Program Termination

A student's degree program may be terminated for one or more of the following reasons:

•	Based on an overall evaluation of a student's progress, the major school recommends that the student's program be terminated;

•	the school declines to issue a letter of continuation based on an overall evaluation of a specialist or doctoral student's progress;

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in order to remain in a graduate program, a graduate student must maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 in graduate level courses. A graduate student may not graduate with a cumulative grade point average below 3.00. If student's cumulative grade point average drops below 3.00 after taking at least 9 graduate level credit hours, a warning letter will be sent to the student. The degree program of a student who has been sent a warning letter will be terminated if the student's grade point average is below 3.00 after completing an additional 9 or more graduate level credit hours in which grades of “A,” “B,” “C,” “D,” or “F” are earned. All grades earned during the semester that the 9th hour is earned are used in the calculation of the grade average;

•	fails the retake of the written comprehensive examination or its approved equivalent;

•	fails the retake of the oral comprehensive examination; or

•	submits an unsatisfactory thesis or dissertation.

Readmission Subsequent to Program Termination

A student whose degree program has been terminated may be admitted to a different degree program. The following policies apply:

•	The student may apply for admission only to a different degree program.

•	If admitted, the student must complete all standard requirements of the program to which he/she has been admitted.

•	A maximum of 9 semester hours from the terminated program may be counted in the new program if approved by the new program advisor and the Graduate School.

If the student's former program was terminated due to failure of the retake of the comprehensive examination or its equivalent, the student will be allowed only one opportunity to pass the comprehensive examination or approved equivalent in the new program.