Degree candidacy is a screening and advising process. Students are expected to apply to their respective departments for admission to degree candidacy after completion of no fewer than six and no more than 15 semester hours of departmentally approved graduate study. It is the student's responsibility to initiate the candidacy review process within the required semester hour limitation.

The effectiveness of the candidacy process is diminished if a student continues beyond the 15 hour limit without undertaking the candidacy evaluation. One of the functions of the evaluation is to identify areas of study that may need to be strengthened through specific courses or projects during the remainder of the degree program. If a student does not schedule the evaluation within the stated time limits, it may be that more minimum number of credits for the degree will be required in order to strengthen competency(ies) identified in the review process.



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