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Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1)

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What is a 4+1?

The accelerated degree programs allow a select group of students to apply for graduate programs in their junior year.

If granted provisional acceptance, you may take graduate-level courses during the final year of your undergraduate program. Because some undergraduate courses are waived under an accelerated degree program, you’ll be able to complete both the undergraduate and graduate degrees in only one additional year.

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Our 4+1 programs

Animal and Food Sciences

Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Animal Bioscience/Animal Science 4+1 (BS/MS)

A combined 4+1 Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Animal Science (BS/MS) program that allows students to complete both degrees in a total of five years of full-time study. 

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Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Animal Science 4+1 (BS/MS)

A combined 4+1 Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Animal Science (BS/MS) program that allows students to complete both degrees in a total of five years of full-time study.

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Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Pre-Veterinary Medicine/Animal Science 4+1 (BS/MS)

A combined 4+1 Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pre-Veterinary Medicine and a Master of Science (MS) in Animal Science program that allows students to complete both degrees in a total of five years of full-time study.

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Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Pre-Veterinary Medicine/Secondary STEM Education 4+1 (BS/MS)

A combined 4+1 Bachelor of Science (BS) in Pre-Veterinary Medicine and an M.S. in Secondary STEM Education degree.

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Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Food Science 4+1 (BS/MS)

A combined 4+1 Bachelor of Science (BS) in Food Science and a Master of Science (MS) in Food Science program that allows students to complete both degrees in a total of five years of full-time study.

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Entomology and Wildlife Ecology

Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Insect Ecology and Conservation/Insect and Wildlife Environmental Education 4+1 (BS/MS)

A 4+1 BS/MS that allow students to complete both the Bachelor of Sciences degree in Insect Ecology and Conservation and the Master of Sciences degree in Insect and Wildlife Environmental Education.

Why choose a 4+1 in environmental education?
Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Wildlife Ecology and Conservation/Insect and Wildlife Environmental Education 4+1 (BS/MS)

A 4+1 BS/MS that allow students to complete both the Bachelor of Sciences degree in Wildlife Ecology and Conservation and the Master of Sciences degree in Insect and Wildlife Environmental Education.

Why choose a 4+1 in environmental education?

Statistics

Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Statistics 4 +1 (B.S./M.S.)

Our program assists students with (1) taking advantage of UD's excellent undergraduate program, (2) making full use of the available graduate internship and research programs and (3) earning an advanced degree in an accelerated time frame.

Why choose a 4+1 in statistics?

Education and Human Development

Accelerated Degree Programs (4+1) | College of Agriculture & Natural Resources | University of Delaware
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Elementary Teacher Education - Middle School Science Concentration/Insect and Wildlife Environmental Education 4+1 (BSED/MS)

Available to UD undergraduate students in the Elementary Teacher Education major: the BSEd Elementary Teacher Education - Middle School Science Concentration. Admissions decisions will be made by an Admissions Committee, consisting of the Program Director (a faculty member in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology) and a faculty member from the School of Education that teaches in the program.

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Elementary Teacher Education - Single Certification Focus Area Concentration/Insect and Wildlife Environmental Education 4+1 (BSED/MS)

Available to UD undergraduate students in the Elementary Teacher Education major: the BSEd Elementary Teacher Education - Single Certification. Admissions decisions will be made by an Admissions Committee, consisting of the Program Director (a faculty member in the Department of Entomology and Wildlife Ecology) and a faculty member from the School of Education that teaches in the program.

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