Submatriculation and SEAS Accelerated Master’s Policies and Guidelines

• Undergraduates who wish to submatriculate or enroll in an accelerated Master’s program follow the application procedure as set forth by the graduate program. The graduate program determines application deadlines and admissions requirements and may consider submatriculation applications separately from those in the general applicant pool.
• The role of the undergraduate school advising office is to verify eligibility for submatriculation, inform undergraduate students of the submatriculation options available to them, to discuss the benefits and challenges of submatriculation generally, and to help the undergraduate student understand how the graduate courses will fit with the undergraduate curriculum and further progress toward the Bachelor’s degree.
• Undergraduates interested in submatriculation  or the SEAS accelerated Master’s are urged to consult with their undergraduate advisor and with their intended graduate school/program early in their undergraduate program.
• Students may not submatriculate in Penn Dental Medicine after matriculation at Penn as undergraduates.

• A single course may satisfy a requirement in no more than 2 degree programs at Penn.
• Submatriculants and SEAS accelerated Master’s students may use graduate courses to satisfy requirements in both their undergraduate and graduate degrees. The undergraduate school and the graduate program/school limit the number of courses that may concurrently satisfy requirements in both degrees. If the limit as set by the undergraduate and graduate school differ, the smaller number between the two is operative.
• Transfer credits from another institution may not be used to satisfy requirements in the graduate degree program for submatriculated or accelerated Master’s students.

In some cases, a single course is associated with multiple course numbers at different degree levels (an undergraduate level course number and a graduate level course number). In such instances, the course number through which a student is enrolled may not be changed from one level to another (from the undergraduate level to graduate level, for instance) after the end of the term’s course selection period and is not permitted retroactively.

• The graduate degree may not be conferred in a term prior to the term in which the Bachelor’s degree is conferred.
• Typically, the Bachelor’s and graduate degrees are conferred simultaneously in a single term, though in some cases the Bachelor’s degree is conferred in a term prior to the term in which the graduate degree is conferred.

• Submatriculants and SEAS accelerated Master’s students may not separate from (i.e. take a leave of absence or withdraw from) their Bachelor’s degree program but remain active and eligible for course enrollment in their graduate program.
• Conversely, the student may separate from (i.e., take a leave of absence or withdraw from) the graduate program but remain active and eligible for course enrollment in the Bachelor’s program.
• Submatriculants and SEAS accelerated Master’s students may elect not to complete the graduate degree. In this case, any graduate courses that had been approved to fulfill requirements of the Bachelor’s degree will continue to do so and the student remains subject to degree requirements as set by the undergraduate school.
• Single undergraduate degree students in the SEAS Accelerated Master’s program who fail to complete their undergraduate degree in eight (8) semesters are not eligible to continue in the Accelerated Master’s degree program.
• Students in a coordinated dual degree undergraduate program who enter the SEAS Accelerated Master’s program but fail to complete their SEAS undergraduate degree in ten (10) semesters are not eligible to continue in the SEAS Accelerated Master’s degree program.

• Tuition charges and associated fees are assessed each term based on the student’s primary degree program.
• For submatriculants and SEAS accelerated Master’s students, the undergraduate degree program is primary in every term until the Bachelor’s degree is conferred. There are two exceptions: for students who submatriculate in the JD program in the Law School  – JD is the primary degree program upon matriculation into the Law School until the JD degree is conferred; similarly, for students who submatriculate in the BioDental program, DMD is the primary degree program upon matriculation in the Dental School until the DMD degree is conferred.
• If 50% or more of enrolled course units in a term are graduate course units that are satisfying requirements for the graduate degree only, the submatriculant/SEAS accelerated Master’s student is considered a graduate student in that term for financial aid eligibility, whether or not the Bachelor’s degree has been conferred. In such a case, the student is not eligible for undergraduate institutional grant financial aid in that term.
• Students who are eligible for undergraduate financial aid are eligible for a maximum of 8 semesters of institutional grant funding.