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The combined Bachelor's + Master's degree programs 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.

DePaul Undergraduate Degree + Applied Professional Studies (MA)

The Applied Professional Studies (MAAPS) combined degree program from the School of Continuing and Professional Studies (SCPS) is open to all undergraduate majors across the university. Students who are interested in this program must apply to the SCPS Graduate Admission Office in their junior year, and if accepted, can take up to three graduate courses (12 credits). These three courses count towards both the bachelor’s program and the Master of Arts degree. Students will pay the current undergraduate tuition rate for these three courses. Once students earn their Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree from DePaul, they matriculate as a graduate student and complete the remaining required courses for their Master of Arts degree. Students should work with their undergraduate advisor to see how the graduate classes will fulfill undergraduate degree requirements. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA (B or better) in each graduate class taken in their senior year in order to continue in the program.

Pathway participants may take 12 credit hours from the Liberal Learning section of the graduate programs. Current offerings include:

  • LLS 410D WRITING FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS
  • LLS 410G ADVANCED LEADERSHIP THEORY & PRACTICE
  • LLS 410H EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP IN A CHANGING PROFESSIONAL ENVIRONMENT
  • LLS 420D APPLYING ETHICS IN THE PROFESSIONS
  • LLS 420E LEADERSHIP, CHANGE AND POSITIVE ORGANIZATIONS
  • LLS 420F LEADERSHIP MODELS FOR STRONG ORGANIZATIONS 
  • LLS 420G EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE AT WORK
  • LLS 420H LEADING FOR SOCIAL CHANGE
  • LLS 440A UNDERSTANDING AND FLEXING MINDSETS
 

Alumni qualify for the Double Demon scholarship