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General Provisions
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Preparation for Higher Degrees and Certificates. A prospective candidate for any higher degree or certificate must hold a Bachelor's Degree from one of the colleges or schools of the University or from another recognized institution, based upon a curriculum that includes adequate preparation for advanced study in his/her major field. If a prospective candidate's undergraduate program is found to be deficient in any serious respect in its breadth of fundamental training or as a foundation for the work proposed, he/she will be required to make up the deficiencies.
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Standards of Scholarship and Disqualification. Graduate students are expected to prove themselves worthy of the privilege of advanced study and research offered at the university by making acceptable progress towards degree objectives and maintaining the standards of scholarship established by the Graduate Council. Acceptable progress includes, but is not limited to:
- Completing courses with letter grades of "C-" or better or "S". Only these grades and higher may count toward satisfying graduate degree requirements
- Completing course work and other degree requirements in a timely manner. In order to support timely progress, students may take courses outside of their required course work only with approval of the Graduate Advisor
- Applying to graduate and completing the academic program once all degree requirements are met
Students are considered to be making unacceptable progress and become subject to dismissal when:
- Cumulative grade point average falls below the required level of 3.0 at any time or
- Quarterly GPA in two consecutive terms fall below 3.0, even if the cumulative GPA remains above 3.0 or
- Fail to make progress in research for two consecutive quarters resulting in NC grades in research units or
- Program requirements such as exams or research are not fulfilled in a timely or satisfactory manner or
- Fail to pass critical exams (including comprehensive or qualifying exams) in two attempts or
- Does not have a faculty advisor to supervise research in accordance with the standard of practice in the student's program or
- PhD students not advanced to candidacy by their 15th quarter or any student not having completed all degree requirements within one year beyond normative time
After consultation with the appropriate department or graduate group, the Dean of the Graduate Division will notify students who become subject to dismissal of actions taken. (AM 21 May 19)
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Departmental or Graduate Group Rules and Requirements for Higher Degrees and Certificates. Subject to such provisions as appear elsewhere in these and University regulations, each department or graduate group may adopt additional rules and requirements for higher degrees and certificates; such additional rules and requirements are subject to review by and the advice of the Graduate Council.
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Credit by Examination
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Study List Regulations (En 24 Nov 70)
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Professional development training is required for all MS, MA, MFA, MPP, and Ph.D. programs. Such training is ideally designed to help students achieve mastery of some core competencies including communication (e.g., writing and publishing, presentation skills, networking); academic development (e.g., skill building in teaching and mentoring, grant writing); leadership and professionalism (e.g., abilities in research/scholarship, professional ethics, and inclusiveness); and career development (e.g., strategies for success in graduate school and the profession, maintaining work/life balance, time management, and career and job market guidance). This list is not meant to be exhaustive or prescriptive, but rather to reflect the range of skills our students need to be successful. Each program determines the format, content, and extent of its training in order to make it specific to, and appropriate for, the discipline. Training must be for unit credit and may be delivered as a single course or as portions of multiple courses. The courses must be listed in the catalogue and clearly noted as serving to meet the professional development requirement. (En 29 Nov. 2011)(29 May 2018)
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Professional Development Requirement for Graduate Students (En 29 Nov. 2011)