Mar 26, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog

Graduate School


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About the Graduate School 

Financial Assistance

Graduate Rules and Regulations

  • Admission to the Graduate School  
  • Classification  
  • Academic Honesty  
  • Course and Credit Regulations  
  • Grades  
  • Graduate Student Records and Eligibility  
  • Graduate Registration, Eligibility, and Scheduling of Courses (old)  
  • Graduate Honors  
  • Graduate Student Appeals  
  • Academic Amnesty (Old)   
  • Leave of Absence from Graduate Studies (Old)  
  • General Requirements for Graduate Degrees (Old)    
  • Outside Observers for Thesis/Dissertations Defenses and Synthesis Project Presentations (Old)  

Requirements for Graduate Certificate

  • Overview  
  • General Requirements for Graduate Certificates (Old)  
  • Graduate Certificate Check-List (Old)  

Requirements for Master’s Degrees

  • General Requirements for the Master’s Degree (Old)  
  • Grade, Credit, and Time Requirements for Graduate Studies (Old)  
  • Admission to Candidacy (Old)   
  • Residence Requirement  
  • Comprehensive Examination (Master’s Degree) (Old)   
  • Thesis  
  • Master’s Degree Check-List  

Requirements for the Doctor of Philosophy Degree

  • The Degree of Doctor of Philosophy (Old)  
  • Admission to the Doctoral Program (Doctor of Philosophy) (Old)  
  • Grade, Credit, and Time Requirements for Graduate Studies (Old)  
  • Residence Requirement (Doctor of Philosophy) (Old)  
  • Advisory Committee (Doctor of Philosophy) (Old)  
  • Preliminary Examination (Old)  
  • General Comprehensive Examination (Old)  
  • Admission to Candidacy (Old)   
  • Dissertation (Doctor of Philosophy) (Old)  
  • Dissertation Committee (Doctor of Philosophy) (Old)  
  • Final Examination  
  • Doctor of Philosophy Check-List (Old)   

Requirements for the Doctor of Education Degree

  • The Degree of Doctor of Education Collaborative Program  
  • Admission to the Doctoral Program  
  • Grade, Credit, and Time Requirements for Graduate Studies (Old)  
  • Residence Requirement  
  • Advisory Committee  
  • Qualifying Paper (Doctor of Education) (Old)   
  • Qualifying Paper General Comprehensive Examination (Doctor of Education) (Old)   
  • Admission to Candidacy (Old)   
  • Dissertation  
  • Dissertation Committee  
  • Final Examination  
  • Doctor of Education Check-List  

Requirements for the Doctor of Nursing Practice Degree

  • The Degree of Doctor of Nursing Practice Program (Old)  
  • Admission to the Doctoral Program (Old)  
  • Grade, Credit, and Time Requirements for Graduate Studies (Old)  
  • Residence Requirement (Doctor of Nursing Practice) (Old)  
  • Advising (Old)  
  • General Comprehensive Examination (Doctor of Nursing Practice) (Old)  
  • Admission to Candidacy (Old)   
  • Synthesis Project (Old)  
  • Synthesis Project Committee (Old)  
  • Doctor of Nursing Practice Check-List (Old)   

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