Accelerated Graduate Courses

Accelerated courses are graduate-level courses on specific topics, often of interest to working professionals, that are up to three credit hours and are designated at the 700-level.  Although they satisfy the lecture contact-time standard of fifteen 50-minute class sessions per semester credit hour, excluding final exam time, their schedule and duration do not coincide with that of a regular fall, spring, or summer term.  Students must register for the accelerated course before the first class session in order to receive credit for the course.

No more than six credit hours of accelerated courses may be included in a master's degree program. Accelerated courses can be selectively included in a Ph.D. program at the rate of six credit hours per 30 course credit hours, and their inclusion is subject to the approval of the adviser, academic unit head, and the Office of Academic Affairs.

Introduction of a new accelerated course is subject to the normal departmental review as for a regular new graduate course.Approval is required by the department curriculum committee, the academic unit head, and the Office of Academic Affairs.