Dual Masters Degree Information

If you want to pursue two Masters degrees at the same time, you should:

1)

Decide which masters will be your first degree and which will be your second degree.

2)

Apply and be admitted to the university and your first masters degree.

3)

Obtain a Dual Masters Degree Permission Form from the Academic Programs and Graduate Studies Student Services office (Warren Hall, Room 877) and complete Section 1 of the form. The Office of Academic Programs and Graduate Studies will complete Section 2 and obtain the signatures of the Graduate Coordinators for your first and second masters degrees in Section 3. Only the Associate Vice President, Academic Programs and Graduate Studies, can give final approval for a student to pursue two masters degrees simultaneously.

If your petition is approved, you will:

1)

Fulfill all prerequisites and requirements for your first degree.

2)

Fulfill all prerequisites and requirements for your second degree (up to 13 units from your first degree may be applied to your second degree if agreed to by your second degree program).

3)

Earn all units for each masters degree within the five calendar years immediately preceding the receipt of each degree.

If your second degree is in the same field as your first degree (e.g. Business Administration), the second degree must be in a different option and all 45 or more units must be different. The prerequisites and requirements for the first degree do not need to be completed before you begin work on the second degree, however, you may be Advanced to Candidacy for your second degree only after you have been awarded your first degree. You may not receive both masters degrees in the same quarter.

If you already have a Masters degree and want to pursue a second Masters degree you must meet the following criteria:

1)

Apply and gain admission to the department of the second Masters;

2)

Fulfill all prerequisites and requirements for the second degree;

3)

Complete at least 32 units (35 in Public Administration, 59 in Counseling) in your second degree. Up to 13 units from your first degree may be applied to your second degree if agreed to by your second degree program; and

4)

Earn all units for your second Masters degree within the five calendar years immediately preceding the receipt of the degree.

If your second degree is in the same field as your first degree (e.g. Business Administration), the second degree must be in a different option and all 45 or more units must be different.