Accelerated MS Finance Curriculum
Benefits
- Allows students to obtain graduate credit while still an undergraduate
- Gives students the opportunity to complete both a BS and MS in Finance in 4-4.5 years
- May take up to 18 hours (half required for the MS in finance) while enrolled as undergraduate
- Can take up to the maximum of 15 hours while enrolled in the Seniors for Graduate Credit Program
- Remain eligible to receive TOPS for eight semesters as long as TOPS requirements are met
Requirements
- Graduate credits cannot be applied toward a Bachelor’s degree
- Completion of at least 60 semester hours of credit with a GPA of at least 3.5 for all LSU coursework
- Maintain the required GPA for the Graduate Credit for Seniors Program (3.0)
- Acceptance requires approval from the following:
- Chair of the undergraduate department in which the students is enrolled
- Dean of the college in which the students is enrolled
- Chair of the department in which the student proposes to pursue his or her master’s degree
- Forms must be submitted prior to the last day to add for that semester