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2015-2016 Graduate Catalog

 

 

 

 


General Requirements for

Graduate Degrees

MASTER'S DEGREES

The following requirements apply to . (Specific degree requirements are listed in each program section of this Catalog.)

As a master's degree student, you must:

  1. Satisfactorily complete the approved program of study.
  2. Complete the minimum master's requirement of 33 credits required for the degree. The last 15 credits of the degree must be earned at SPU.
  3. Complete no fewer than 27 credits in the master's degree after being admitted to the specific degree program.
  4. Complete at least a 3-credit graduate course in Christian faith and values.
  5. Maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. No course in which a grade below C (2.0) is earned may apply toward a master's degree. If your cumulative GPA falls below 3.0, you will be placed on academic probation.
  6. Maintain the professional and personal standards expected of graduate students stipulated for each program. Failure to maintain these standards may result in removal from the program of study and degree status.
  7. Apply for the master's degree no later than the second week of the quarter before you plan to graduate. For example, students expecting to graduate at the end of Winter Quarter should apply no later than the second week of Autumn Quarter. are available online.
  8. Make application for any required comprehensive examination at least four weeks before the examination is scheduled and pay the comprehensive examination fee at .
  9. Pay the cost of binding the requested copies of the thesis/project (if applicable) to the appropriate graduate office.

Students who may reasonably complete all graduation requirements by the start of the following Autumn Quarter may seek special permission to participate in Commencement. This requires that the director of graduate studies for the student's program make such a recommendation to the registrar.

Participation in the University's Hooding and Commencement exercises, held at the end of Spring Quarter each year, is optional.

Note: Degrees are awarded and posted to academic records after all degree requirements have been completed. This occurs during the quarter following the last quarter of enrollment.

SECOND MASTER'S DEGREE


If you hold a master's degree from an accredited institution, you may earn a second master's degree at Seattle Pacific under the following conditions:

  1. You meet the normal admission requirements for admission to the University and to the specific degree program.
  2. You meet all degree requirements for the second degree.
  3. Credits you earned while taking your first master's degree may be used to meet the requirements of the second master's degree, provided those credits were taken within seven years of admission to the second degree program.
  4. Regardless of how many credits from the first master's degree are counted toward the second master's degree, you will in any case complete a minimum of 27 credits in your approved program of study at SPU after being admitted for the second degree. Of these 27 credits, at least 15 will be in 6000-level courses.
  5. The specialization in the second master's degree program will be different from that of the first master's degree. You may work toward two master's degrees simultaneously.

DOCTORAL PROGRAMS

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