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Concurrent Credentials

Concurrent Degrees

The following parameters apply for students interested in enrolling in more than one graduate degree:

• Admission decisions for the degrees are made independently.
• All requirements must be completed for each degree.
• Up to nine (9) credits of one graduate degree may be applied to meet requirements of another graduate degree.
• Degrees are not required to be earned in the same academic year.
• The academic transcript will cite all earned degrees.

Dual Degree

• Dual degrees require further study than either degree alone, but less than when the degrees are pursued separately. The total number of credits is reduced no more than 25% to establish requirements for the dual degrees.
  • Reductions may be achieved by sharing a course(s) between more than one program, course substitutions, or waivers due to complimentary content of coursework.
  • Program objectives for each degree must be maintained when establishing potential reductions.
• Students apply specifically to the dual degree programs, and directors of the dual degree programs make admission decisions. A student may be eligible for admission to a standard degree program if he/she is not admitted for the dual degrees.
• Students complete all requirements as outlined by the College for the dual degree.
• The awarding of the degrees occurs simultaneously at the time all requirements are successfully completed. Students are not eligible for one degree until all degrees are finished.
• Completion of the degrees results in individual degree citations on the academic transcript, and students are issued a diploma for each degree earned.

Concurrent Degree and Certificate

• Students request their desire to earn concurrent credentials via Graduate Enrollment or the Graduate Registrar’s Office.
• Students are required to request their declaration of a certificate prior to completing their application for degree.
• Credits earned in a certificate may be applied to a degree in their entirety.
• Students are not required to earn all credentials in the same academic year.
• Completion of all credentials results in individual citations on the academic transcript, and students are issued a diploma and certificate upon completion of each.

Subsequent Credential(s)

• Students must apply to the succeeding credential and admission decisions are independent of previous admission decisions.
• Students complete current requirements for subsequent credentials.
• Courses completed within the last seven (7) years may be applied to meet requirements for the subsequent credential.
• A student’s cumulative GPA is calculated and based on all graduate credits earned at Messiah.
• Completion of the subsequent credential results in individual citations on the academic transcript and students are issued a credential for each one earned.

 

Subsequent Degree

Students may be approved to use up to nine (9) credits from a previous Messiah graduate degree to meet the requirements of a subsequent graduate degree.

 

Subsequent Certificate

• Credits earned in a previous credential may be applied to a subsequent certificate if at least three (3) credits are unique (not shared), and is completed after the first certificate is awarded.
• Completion of the subsequent certificate results in a citation on the academic transcript, and the student is issued a credential for the certificate earned.