The Fast Track Program permits undergraduate Arts & Humanities majors (including Art & Performance, Arts & Humanities, Historical Studies, and Literary Studies) to begin work on the master's degree before graduation.

Qualified seniors may take up to twelve credit hours of approved graduate courses in Arts & Humanities during their senior year (within 30 hours of graduation), which will apply to their undergraduate degree plans as either major and related or elective courses. To qualify for admission to the Fast Track program, students must have completed at least 30 hours of upper-division work at U.T.Dallas, including the core courses in their major, with a GPA of at least 3.5 overall and in their major.

Registration for graduate courses will be made in consultation with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. Depending on the student's major, the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies may apply the graduate courses as "major and related" or as "electives" on the undergraduate degree plan.

Upon successful completion of all undergraduate requirements, the Graduate Record Examination (GRE) will be waived for admittance to the M.A. program. The Associate Dean for Graduate Studies will waive the appropriate number of graduate credit hours.

Students interested in the Fast Track program should consult with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and complete an application form. The best time to apply is prior to the final thirty credit hours of work for the B.A. degree. For an appointment with the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, please contact Mary Jo Rex.

Important forms
Admission Requirements
Completion Requirements
Taking Graduate Courses

Important Forms

Application for Fast Track Program
Fast Track Course Registration Form
Permission form to take graduate courses to apply toward an Undergraduate degree
Permission form to take graduate courses to apply toward a Graduate degree

Fast Track Admission Requirements

Senior standing and completion of at least thirty (30) upper-division credit hours at U.T.Dallas, including all core courses in the major.

Grade point average of at least 3.5 in course work at U.T.Dallas, overall and in the major.

Approval from the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies and Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.

Fast Track Completion Requirements

Selection of up to 12 hours of graduate course work, approved by the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies, drawn from at least two areas of the graduate program.

Completion of all graduate course work taken as an undergraduate with a grade no lower than a B in each course.

Graduation in an Arts & Humanities major with a grade point average of at least 3.5 overall and in the major.

Admission to the master's program by the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies. At the time of admission, the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies will certify the appropriate number of successfully completed graduate credit hours, and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies will allocate these hours toward the appropriate M.A. requirements.

Successful completion of all M.A. requirements, including the language and portfolio requirements.

Taking Graduate Courses

Advanced undergraduates may take up to 12 semester hours of graduate course work. To qualify, a student must be within 30 semester hours of completing the Baccalaureate degree and be judged capable of carrying out graduate work.

To apply for a graduate course towards completion of your undergraduate major, you must obtain permission to enroll in graduate courses from the instructor, the Associate Dean for Undergraduate Studies, and the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies.

To reserve a graduate course for future application towards a graduate degree, you must obtain permission from the instructor and the administrators named above, as well as from the Executive Dean of Graduate Studies and Research.