Requirements for Graduation with a Master’s Degree
Graduate students should select courses in their desired track in consultation with the appropriate Program Director or their advisor. Students can reasonably expect to complete the degree within a three-year period, including enrollments in fall, spring, and summer terms. Thirty (30) total semester hours are required for completion of the Master’s degree. All students are expected to complete the degree within a six-year period. Students who go beyond this time limit may have to take additional courses, as determined by the Program Director. Satisfactory progress requires a 3.00 GPA. Any student in the graduate degree program whose GPA falls below 3.00 after attempting nine or more semester hours of course work will not be in good standing and will be placed on academic warning. If, at the end of the first semester of academic warning, or any subsequent semester, the student again does not attain minimum satisfactory academic progress, he or she may be placed on academic warning a second time. If a student fails to raise his or her GPA to a 3.00 after two semesters on academic warning, he or she will be dismissed from the program. Students dismissed from the graduate program may apply for readmission after one semester. Students seeking readmission after having been dismissed must provide evidence of an attempt to improve academic performance during their time away from the graduate program. Students who are readmitted to the program two semesters or more after academic dismissal must meet the requirements of the graduate catalog in force when they are readmitted. Students who have been academically dismissed twice from the graduate program will not be readmitted to the program. Applications for readmission should be directed to the Neff Center for Teacher Education and will be reviewed by faculty and an admissions committee.
Graduate Program Fees
Refer to the Fees section of this catalog for the 2010-2011 graduate student tuition as well as any other applicable fees. Note that different programs may have different tuition and fees charged. Unless noted otherwise in this section regarding graduate studies, other fees applicable to graduate students are the same as those for undergraduate students, listed in the Fees section of this catalog. Graduate students are also susceptible to the same penalties for delinquent accounts as undergraduate students, as described in the Fees section of this catalog. Tuition charges will be refunded in full, subject to any required return of Title IV funding, for graduate students who officially withdraw on or before the third class meeting date. Any deposits or required fees will be forfeited. No tuition will be refunded to students in graduate courses who fail to withdraw officially, or who withdraw officially after the third class, subject to any required return of Title IV funding. Graduate students who withdraw after the third class may actually owe more for their charges, based on required return of Title IV federal funds calculations.
Financial Aid for Graduate Students
Graduate students who are U.S. citizens or hold permanent resident status are encouraged to complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) no later than eight weeks prior to the beginning of their program in order to determine their eligibility. Students should submit all financial aid paperwork and requests to the Centralized Student Assistance (CSA) Office, indicating their planned level of enrollment for the coming year. When the candidate is accepted and the financial aid 152