Accelerated MA

The Department of Media Studies offers an Accelerated MA for undergraduates to take graduate level courses that count toward both their undergraduate degrees and future MA degrees.  The accelerated MA is intended for Media Studies majors who wish to go on to graduate study, but is open to majors in other disciplines on a case-by-case basis. 

Advantages:  

• Take MA courses while completing your BA

• MA credits count toward the BA and MA

• Pay for MA courses at the undergraduate rate

• Get your MA in as little as one year of study after your BA

How it Works

Students admitted to the Accelerated MA program can take up to four MA-level electives while completing their BA, and have up to four of these electives (a total of 12 credits) count toward both the BA and the MA in Media Studies. For Media Studies majors, these graduate credits count as electives for your major. For students in majors other than Media Studies, these graduate credits count towards the 120 total credits required of all Queens College bachelor’s degrees (not as part of your undergraduate major).

Students are admitted to the Accelerated MA Program with the expectation that they will prove capable of continuing on to the MA program after they complete their undergraduate studies. Students may be approved for entrance to the MA program based on successful performance in graduate-level courses and a completed MA application including an essay and two letters of recommendation. Students in the Accelerated MA program are under no obligation to apply for MA admission and are not guaranteed acceptance to the MA program if they apply.

Who Can Apply

Students with a minimum 3.5 GPA in their major, and an overall GPA of 3.0.

Students  with minimum standing of upper sophomore, and a maximum standing of lower senior.
 

How to Apply

Log into the Accelerated Degrees Online Application System using your QC username and password (use your CAMS account credentials, not CUNYFirst login).

Submit the following information as part of your application:

• A 500-word personal statement describing your research or career goals and explaining how the social justice theme emphasized in the MA program influences these career goals. Please upload the personal statement with your application.

• The names of two Media Studies faculty members who can serve as your references (no formal letters of recommendation are required). Provide the two faculty members’ names in the section titled “Name of Reference” in the online application.

Interested students may contact the Associate Director for more information.