BS / MS in Actuarial Science
- BBA or BS / MS in Business Analytics
- BBA or BS / MS in Information Technology Auditing and Cyber Security
- BBA or BS / MS in Innovation Management and Entrepreneurship
College of Education and Human Development
Master of Education in Adult Learning, Training and Organizational Development
Master of Education in Career and Technical Education
- BBA in Business Management / MEd in Career and Technical Education (with optional concentration in Business, Computer and Information Technology or Marketing Education)
- BBA in Marketing / MEd in Career and Technical Education (with optional concentration in Business, Computer and Information Technology or Marketing Education)
Master of Education in Higher Education
Master of Education in Special Education
Master of Science in Education
- BS in Human Development and Community Engagement / MSEd in Applied Behavior Analysis
- Any Baccalaureate degree / MSEd in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages
Master of Education in Middle Grades Education with Language Arts Concentration
Master of Education in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics Concentration
Master of Education in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Language Arts Concentration
Master of Education in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Science Concentration
- BS in Biology / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Science Concentration
- BS in Chemistry / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Science Concentration
- BSET in Engineering Technology / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Science Concentration
- BS in Geology / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Science Concentration
- BS in Mathematics / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Science Concentration
- BS in Physics / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Mathematics and Science Concentration
Master of Education in Middle Grades Education with Science Concentration
- BA or BS in Biology / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science Concentration
- BA or BS in Chemistry / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science Concentration
- BA or BS in Geology / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science Concentration
- BA in Natural Sciences / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science Concentration
- BA or BS in Physics / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science Concentration
Master of Education in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
- BA in Biology / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
- BA in Chemistry / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
- BA in English / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
- BA in Environmental Studies / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
- BA in Geology / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
- BA in Natural Sciences / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
- BA in Physics / MEd in Middle Grades Education with Science and Language Arts Concentration
Master of Education in Secondary Education with English Education Concentration
- BA in English / MEd in Secondary Education with English Education Concentration
- BA in Theater / MEd in Secondary Education with English Education Concentration
Master of Education in Secondary Education with Social Studies Education Concentration
- BA in Economics / MEd in Secondary Education with Social Studies Education Concentration
- BA in Geography and Urban Studies / MEd in Secondary Education with Social Studies Education Concentration
- BA in History / MEd in Secondary Education with Social Studies Education Concentration
- BA in Political Science / MEd in Secondary Education with Social Studies Education Concentration
- BA in Sociology / MEd in Secondary Education with Social Studies Education Concentration
Master of Education in Secondary Education with World/Foreign Languages Education Concentration
- BA in Classics with a Concentration in Classical Languages and Literature / MEd in Secondary Education with World/Foreign Languages Education Concentration
- BA in French / MEd in Secondary Education with World/Foreign Languages Education Concentration
- BA in German Language and Cultural Studies / MEd in Secondary Education with World/Foreign Languages Education Concentration
- BA in Italian / MEd in Secondary Education with World/Foreign Languages Education Concentration
- BA in Spanish / MEd in Secondary Education with World/Foreign Languages Education Concentration
- BA in Chinese / MEd in Secondary Education with World/Foreign Languages Education Concentration
Master of Education in Secondary Education with Mathematics Education Concentration
Master of Education in Secondary Education with Science Education Concentration
- BA or BS in Biology / MEd in Secondary Education with Science Education Concentration
- BA or BS in Chemistry / MEd in Secondary Education with Science Education Concentration
- BA or BS in Geology / MEd in Secondary Education with Science Education Concentration
- BA in Natural Sciences / MEd in Secondary Education with Science Education Concentration
- BA or BS in Physics / MEd in Secondary Education with Science Education Concentration
College of Engineering
- BSBioe in Bioengineering / MSBioe in Bioengineering
- BSCE in Civil Engineering / MSCE in Civil Engineering
- BSCE in Civil Engineering / MSEnvE in Environmental Engineering
- BSECE in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Concentration in Computer Engineering / MSEE in Electrical Engineering
- BSECE in Electrical and Computer Engineering with Concentration in Electrical Engineering / MSEE in Electrical Engineering
- BSEnvE in Environmental Engineering / MSEnvE in Environmental Engineering
- BSME in Mechanical Engineering / MSME in Mechanical Engineering
College of Public Health
- BS in Recreational Therapy / MS in Recreational Therapy
- BS in Public Health / MPH in Applied Biostatistics
- BS in Public Health / MPH in Epidemiology
- BS in Public Health / MPH in Health Policy and Management
- BS in Public Health / MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences
- BS in Public Health / MS in Health Informatics
- BS in Health Professions / MS in Athletic Training
- BS in Health Professions / MS in Health Informatics
Lew Klein College of Media and Communication
- BS or BA in any program that has 6 free elective credits / Master of Journalism
- BA in Media Studies and Production / MA in Media Studies and Production
- BA in Communication Studies / MA in Media Studies and Production
College of Liberal Arts
- BA in Criminal Justice / MA in Criminal Justice
- BA in English / MA in English
- BA in Environmental Studies / MA in Geography
- BA in Gender, Sexuality and Women's Studies / MA in Sociology
- BA or BS / PSM in Geographic Information Systems
- BA in Geography and Urban Studies / MA in Geography
- BS in Neuroscience: Systems, Behavior and Plasticity / MS in Neuroscience: Systems, Behavior and Plasticity
- BA in Philosophy / MA in Philosophy
- BA in Political Science / MA in Political Science
- BA in Psychology / MS in Psychological Research
- BA or BS / MPP in Public Policy
- BA in Sociology / MA in Sociology
- BA in Spanish / MA in Spanish
College of Science and Technology
- BA or BS in CST / PSM in Bioinnovation
- BA or BS in Biology / PSM in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Science
- BA or BS in Biology / PSM in Bioinnovation
- BA or BS in Biology / PSM in Biotechnology
- BA or BS in Biology / MS in Information Science and Technology
- BA or BS in Biology / PSM in Scientific Writing
- BS in Biochemistry / PSM in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Science
- BS in Biochemistry / PSM in Bioinnovation
- BS in Biochemistry / PSM in Biotechnology
- BS in Biochemistry / PSM in Forensic Chemistry
- BS in Chemistry / MS in Chemistry
- BA or BS in Chemistry / PSM in Forensic Chemistry
- BS in Computer Science / MS in Computer Science
- BS in Computer Science / MS in Computational Data Science
- BS in Data Science with Computational Analytics Concentration/ MS in Computational Data Science
- BS in Data Science with Genomics and Bioinformatics Concentration / PSM in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Science
- BS in Genomic Medicine / PSM in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Science
- BS in Genomic Medicine / PSM in Bioinnovation
- BS in Genomic Medicine / PSM in Biotechnology
- BS in Genomic Medicine with Pre-Medicine Concentration / PSM in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Science
- BS in Genomic Medicine with Pre-Medicine Concentration / PSM in Bioinnovation
- BS in Genomic Medicine: Pre-Medicine Concentration / PSM in Biotechnology
- BS in Mathematics / MS in Mathematics
- BS in Mathematics and Computer Science / MS in Computational Data Science
- BA or BS in Natural Sciences / PSM in Bioinnovation
- BA or BS in Natural Sciences / PSM in Biotechnology
- BA or BS in Natural Sciences / PSM in Scientific Writing
- BS in Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular / PSM in Bioinformatics and Biological Data Science
- BS in Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular / PSM in Bioinnovation
- BS in Neuroscience: Cellular and Molecular / PSM in Biotechnology
School of Sport, Tourism and Hospitality Management
- BS in Sport and Entertainment Management / MS in Sport Business
- BS in Sport and Recreation Management / MS in Sport Business
- BA or BS / MS in Sport Business
Tyler School of Art and Architecture
- BS in Architecture / Master of Architecture, Professional Track
- BA or BS / MS in City and Regional Planning
- BS in Community Development / MS in City and Regional Planning
3+3, 3+4 Undergraduate/Professional Accelerated Programs
Pre-Professional Accelerated Programs allow Pre: Medicine, Dentistry, Pharmacy, and Podiatry (3+4 Tracks) students as well as Physical Therapy (3+3 Track) students the option of earning both their bachelor's degree and graduate degree in a shorter period of time after successfully passing all courses in the first year of professional school at Temple University.
Students interested in the Pre-Medicine 3+4 Accelerated Track must be previously accepted to Temple University as a Pre-Med Health Scholar and contact Pre-Professional Health Advising during their first semester to confirm eligibility. Students interested in all other accelerated programs should contact Pre-Professional Health Advising during the first semester of their undergraduate academic career to discuss eligibility, as well as the professional school application process.
Kimberly Buck-Speck
Pre-Professional Health Advising
215-204-2513
healthadvising@temple.edu
https://undergradstudies.temple.edu/healthadvising
- CST Majors: Biology, Chemistry
- CST Majors: Biology, Chemistry
3+4 Pharmacy Program (BA/PharmD)
- CST Majors: Biology, Chemistry
3+3 Physical Therapy Program (BS/DPT)
- CPH Major: Health Professions
3+3 Physical Therapy Program (BA/DPT)
- CST Major: Biology
- CST Majors: Biology, Chemistry