Joint BA in Urban Studies/MS in Civic Analytics

The Joint Bachelor of Arts in Urban Studies (BAUS) and Master of Science in Civic Analytics (MSCA) is designed for undergraduates with outstanding academic performance who desire to pursue graduate studies in Civic Analytics. Students will earn the BAUS upon completion of their undergraduate degree requirements and the MSCA degree upon completion of the master’s program requirements with 9 hours of course work shared between the two degrees.

The requirements for completion of the combined BAUS/MSCA degree are identical to the completion of these two separate degrees; however, there are 9 hours of shared course work used for both degrees. Completion of 111 hours at the undergraduate level; plus 9 shared hours counting toward both the BAUS and MSCA degrees; plus 46 hours of course work at the graduate level will result in joint BAUS and MSCA degrees.

Students may apply to start the joint program when they enter as freshmen, but must comply with all other requirements for admission to the BAUS program and have an exceptional record; others may apply when they transfer or at any time before their senior year provided that they have a minimum GPA of 3.40. All students must have a minimum GPA of 3.40 upon completing their undergraduate course work and beginning their graduate course work. They must maintain an average GPA of at least 3.00 in all graduate courses. Should students accepted to the joint degree program fall below this average, they will be on probation for a semester and will remain in the program only if they bring their average back to the required minimum.