联合的学士/文学硕士学位课程可让学生完成12个研究生学分，同时仍可作为本科生入学。社会学专业以及DePaul大学的任何本科专业都可以使用此选项。这12个研究生学分可以算作他们本科时的高年级选修课，它们构成了社会学硕士学位的第一年。完成学位课程要求的学生将获得联合学位课程的学士学位。
The combined Bachelor's/Master of Arts degree programs allow students to complete 12 graduate credit hours while still enrolled as undergraduates. This option is available to Sociology majors as well as any undergraduate major at DePaul University. These 12 graduate credit hours can count as elective courses in their senior year as an undergraduate and they comprise the first year of the MA degree in Sociology. Combined degree participants will be awarded their bachelor's degrees upon completion of their undergraduate degree requirements.