Start now on your MBA, MSSF, or MSM with the Bridge Program
Get a jump start on your graduate business degree while finishing your bachelor's degree at IU Southeast. Take up to 9 credits towards your master's degree while still completing your bachelor’s degree and accelerate your path to success. The Bridge Program offers a unique academic pathway that gets you ahead of the game when pursuing your Master of Business Administration, Master of Science in Strategic Finance, or Master of Science in Management.
Advance your career opportunities with the Bridge Program
Current undergraduate students accepted to the program can take up to 9 credit hours toward their master's degree. Students can only be admitted to one graduate Bridge Program. Select from your MBA, MSSF, or MSM degrees. You’ll be assigned both an undergraduate and graduate advisor by the admissions team and transition solely to a graduate advisor once you finish your bachelor’s degree.
Earn a unique university student status
Once you are admitted into the Bridge Program, you remain an undergraduate. This allows you to continue to take advantage of undergraduate tuition rates and be eligible for undergraduate financial aid. Once you finish your bachelor’s degree, you automatically become a graduate student in the degree program you’ve chosen.
Admission requirements:
- Students interested in the bridge to master's program degree should have completed at least 90 credit hours.
- Students should have completed at least one semester at IU Southeast.
- Undergraduate minimum GPA at time of application 3.0 or higher.
- Submit an optional personal statement indicating why they are interested in the Bridge MS program.
Follow the Bridge Program pathway to success
As a Bridge student, you’ll follow the master’s curriculum in place for the term in which you are admitted to the accelerated program. Students pursuing a bachelor’s degree in a field outside the school of business will be required to take foundations courses or prerequisites to the Bridge courses.