Combined Degree Programs, Requirements and Contacts
- The Program
- Combined Degree Timeline
- Frequently Asked Questions
- Combined Degree Application
- Special Accelerated Degree Programs
Program Requirements and Contact Information
Fisher School of Accounting
Accounting - 3/2 MAcc/BSAc (non-thesis only)
Admission Criteria
Contact: Dominique DeSantiago (352) 273-0200, dom.desantiago@cba.ufl.edu
This is an integrated, five-year, 150-hour program that leads to the joint award of a Bachelor of Science in Accounting
and a Master of Accounting. Students design an individualized plan of study with courses in financial accounting,
auditing, taxation, and cost and managerial accounting. This program is for students seeking a professional accounting
career. Completion fulfills the state’s requirements to take the CPA examination to practice in Florida.
College of Agricultural and Life Sciences
Agricultural Education and Communication - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. Ricky Telg rwtelg@ufl.edu
Agricultural Operations Management - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.3 GPA
Contact: Mary Hall (352) 392-1864 ext. 114, abeinfo@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Animal Sciences - BS/MS
Admission Criteria:
Contact: Dr. Joel Brendemuhl brendj@ufl.edu
Entomology and Nematology - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE (or 500 GMAT); 3.5 GPA
Contact: Dr. Carl Barfield barfield@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Family, Youth and Community Sciences - BS/MS and BS/MFYCS
Admission Criteria: 1150 GRE; 3.2 upper-division GPA
Contact: Jennifer Gove (352) 392-2202 ext. 251, jegove@ifas.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences – BS/MS or MFAS (BS degree in another discipline)
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. Chuck Cichra fish@ifas.ufl.edu
Overlapping credits: 12
Students must find a faculty member in the Department of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences to serve as their graduate
adviser. A written agreement must be approved by both the undergraduate adviser and the future FAS adviser. To count
for the MS or MFAS degree, FAS courses must be taken at the graduate level.
Food and Resource Economics - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. Jeff Burkhardt burk@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: up to 12 credit hours. Specific courses to be determined by the undergraduate adviser in the student's major and by the FRE graduate and undergraduate coordinators.
Golf and Sports Turf Management - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. Michael Kane micropro@ufl.edu
Overlapping credits: 12
Landscape and Nursery Horticulture - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. Charles Guy clguy@ufl.edu
Overlapping credits: 12
Microbiology and Cell Science - 4/1 BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 on the combined verbal and quantitative portions of the GRE; 3.2 GPA on all upper-division courses
Contact: Dr. Samuel Farrah sfarrah@ufl.edu
This is considered a "4/1" program because students may be awarded both a B.S. and an M.S. (non-thesis) within a five-year period. Interested students should meet with the undergraduate coordinator before applying. This program is offered by the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences.
Overlapping credits: 12
Plant Science and Plant Pathology - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. Jeffrey Rollins rollinsj@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Soil and Water Science - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: N.B. Comerford (352) 392-1951 ext. 248, nbc@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Statistics - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: SAT quantitative score of at least 700; completion of at least 24 semester hours at UF with a 3.25 GPA or better;
completion of at least 12 credits of mathematics and/or statistics courses in the undergraduate statistics majors with a GPA of 3.5 or better;
approval of the Statistics Undergraduate Committee. Approval does not guarantee admission to Graduate School at a later date.
Contact: Dr. Ronald Randles rrandles@stat.ufl.edu
Rinker School of Building Construction
Building Construction
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.4 upper-division GPA; complete all 3000-level BCN courses
Contact: Dr. R. Raymond Issa (352) 273-1152, raymond-issa@ufl.edu
Overlapping credit: 12
Warrington College of Business Administration
Business Administration, concentration in Entrepreneurship - MSE
Admission Criteria: 465 GMAT; 3.0 GPA
Contact: David Boneparth (352) 273-0337,
david.boneparth@cba.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 2-12
This one-year degree is designed to encourage successful entrepreneurial performance through creative, practical and comprehensive education.
Topics include business planning, social entrepreneurship, venture finance and analysis, and managing innovation
and change.
Business Administration, major in International Business - MAIB
Admission Criteria: 3.2 minimum GPA; adequate GMAT or GRE score
Contact: Mindy Kraft (352) 273-0343, mindy.kraft@cba.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 2-12
This one-year degree allows UF business majors or minors to enhance their undergraduate business education with
an in-depth study of global business issues and trends. The MAIB program
allows curricular flexibility based on individual interests. It also incorporates practical
global business components with a required European or Latin American study tour and participation in an international exchange program.
Business Administration, major in Management - MSM
Admission Criteria: 3.2 minimum GPA; adequate GMAT or GRE score
Contact: Jane McNulty (352) 273-0344, msm@cba.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 2-12
This degree provides nonbusiness majors the opportunity to combine the knowledge gained from other academic
disciplines with functional business applications to create a dynamic skill set that is in demand by employers in
business and nonbusiness industries (advertising, engineering, healthcare).
Finance, Master of Science - MSF
Admission Criteria: 465 GMAT (650+ average); 3.0 GPA (3.5+ average)
Contact: Kelly Herring (352) 392-9249, kelly.herring@cba.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 2-12
This degree provides students an opportunity to study financial economics at the second-year MBA level. The courses cover nearly all areas of finance,
including derivative securities, fixed income markets, equity valuation, international finance and real estate finance. With early application, the combined-degree option allows students to receive their undergraduate and
graduate degrees in four years.
Information Systems and Operations Management - BS/MS (non-thesis only)
Admission Criteria: 550 GMAT or 1150 GRE; 3.0 GPA
Contact: Chandra Hardy (352) 846-1370 chandra.hardy@cba.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12-16
The combined degree program in information systems and operations management is designed to provide students with computing, quantitative and applications skills vital to a business problem-solving setting.
Real Estate, Master of Science - MSRE
Admission Criteria: 630 GMAT; 3.4 GPA
Contact: Pam DeMichele (352) 273-0310, pam.demichele@cba.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 0
The MSRE degree is a competitive, one-year degree program that offers a unique combination of theory and practice. It is designed to increase students’ knowledge of real estate and to help students develop their professional
skills. The multidisciplinary curriculum, coupled with the active involvement of real estate professionals, provides a premier educational experience for MSRE students. Professional work experience is strongly preferred.
College of Design, Construction and Planning
Interior Design - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. M. Jo Hasell (352) 392-0252 ext. 337, hasell@dcp.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Urban and Regional Planning
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Joseli Macedo (352) 392-0997 ext. 461,joseli@ufl.edu or
elittes@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 21 (9 of the 21 hours can be taken in home department)
College of Engineering
Aerospace Engineering - BSAE/ME or MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.3 GPA
Contact: Dr. Chen-Chi Hsu (352) 392-7738, cch@aero.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 6
Agricultural and Biological Engineering - BS/ME
Admission Criteria: 4EG; 3.30 GPA; completed pre-engineering courses and 20 hours of the Engineering Agricultural and Biological Engineering core
Contact: Mary Hall (352) 392-1864 ext. 114, abeinfo@ufl.edu
Chemical Engineering - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.3 upper division GPA, 3.2 GPA in chemical engineering courses; 6 ECH-prefixed core courses
Contact: Dr. Spyros Svoronos (352) 392-0881, svoronos@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Civil Engineering
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.5 upper-division GPA
Contact: Dr. Frank Townsend (352) 392-0926, ftown@ce.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 6
Computer Engineering - BSCEN/ME or MS (thesis or non-thesis)
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.3 GPA; complete 3 of the following courses: CIS 3020, COT 3100, CDA 3101, COP 3530
Contact: Ross Vanover (352) 392-1090, rvanover@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Biomedical Engineering (Materials Science and Engineering) - BSMSE/MS or ME
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE, minimum GRE 500 Verbal; 3.3 GPA
Contact: Dr. Hans Van Oostrom (352) 846-1851, gc@bme.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Digital Arts and Sciences - BS/MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.3 GPA; 3 of 4 core courses with 3.3 GPA on those courses (CIS 3020, COT 3100, CDA 3101, COP 3530); portfolio
Contact: Ross Vanover (352) 392-1090, rvanover@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Electrical and Computer Engineering - BSEE/ME or MS
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.3 upper-division GPA
Contact: Catherine Sembajwe-Reeves (352) 392-4945, office@graduate.ece.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 6-12
Environmental Engineering - BS/ME
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.30 GPA
Contact: Graduate Coordinator (352) 392-8450, academicoffice@ees.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 6
Industrial and Systems Engineering - BSISE/MSM or MBA
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.0 upper-division GPA
Contact: Michael Funk (352) 392-3271, funk@ise.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 6
Materials Science and Engineering - BSMSE/MS or ME
Admission Criteria: GRE scores that are acceptable to the program are used in the context of a holistic credential review process; 3.3 GPA
Contact: Dr. Jack Mecholosky (352) 846-3306, jmech@mse.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Mechanical Engineering - BSME/ME or MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.3 GPA
Contact: Dr. Chen-Chi Hsu (352) 392-7738, cch@aero.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 6
Nuclear and Radiological Engineering - BSNE/MS or ME
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.6 GPA
Contact: Ines Aviles-Spadoni (352) 392-1401 ext. 302, iaviles@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Nuclear Engineering Science - BSNES/MS or ME
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.6 GPA
Contact: Ines Aviles-Spadoni (352) 392-1401 ext. 302, iaviles@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
School of Forest Resources and Conservation
Forest Resources and Conservation - BSFRC/MFRC or MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. George Blakeslee (352) 846-0845, gb4stree@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Natural Resource Conservation - BSFRC/MFRC or MS
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. George Blakeslee (352) 846-0845, gb4stree@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
College of Health and Human Performance
Health Education and Behavior - BSHE/MS (non-thesis only)
Admission Criteria: Minimum 500 verbal and 600 quantitative GRE score; 3.2 UF GPA
Contact: Holly T. Moses (352) 392-0583 ext. 1288, hmoses@hhp.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Recreation - BSRPT/MSRS
Admission Criteria: Minimum 500 verbal and 500 quantitative GRE score; 3.2 GPA
Contact: John O. Spengler (352) 392-4042 ext. 1314,
spengler@hhp.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Sport Management - BSSPM/MS
Admission Criteria: Minimum 500 verbal and 500 quantitative GRE score; 3.2 overall GPA with a 3.0 universal tracking GPA; completion of EME 2040, SPM 2000C,
SPM 3206 and MAN 3025 with a minimum B grade on first attempt; completion of FIN 3403 with a minimum C grade on first attempt
Contact: John O. Spengler (352) 392-4042 ext. 1314,
spengler@hhp.ufl.edu
College of Journalism and Mass Communication
Advertising - BS Advertising/MA Mass Communication
Admission Criteria: 1000 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. John Sutherland (352) 392-4046, jsutherland@jou.ufl.edu
Overlapping credit: 12
Telecommunication - MAMC
Admission Criteria: GRE 1100, minimum 550 GRE Verbal; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Dr. Sylvia Chan-Olmsted (352) 392-0954 chanolmsted@jou.ufl.edu
Dr. David Ostroff (352) 392-0463, dostroff@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences
Botany - BS/MS (thesis or non-thesis)
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Terry Lucansky (352) 392-7927, lucansky@botany.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Computer Science
- BSCS/MS (EG) or BS/MS (LS) (thesis or non-thesis)
Admission Criteria: Junior status; 1100 GRE; 3.3 GPA; complete 3 of the following: CIS 3020, COT 3100, CDA 3101, COP 3530.
Contact: Amy Ladendorf (352)392-1090,aladendo@cise.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
This is a joint program between the colleges of Engineering and Liberal Arts and Sciences, coordinated by the
Department of Computer Science and Engineering. Students must be consistent between B.S. and M.S. degrees, meaning
Liberal Arts students CANNOT pursue the M.S. in Engineering and Engineering students CANNOT pursue the M.S. in Liberal
Arts while in the combined BS/MS program.
French - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Bernadette Cesar-Lee (352)392-2016, cesarlee@rll.ufl.edu
Overlapping credit: 12
Geography - BA or BS/MA or MS
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Joann Mossa (352) 392-0494, mossa@geog.ufl.edu
Overlapping credit: 12
Geology - BS or BA/MS or MA
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA, 3.5 GPA in geology courses; 24 hours at UF, minimum 20 credits of geology courses
Contact: Dr. Michael Perfit (352) 392-2128 or 392-2231, perfit@geology.ufl.edu
Overlapping credit: 12
History - BA/MA (non-thesis only)
Admission Criteria: 1050 GRE; 3.25 GPA
Contact: Howard Louthan (352) 392-0271 ext. 254, louthan@history.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 8
International Relations (Political Science) - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.7 GPA; completion of 24 credits at UF, 12 of which must be political science courses
Contact: David Hedge (352) 392-0262 ext. 287, dhedge@polisci.ufl.edu
Overlapping credit: 12
Linguistics - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.25 GPA
Contact: (Galia Hatav (352) 392-0639, ext. 228, ghatav@lin.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Mathematics - BS or BA/MA or MS (non-thesis only)
Admission Criteria: 1000 GRE; 3.25 GPA
Contact: David Groisser (352) 392-0281, groisser@math.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Physics - BS or BA/MS
Admission Criteria: GRE 1200, Physics GRE 600; 3.5 upper-division GPA
Contact: Dr. Selman Hershfield (352) 392-9387, selman@phys.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Political Science - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.7 GPA; completion of 24 credits at UF, 12 of which must be political science courses
Contact: David Hedge (352) 392-0262 ext. 287, dhedge@polisci.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Portuguese - BA/MA (thesis or non-thesis)
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Charles Perrone (352) 392-2100, perrone@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Religion - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: GRE 1100; 3.0 GPA; letter of purpose
Contact: Dr. Richard Foltz (352) 392-1625 ext. 236, rfoltz@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Russian - BA/MA (thesis or non-thesis)
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Michael Gorham (352) 392-2101, mgorham@germslav.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Sociology - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Marian Borg (352) 392-0251 ext. 236, mborg@soc.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Spanish - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: 1200 GRE; 3.5 GPA
Contact: Greg Moreland (352) 392-2016 ext. 240, moreland@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
Statistics - BA or BS/MStat (non-thesis only)
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Ron Randles (352) 392-1941 ext. 213, rrandles@stat.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 15
Women's Studies - BA/MA
Admission Criteria: GRE 1100; 3.2 GPA; complete WST 3015
Contact: Kendal Board (352) 392-0251 x 257, kendal@soc.ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 12
School of Natural Resources and Environment
Environmental Science and Interdisciplinary
Ecology - BS/MS (non-thesis)
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.3 GPA
Contact: Dr. Stephen Humphrey (352) 392-9230, humphrey@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 9
College of Nursing
Nursing - RN-BSN/MSNSG
Admission Criteria: 1100 GRE; 3.2 GPA
Contact: Ken Foote (352) 273-6383, kfoote@ufl.edu
Overlapping Credits: 11
College of Public Health and Health Professions
Public Health - BHS/MPH
Admission Criteria: GRE test results and a 3.2 GPA. Must have completed BSC 2007 or 2010, STA 2023, PSY 2012,
advanced psychology (either abnormal or developmental), APK 2105C and any additional prerequisite requirements
(depends on concentration).
Contact: Dr. Stephanie Hanson, shanson@phhp.ufl.edu, (352) 273-6377.
Overlapping Credits: 15
The public health combined-degree program allows qualified students with any undergraduate major to pursue a master's
degree in public health. Students complete 15 credits of public health core courses as an undergraduate and then
complete the remaining 33 credits after admission to graduate school. Students select a concentration in public health
management and policy, social and behavioral sciences, epidemiology, biostatistics or environmental health.