Eligibility

The Five-Year Masters Program is open to any undergraduate female student at Chatham. Some programs allow students to become candidates for admission as incoming, first-year undergraduate students at the University. In other programs, students must wait to apply to the Five-Year Masters Program until the junior year. Students are welcome to major in any subject they choose, providing they complete the necessary prerequisites to enter the graduate program. Students interested in the Master of Arts in Teaching program should apply at the end of their sophomore year.

Undergraduate students who transfer to Chatham from another higher education institution may count the graduate credits applied to the undergraduate degree through the Five-Year Masters Program toward the residency requirement for the bachelor’s degree. The residency requirement states that transfer students entering Chatham with sophomore standing must complete a minimum of 54 credit hours at Chatham University in order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree. Transfer students entering the University with junior or senior standing must complete a minimum of 45 credit hours and three long terms at Chatham University in order to graduate with a bachelor’s degree. Courses taken in cross-registration are credited toward fulfilling the residence requirement.