This five-year program makes it possible for qualified students to earn a baccalaureate degree from the Newark College of Arts and Sciences or University College-Newark and a master`s degree from the Graduate School-Newark. The program is designed for the highly motivated student who has decided at an early stage in his or her studies to pursue a career in public administration. The program requirements are:

1.  completion of 94 undergraduate credits in liberal arts subjects and meeting the general education requirements of Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University College-Newark,

2.  completion of an undergraduate major at Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University College-Newark,

3.  a cumulative grade-point average of 3.20 or better at Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University College-Newark,

4.  Graduate Record Examination test score (junior year) acceptable to the graduate program in public administration.

Application for early admission to the graduate program in public administration is made at the beginning of the second term of the junior year. Upon satisfactory completion of 30 credits in the graduate program, those students receive their B.A. or B.S. degree from Newark College of Arts and Sciences/University College- Newark. When the students complete satisfactorily the remaining requirements of the graduate program, they are awarded a master of public administration degree. Upon their admission to the graduate program in public administration, students are bound by the academic regulations and degree requirements of the Graduate School-Newark.