4+1 Accelerated Master's, Behavior Analysis

There is a growing need for Board Certified Behavior Analysts (BCBAs) and a master's degree is required for this certification. This program allows students who are interested in becoming licensed behavior analysts to earn both a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in five years, instead of the traditional six.

This combined degree program leads to either a B.A. or B.S. degree in an academic discipline from the College of Arts and Sciences, the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Sciences, the College of Business, or the College of Health, and an M.Ed. degree in Behavior Analysis. Core courses in this program have been designed to meet the Fourth Edition Task List and Foundational Knowledge List issued by the Behavior Analyst Certification Board (BACB).

Undergraduate students with a minimum cumulative 2.75 GPA can apply for permission to take education classes in the behavior analysis program. During the fall semester of the senior year, students must apply to the graduate Master of Education in Behavior Analysis program (fifth year). Students in the accelerated program will take 6 credits pre-bachelor’s and an additional 24 credits post-bachelor’s degree. However, the University requires that master’s degrees carry a minimum of 30 credits. This means students in the 5-year program must have at least 6 credits “left over” from their bachelor’s program to move across to the College of Education to put toward their master’s degree.