A graduate student admitted with additional requirement “Permission-to-continue” must maintain a GPA of 3.3 or better in the first semester of enrollment, in which at least 9 semester hours of graduate coursework are completed. A student must earn a GPA of 3.0 or better over the first 12 hours of graduate coursework. The evaluation is based on all graduate level coursework completed at the end of that semester. Failure to satisfy either condition will result in the student’s dismissal from the master’s program. A student who satisfies the latter condition will automatically assume the status of a regularly admitted graduate student.

The Accelerated Master’s Program allows current UA undergraduate students to start a graduate degree while obtaining an undergraduate degree, saving time and cutting costs.

Geography or Environmental Science - Dual-counted hours 12; minimum GPA for admission 3.7; length for completion 5 years
The department offers the Accelerated Master’s Program (AMP), which is intended for gifted and highly motivated undergraduate students in geography and environmental science at The University of Alabama who would like to pursue a Master’s degree. Typically, qualified students may apply to the Graduate School in the final semester of their junior year. At the time of application, they must have overall undergraduate GPAs of not less than 3.5. AMP students must already be working in the research lab of their proposed graduate advisor at the time of the application.