Degree Completion Requirements

• Achievement of a 3.0 grade point average (on a 4.0 scale) in all courses taken in Graduate Studies.
• Completion of the degree program within a seven-year period. Courses in which the student was enrolled over six years prior to the time of completion of all degree requirements may not be accepted as part of a degree program. Exceptions to this time limit must be specifically petitioned to the Graduate Program Director with approval by the Director of Graduate Studies.
• Satisfactory completion of a written comprehensive examination in the major field (when required).
• Satisfactory completion of a final oral examination (when required).
• Completion and approval of the thesis or individual research project (when required). (See the Graduate Program Director for thesis guidelines).
• Satisfaction of the foreign language or research tool requirement (when required).
• A full-time student is defined as one enrolled in at least 9 semester hours of graduate work during a Fall or Spring Semester. In the summer, full-time is 6 hours per term. Anything less than stated previously is considered part-time.