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Dec 05, 2025
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2025-2026 Graduate Catalog
Accelerated Public Health (BS)/Kinesiology (MS)
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The accelerated Accelerated Public Health (BS)/Kinesiology (MS) will provide high-performing undergraduates the opportunity to pursue an accelerated MS/Master of Science in Kinesiology degree with early admission to the graduate program as well as the ability to count nine credit hours of coursework in their graduate program toward their undergraduate degree.
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Admission Requirements
Undergraduate students applying for the accelerated program are required to have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours towards their bachelor degree. The following requirements must be met for admission into the accelerated program: - The student must be seeking the bachelor’s degree.
- The student must have completed a minimum of 75 credit hours toward the bachelor degree at the time of application for admission to the accelerated program.
- The student’s cumulative undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.000.
- The student must meet all other Graduate School admission criteria as outlined in the Graduate School Handbook and any graduate program specific requirements.
- A student who has completed all coursework for the bachelor’s degree is not eligible for the accelerated program.
Program Specific Admission Requirements
Since there is some overlap between undergraduate and graduate study, some graduate courses will satisfy the degree requirements of the undergraduate degree. A maximum of 9 graduate credit hours from the M.S. KIN degree may be counted toward the bachelor’s degree in Public Health. Some additional conditions are: - The student must complete 30 (thesis) or 36 (coursework) graduate credit hours with a graduate GPA of at least 3.0.
- The student must complete all undergraduate degree requirements with the exception of up to 9 credit hours taken at the 600 or 700 level that satisfy the undergraduate and graduate program requirements.
- At least 18 of the graduate credit hours on the Graduate Program of Study must be in classes at the 700 level or above.
- A student pursuing a thesis format must complete at least 6 credit hours of Master’s Thesis (KIN 899).
Once an individual is admitted to the accelerated BS Public Health/MS KIN degree program, the student should consult the graduate handbook for policies and procedures for graduate degrees, which include: supervisory committee, final examination, thesis defense, etc. The student’s supervisory committee must approve the program of study, which is a statement of the student’s graduation requirements. The B.S. degree will be awarded following the completion of the undergraduate degree requirements. Overlapping Courses
Students may select up to 9 credits from the list of courses below to satisfy the requirements for both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. These courses should be listed at the 600-700 level. Graduation Requirements
- After completion of all undergraduate program requirements, including the up to nine (9) overlapping graduate credit hours that are counted toward the bachelor’s degree, the student must apply to be awarded the bachelor’s degree.
- After receiving the bachelor degree, the student is eligible to be fully admitted into the master program portion of the accelerated bachelor-master program.
- To complete the second part of the accelerated program, the student must complete all master program requirements with a graduate cumulative GPA of at least 3.000.
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