Accelerated Programs

Lesley's accelerated master's degree programs in education offer undergraduate students in education the opportunity to earn both a bachelor's degree and a master's degree, many leading to a Massachusetts Initial or Professional teacher license, in as little as five years. Undergraduate students apply for acceptance into an accelerated master's degree program by early spring of their sophomore year, with a GPA of 3.3 or higher, and can complete 12 credits of graduate level coursework during their junior and senior years. Following the conferral of the bachelor's degree, students enter into the master's degree component of the program.

Undergraduate students applying graduate-level coursework toward the Accelerated Degree Program must earn a B- or better in all core or required courses for the coursework to count toward the graduate degree. Students who earn a C+ or below in a core or required course must retake the course for it to be applied toward the graduate degree.