Accelerated Masters Degrees

A Streamlined Path to a US Masters Degree

Studying at George Mason University, Korea provides a unique opportunity to earn a master’s degree from George Mason University in as little as five years. These accelerated masters programs,often referred to as BAMs (for Bachelor's/Accelerated Master's) allow highly qualified and motivated students to take up to four graduate courses in the course of their undergraduate programs, making it possible to complete the rest of the master’s degree in just a year following the undergraduate degree.

Accelerated masters programs allow students to

• take advantage of a streamlined application process to a graduate program with no application fee.
• apply six graduate credits to their undergraduate degrees.
• apply an additional six graduate credits to be held for reserve graduate credit (apply only to the graduate degree).
• start their graduate degrees with up to 12 credits earned while undergraduates
• save tuition by taking some of their graduate courses at the lower undergraduate tuition rate

Mason Korea students interested in accelerated masters program extend the 3 + 1 Mason Korea curriculum into a 3 + 2 curriculum.  You'll complete some of your graduate courses while in your 7th and 8th semesters in the US, and then stay an additional year in the US to complete your masters degree. Because you’ll do the year of graduate work in the US, you’ll enjoy two years studying at George Mason in Virginia.