Master's in Marketing Accelerated Program
The Graduate College offers exceptional undergraduate students in selected majors the opportunity to earn both a bachelor’s degree and master’s degree in as few as 5 years.
The Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP) in MSM in Marketing is for the top Marketing major undergraduates who plan to continue in a graduate program in the same discipline. Student will start taking graduate level courses during their senior year at Eller and those graduate courses will count for both their undergraduate degree and their graduate degree at the cost of undergraduate tuition!
| Semester 1 | units |
|---|---|
| MGMT 310A - Organization Behavior and Management | 3 |
| MKTG 361 (prerequisite for 440 & 450)- Introduction to Marketing | 3 |
BCOM 314R - Business Communication | 3 |
FIN 311 - Introduction to Finance | 3 |
MKTG 376 (prereq for 440 & 450) - Marketing Analytics for Decision Making | 3 |
| Semester 2 | units |
|---|---|
MIS 304 - Using and Managing Information Systems | 3 |
OSCM 373 - Basic Operations Management | 3 |
ECON 300 - Microeconomic Analysis for Business Decisions | 3 |
MKTG 440 - Marketing Research for Decision Making | 3 |
MKTG 450 - Consumer Behavior | 3 |
| Semester 3 | units |
|---|---|
MGMT 402 - Integrating Business Fundamentals with Ethics and Law in Management | 3 |
ENTR 485 - Innovating:Creating the Future | 3 |
ECON 330 - Macroeconomic and Global Institutions and Policy | 3 |
MKTG - Capstone Course/500-level MKTG elective | 3 |
| 500-level MKTG elective | 3 |
| Semester 4 | units |
|---|---|
MKTG Capstone Course/500-level MKTG elective | 3 |
| 500-level MKTG elective | 3 |
Admissions Requirements
1. Completion of a minimum of 75 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of application; a minimum of 90 undergraduate credit hours will be required at the time of entry into the AMP. If the student’s GPA falls below 3.3 at the time they have completed 90 units, the student will not be admitted into the program. Courses taken for audit may not be included in the total number of units counted for eligibility or admission.
2. A minimum cumulative GPA of 3.3 on a minimum of 12 units of undergraduate UA.
3. Completion of at least 12 earned undergraduate credits in their major at The University of Arizona’s main campus. Units still graded Incomplete, units graded Pass/Fail or units taken as audit will not count toward the requirement of the 12 undergraduate units.
4. Completion or near completion of general education requirements.
5. Submission of a graduate application and payment of a graduate application fee.
6. Demonstration of the maturity necessary for success in an accelerated, highly competitive program.
7. Expectation to complete the undergraduate degree within four years. The undergraduate degree requirements must be completed before the student is eligible to have the Master’s degree awarded