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Programs Of Study
Programs of study toward advanced degrees are less formal than for undergraduate degrees. Individual programs are planned for each student on the basis of educational background and career objective. Graduate degrees are not only awarded on the basis of completion of specific courses, but also on the basis of evidence of proficiency, scholarship, reasoning and investigation, and high attainments in the field of the student's specialization.
Although the maximum number of credits required in any degree program is determined in accordance with the formalized program approved for each student, a candidate for the master's degree must complete at least 30 semester hours of credit in a program requiring a thesis or at least 33 semester hours in a nonthesis program. The MBA program, while nonthesis, requires only 30 hours. The MA program in Exercise Science, Physical Education, and Wellness requires only 30 semester hours of credit for both the thesis and nonthesis options. Nonthesis options may be permitted by departments when authorized by the Graduate School Executive Committee (see "credit requirements" below). At least seventy percent of the credit to be counted toward a master's degree must be at the 6000 level or above. In addition to the minimum course credits required for the advanced degree, other courses may be required as prerequisites depending upon the student's educational background, preparation, and objectives; however, credit earned below the 5000 level will not be counted toward a graduate degree. Courses listed as 4000 (5000) may be taken only at the 5000 level for graduate credit, and graduate credit is earned on the basis of additional work required by the instructor. Courses taken at the 4000 level may not later be taken at the 5000 level without special permission from the departmental chairperson, dean of the college, and the Associate Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies. Credit earned for one degree program cannot be used in another degree program.
Any nonthesis program which is considered for approval by the Graduate School Executive Committee must demonstrate that it fosters independent learning.
A student desiring to pursue study for the master's degree in a field which may be different from the field of his undergraduate degree, and in which the necessary prerequisites are lacking, may do so by including in the program of study all the necessary undergraduate prerequisites for the area of specialization in addition to the required number of hours for the degree.
Each proposed program of study must be approved by the student’s advisory committee, the departmental chairperson, and the Associate Vice President of Research and Graduate Studies.
There will be a hold placed on each student's registration if the program of study has not been filed in the Graduate School Office by the time 15 semester hours have been earned.
Page last updated: 6/22/06
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