Master of Arts in English (Accelerated)

Western Michigan University

In our Accelerated M.A. or ''4plus 1'' program, undergraduate English majors can earn their M.A. with only one additional year of course work. How Up to 12 credit hours earned in your senior year can count toward both your Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees. This cuts the number of credits hours for an M.A. from 30 to 18. It also lets you pay undergraduate rates for nearly half of your graduate degree.The Department of English at Western Michigan University offers an Accelerated Graduate Degree Program in English that allows seniors to accumulate credits toward the completion of a master’s degree while still enrolled as an undergraduate. Students admitted to the English department’s AGDP may take up to 12 credit hours of designated 5000- and 6000-level courses for graduate credit. The designated courses may be used to complete the bachelor’s degree and the master’s degree.The AGDP in English requires a total of 30 hours, 12 of which are taken during the student’s senior year as an undergraduate and the remaining 18 are taken in the second year of the student’s accelerated program.

College of Arts and Sciences