Concurrent Bachelor’s/Master’s Degree Programs

Concurrent BS/MS and BA/MA degree programs are offered in several departments at CU-Boulder. These programs allow a student to receive both a bachelor’s and master’s degree in five years of study without compromising the academic integrity of either degree.

Currently approved concurrent degree programs in the College of Arts and Sciences are offered in:

• art and art history
• Chinese/Asian languages and civilizations
• classics
• ecology and evolutionary biology
• film studies/art history
• French
• German studies
• integrative physiology
• Japanese/Asian languages and civilizations
• linguistics
• mathematics
• mathematics/applied mathematics
• physics
• psychology (cognitive)
• religious studies

Currently approved concurrent degree programs in the Leeds School of Business are offered in:

• accounting
• finance/accounting
• management/telecommunications

Currently approved concurrent degree programs in the College of Engineering and Applied Science are offered in:

• aerospace engineering
• applied mathematics
• architectural engineering
• architectural engineering/civil engineering
• chemical engineering
• chemical and biological engineering/chemical engineering
• civil engineering
• computer science/telecommunications
• computer science
• electrical engineering
• electrical and computer engineering/electrical engineering
• engineering physics/physics
• environmental engineering/civil engineering
• management/telecommunications
• mechanical engineering

These concurrent degree programs are open only to highly qualified CU-Boulder undergraduates. Students are formally admitted at the end of their sophomore year or the beginning of their junior year. They are admitted through the admission procedure of their department and do not go through the normal process of admission to Graduate School. When students have completed the program requirements, they receive both a bachelor’s and a master’s degree simultaneously. Students wishing to continue studying toward a doctorate must formally apply for admission to the Graduate School. Students interested in a concurrent bachelor’s/master’s program should inquire in the department.