Program Overview

Program Overview

The combined Bachelor's + Master's degree programs at DePaul University allow students to complete 12 graduate credit hours while still undergraduates. These 12 graduate credit hours will count toward both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs.

Program Details

The Writing, Rhetoric, and Discourse (MA) program is available to any DePaul student, regardless of major. Students can apply for the Combined DePaul Bachelor's + MA WRD program, which allows them to take up to three courses in the MA WRD during their senior year as open electives in their undergraduate degree program.

Eligibility and Admission

• Current DePaul undergraduate students with junior status (at least 88.0 credits) and a cumulative DePaul grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 are eligible to apply to the Combined DePaul Bachelor's + MA WRD.
• Writing and Rhetoric majors who choose the BA + MA option may count their three graduate courses as major or open electives.
• Final approval of the MA WRD courses as open electives will continue to reside with the college hosting the specific bachelor's degree program.

Application Deadlines

• To begin in Autumn Quarter, for Spring Graduation: April 15
• To begin in Winter Quarter, for Autumn Graduation: November 15
• To begin in Spring Quarter, for Winter Graduation: February 15

Program Structure

• Students will be allowed to double-count the course credit toward the requirements of the MA WRD degree program.
• The 12 graduate credit hours completed during the undergraduate program will count toward both the undergraduate and graduate degree programs.