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University Catalog 2026-2027

2026-2027 Edition

  • About the Catalog
  • Admission
  • Academic Policies
    • Academic Calendar &​ Final Exams
    • Academic Credit
    • Academic Honesty and Integrity
    • Class Attendance
    • Co-​Curricular Activities
    • Commencement
    • Degree Types and Accelerated Degrees
    • Degree Posting and Diploma Information
    • FERPA
    • Grades and Grading
    • Metro College Alliance
    • Military and Veteran Certification
    • Project 65
    • Registration
    • Repeated Courses
    • Student Appeals, Complaints and Grievances
    • Student Credit Load
    • Student Transcripts
    • Graduate Policies
    • Undergraduate Policies
      • Credit for Prior Learning
      • English and Math Placement
      • General Education
      • Undergraduate Classification
      • Degree &​ Graduation Requirements
      • Transfer Credit
      • Academic Standing
  • Undergraduate Information
    • General Education
    • Undergraduate Policies
  • Graduate Policies
    • Admission Policies
    • Admission Requirements
    • Application Requirements
    • Accelerated Program Applicants
    • Certificate Applicants
    • Non-​Degree Applicants
    • Applying to Multiple Graduate Degree Programs
    • English Language Proficiency
    • Admission Status
      • Full Graduate Standing
      • Conditional Standing
      • Conditional Standing for Accelerated Students
      • Non-​Degree Standing
      • Transitioning to Degree-​Seeking Status
      • Delaying Enrollment
    • Graduate Enrollment
      • General Policies
        • Graduate Student Appeals
    • Family and Medical Accommodation Policy for Graduate Students
      • Extensions for Completing Academic Requirements
      • Modified Duties for Graduate Assistants
    • Graduate Degrees Offered
      • Didactic Credit-​Based Doctoral Degrees
      • Outcomes-​Based Doctoral Degrees
      • Plan A: Thesis Based Master's
      • Plan B: Master's Paper/​Comprehensive Study-​based Master's
      • Plan C: Culminating Experience-​based Master's
    • Supervisory Committee
      • Adding External Committee Member
      • Advisor or Supervisory Committee Changes
      • Doctoral Committees
      • Graduate Faculty Representative (GFR) Eligibility Requirements
      • Master’s Committees
      • Supervisory Committee Meetings
    • Plan of Study
      • Bachelor's to Doctoral Degree
      • Course Waivers or Substitutions
      • Master's to Doctoral Degree
      • Plan A Master's Degree
      • Plan B Master's Degree
      • Plan C Master's Degree
    • Transfer of Credit
      • Transfer Credit Coursework Requirements
    • Multiple Degrees and Changing Degrees
      • Change of Degree Objective
      • Concurrent Master’s Degrees
      • Dual Doctoral Programs
      • Master's Degree with Two Major Areas
    • Preliminary Examination and Final Defense
      • 10.1. Preliminary Examination
      • Examination Attendee Policy
      • Filing the Dissertation
      • Final Defense
      • Notification and Report
      • Outcomes
      • Pre-​defense Document Distribution (Final Defense only)
    • Graduate Certificate Policies
      • Certificate Completion
    • Graduate Academic Standing
      • Academic Dismissal from the Graduate College
      • Academic Probation
      • Academic Warning
      • Continued Academic Warning
      • Good Academic Standing
    • Graduate Student Appeals
      • Academic Dishonesty
      • Academic Evaluation
      • Appeal of Activities Intrinsic to the Acquisition of a Graduate Degree
      • Appeals Process
      • Equal Opportunity
      • Graduate Student Appeals Committee
      • Overview
    • Graduate Assistantship and Fellowship Policies
      • Additional Employment
      • Assistantship Categories
      • Assistantship Termination Appeal Process
      • Eligibility Requirements
      • English Language Proficiency Procedure for Graduate Teaching Assistants
      • Expectations of Assistantship Supervisor
      • Expectations of Graduate Assistant/​Fellow
      • Rights and Privileges of Graduate Assistants
      • Termination
    • Graduate Assistantship Tuition Waivers
      • Accelerated Students
      • Alternative Funding
      • Credit Limits
      • Degree and Academic Standing Requirements for Waiver
      • Exceeding Credit Limits
      • Graduate Assistantship Tuition Rate
      • Inter and Intra-​departmental Employment
      • Minimum Credit Loads
      • Tuition Waiver Coverage
      • Waiver Coverage Amounts
    • Graduate Faculty Appointments
      • Affiliate Faculty Members
      • Full Graduate Faculty Members
      • Graduate Teaching Waivers
  • Student Financial Information
  • Career and Advising Center
  • Colleges
  • Departments
  • Curriculum
    • Graduate Curricula
    • Undergraduate Curricula
  • Course Descriptions
    • Course Descriptions
    • Course Definitions, Format, and Number Classification
  • Student Resources
  • Past Catalog Archive
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