Dual Degree Information

Pursue two masters degrees simultaneously

Admission Requirements:

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 Office of Academic Programs and Graduate Studies (Warren Hall, Room 859) 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.

Once your petition is approved:

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.

Earn a second master´s degree.

Admission Requirements:
If you already have a master´s degree and want to pursue a second one you must meet the following criteria:

1. Apply and gain admission to the department of the second master´s degree program;
2. Fulfill all prerequisites and requirements for the second degree;
3. Complete at least 32 units (32–39 in the Special Major, 35 in Public Administration, 39–41 in Multimedia, 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 master´s 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.