Accelerated Master’s Programs
As early as junior year, undergraduates from Smith, Amherst, Hampshire and Mount Holyoke colleges can enter accelerated master’s programs at the University of Massachusetts Amherst. Undergraduates enrolled in these programs take advantage of Five College cross-registration and complete a master's degree a year after graduation (two for those that normally take three).
The following accelerated programs at UMass welcome students from the four colleges (with appropriate preparation):
- Architecture (two-year M.Arch.)
Faculty Contact: Kathleen Lugosch - Economics
Faculty Contact: Mwangi wa Githinji - Food Science
Faculty Contact: Ronald Labbe - Linguistics
Faculty Contact: Joe Pater - Political Science
Faculty Contact: Peter Haas - Public Policy (MPP)
Faculty Contact: M. V. Badgett; Satu Zoller - Statistics
Faculty Contact: Erin Conlon
The following life science programs at UMass build on a junior/senior year research project in a participating faculty member’s lab (including affiliated faculty at the four colleges):
- Animal Biotechnology & Biomedical Sciences
Faculty Contact: Lisa Minter - Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Faculty Contact: Danny Schnell - Microbiology
Faculty Contact: Stephen Rich - Molecular & Cellular Biology
Faculty Contact: Barbara Osborne - Neuroscience & Behavior
Faculty Contact: Jeff Blaustein - Organismic & Evolutionary Biology
Faculty Contact: Jeffrey Podos - Plant Biology
Faculty Contact: Elsbeth Walker; cc: Susan Capistran
For more information, please contact the Office of the Provost.