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Jan 31, 2026
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2026-2027 Graduate Catalog
Accelerated Nutrition and Health (BS)/Master of Public Health (MPH)
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The accelerated Nutrition and Health (BS)/Master of Public Health (MPH) will provide high-performing undergraduates the opportunity to pursue an accelerated Master of Public Health 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
Students applying for the accelerated program are not required to have completed their bachelor degree prior to pursuing the master program. The following requirements must be met before an individual can be admitted into this 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 time of application for admission to the accelerated program.
- The student’s cumulative undergraduate GPA must be at least 3.0.
- The student must meet all other Graduate School admission criteria as outlined in the Graduate School Handbook.
- A student who has completed all coursework for the bachelor’s degree is not eligible for the accelerated program.
- The student will be admitted into the accelerated program with a special graduate admission status.
- Upon successful completion of 9 credits that count towards both bachelor and master degree, the student will receive full admission to the master program
Program specific admission requirements: Students are responsible for researching financial aid implications of starting an accelerated degree program. 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 requirement, 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 3.00
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