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Dec 05, 2025
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2025-2026 Catalog
Accelerated Options
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Early Admission Program
Introduction Committed to our values of educational opportunities and excellence, Wesleyan College has provided a pathway for students to accelerate their course of study by completing both their bachelor’s degree and their master’s degree in approximately five years of full-time study, saving both time and money. Students can take up to 6 credit hours in one of our graduate programs, while still enrolled as an undergraduate student. Programs that participate in this program are: Master of Business Administration (MBA), and Master of Arts in Music. Program Summary Students must apply for admission to the Early Admission program in their Junior year of study. If accepted to the program, the student will take two graduate courses during their senior year. Graduate-level program courses completed may be substituted by the academic advisor to count towards an unmet undergraduate degree course requirement if the course content is related (see below of courses that have been approved for substitution.) Otherwise, the graduate-level courses will be counted as elective credit. Program Requirements The Early Admission Program is only open to Wesleyan students who: - Have earned a cumulative grade-point average (GPA) of 3.00 or higher by the end of the Junior year of study.
- Have been accepted to the graduate program by completing the admissions for the program they are applying for:
MBA
- a completed application
- current major in Business Administration with the completion of at least 6 of the 12 business core classes in the major, including at least one upper level course, all with a C grade or higher
- one letter of recommendation from a Wesleyan faculty member
- a resume
- an admissions interview will be scheduled with the program director once all documents have been received
Master of Arts in Music
- a completed application
- a minimum 3.0 GPA
- a curriculum vita or resume
- a statement of purpose (approximately 500-1000 words)
- two letters of professional reference
- Audition, Portfolio or interview with the program director
- Students who did not major in music in their undergraduate degree must take and pass a Music Theory and Music History Entrance Exam administered by the Wesleyan College Music Department.
Early Admission Program Specifics
- Once a student has been admitted to the graduate program, they are eligible to enroll in two graduate courses.
- Being accepted into the Early Admission Program does not alter the student’s type. Until the bachelor’s degree is conferred, the student remains a bachelor’s degree-seeking student for purposes of federal and state financial aid as well as any aid awarded to them as part of their undergraduate admission.
- Upon graduating with a bachelor’s degree, the student is immediately eligible to take the remaining graduate classes to complete the master’s degree.
- To obtain a master’s degree from Wesleyan, a student must have completed the required credit hours at the graduate level required by the program. All graduate coursework counting toward the master’s degree must meet the regular, published master’s degree requirements from Wesleyan.
- While an undergraduate in the Early Admission Program, Wesleyan will collect and retain undergraduate tuition at Wesleyan’s rates. Financial aid, including scholarships, will be calculated in accordance to Wesleyan College’s then-current policies. Part-time students and students taking the graduate course as an overload will be charged the undergraduate rate for the course.
- A student must complete 150 credits total for their undergraduate and graduate degree.
MBA
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