BS in Education & Human Development to EdM in Applied Human Development at Boston University

Programme overview

(with concentrations in Athlete-Centered Sport Leadership, Mental Performance, and Positive Youth Development)

Faculty: Wheelock College of Education & Human Development | Duration: 156 units required | Study mode: full-time | Location: Boston, MA, United States

What you will study

Bachelor’s-to-Master’s Programs are linked bachelor’s and master’s degree programs in which the two degrees are conferred sequentially. The program requires a minimum of 156 units overall. There are 128 units required for the bachelor’s degree and an additional 36 units required for the master’s degree, but students admitted to the program may count a maximum of 8 units from their undergraduate degree toward the MA.

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Application information

Entry requirements

Typically, students apply to this Bachelor’s-to-Master’s Program by the end of their sophomore year. Students who have achieved a GPA of 3.0 or better by the end of their sophomore year or their fourth semester of study will be invited to apply to the sequential degree program.

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences master's programmes admit for Fall 2027; Spring 2027 entry is offered for selected programmes (Economics MS programmes, History of Art & Architecture MA, Preservation Studies MA, Online MS in Computer Science & Artificial Intelligence).

Graduate School of Arts & Sciences Fall 2027 master's deadlines are mostly priority January 15 and final March 15 (African American & Black Diaspora Studies priority February 15, final March 15; Preservation Studies February 15; Sociology and History of Art & Architecture January 15). Spring 2027 deadlines for selected programmes are priority October 15 and final November 15. Applications are submitted through the online application; the GRE is required only for the Economics MS/MA programmes and the MS in Psychological & Brain Sciences.

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