Admission 

Application and admission to the program is a 2-step process. 

1. During their junior year, with permission from the Economics graduate program director, the student submits a provisional application to the graduate school. If accepted, they are awarded provisional status in the accelerated program. 

2. During their senior year, with permission from both directors (BBA and MSEco), the student submits a formal application for full admission into the MSEco program. 

Students who decide to withdraw or who do not maintain a 3.2 will be allowed to finish the BBA but will have admission to the graduate MSEco degree program canceled, and any graduate work completed will appear on the undergraduate transcript and will count on the bachelor’s degree. These students will not be allowed to re-enter the accelerated degree program at a later date. 

Undergraduate vs Graduate Student Designations 

Students in this accelerated degree program are categorized in the Baylor system as undergraduate students during their senior year (year 4) regardless of any combination of UG- and GR-level courses completed that year. These students are designated as graduate students in year 5 (final year of program) after being accepted into the graduate school for that final year. 

These distinctions (undergraduate student versus graduate student) will be linked to financial aid and scholarship eligibility for each level. In year 4, these accelerated degree students are eligible for any financial aid or scholarships for which they qualify as an undergraduate student. When these students become graduate students in year 5, though they lose their eligibility for undergraduate-level support, they are eligible to apply for graduate-level scholarships and financial aid.