Accelerate

The Accelerate program allows qualified students the opportunity to take up to four specifically approved graduate level classes while pursuing a bachelor's degree.  Credits may be applied toward both undergraduate program completion requirements and graduate program completion requirements in an approved graduate program. 

Eligibility Requirements and Maintaining Eligibility:

To be eligible, students must meet all of the following requirements prior to taking a graduate course:

• Be a student enrolled in a bachelor's degree program

• Must be in good academic and financial standing

• Be free of academic integrity sanctions

• Have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0

• Have successfully completed a minimum of 90 credits

• Successfully completed a minimum 18 quarter credits with at least two quarters in residence at Strayer University

• Successfully completed BUS 100, ENG 201 or ENG 215, and all other program specific prerequisites identified by the University for Accelerate program courses, prior to taking a graduate course through the Accelerate program

To maintain eligibility: 

• Students must successfully complete graduate courses taken through the Accelerate program on the first attempt.
  • Students who do not successfully complete a graduate course through the Accelerate program and continue to the graduate program will be required to successfully complete the course to meet the graduate degree requirements.
• Students must earn a minimum grade of C (or Low Pass for JWMI courses) to earn credit towards their undergraduate degree for the graduate course completed through the Accelerate program; however, students must earn a minimum grade of B (or Pass for JWMI courses) for the same course to then be eligible for credit towards the graduate program.  

Accelerate Policies:

• Eligible students may take a minimum of one and a maximum of four specifically identified graduate courses through the Accelerate program.
• Completion of graduate courses taken through the Accelerate program does not guarantee admission into a graduate program.
• Courses taken through the Accelerate program may apply toward a graduate program if all grade requirements are met and students are accepted into one of the approved graduate programs.
• Graduate courses taken through the Accelerate program will not be weighted differently in calculating GPA.
• Graduate courses taken through the Accelerate program will be counted toward fulfilling the student's program residency requirements at both the undergraduate and graduate level.

Interested students should meet with their advisor as soon as possible to discuss requirements for eligibility and the application process.