1. Candidates must obtain a satisfactory criminal background check.
  2. Candidates must acquire professional liability insurance.
  3. The maximum time allowed for completion of the master’s degree is seven calendar years. No work completed more than seven years prior to degree completion will be accepted toward the degree, except with special permission from the candidate’s advisor, Dean of the Dewar College of Education and Human Services, and approval from the Dean of the Graduate School.
  4. No more than 6 semester hours of academic work may be transferred from another institution into a Dewar College of Education and Human Services graduate program. Transfer credit will be evaluation after admission by the academic department.
  5. Earning grades below “B” in graduate courses will result in the following consequences: Students will be dismissed from the Graduate School if they accumulate three or more academic deficiency points unless otherwise indicated by individual program policy. A grade of “C” (although it may be credited toward a degree) equals one deficiency point. A grade of “D,” “WF” or “F,” or “U” (none of which will be credited toward a degree) equals two deficiency points.
  6. If dismissed from the program a student must not be enrolled for two semesters. Application for readmission may be initiated during the second semester. Readmission is not guaranteed, and prior academic performance and student conduct/disposition in the program will be considered. The academic program reserves the right to place specific conditions and contingencies on any offer of readmission.

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