Physics Major – Accelerated Masters Degree

Accelerated Masters

This accelerated graduate degree involves the following bachelor’s and master’s degrees: Physics, BS and Physics, MS.

There are 6 (or 7) forward-shared credits and 15 backward-shared credits for a total of 21 (or 22) shared credits. As an exception to the usual forward sharing credit maximum, 7 forward-shared credits will be allowed if credits in PHYSICS 411G or PHYSICS 441G are forward-shared because these are 4-credit courses rather than 3-credit courses.

Eligible Forward-Shared Courses

Any Physics course at the 400-level or higher that can be taken at the G level is eligible for forward-sharing. Forward-shared Courses must be taken at the G level.

Eligible Backward-Shared Courses

Any graduate-level Physics course can be shared backward to fulfill a major required or elective course for the bachelor’s degree; and fulfill a required or elective course for the master’s degree.

Undergraduate Requirements

Interested students must meet with an academic advisor to determine eligibility for the accelerated graduate degree. Students must have a GPA of 3.0 in the major for admission to the accelerated program, with no active incompletes or retakes of Physics courses.

Undergraduate students must maintain an overall GPA of at least 3.0 and a GPA of at least 3.0 in the major area of study.

Graduate School Admission Requirements

To be considered for admission into Graduate School prior to completing their bachelor’s degree, students must meet the minimum criteria for admission established by the MS in Physics and the UWM Graduate School and be in progress to complete 105 bachelor’s credits prior to their first term as a graduate student. Students who do not satisfactorily meet graduate school admissions criteria may continue with their BS in Physics.