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It is the responsibility of the department program director to inform the

student, the advisor, and the dean as to whether or not a student satis-

factorily completed the required comprehensive examination.

Students enrolled in the Master of Fine Arts program must satisfactorily

complete an oral examination if the major studio area is ceramics, paint-

ing, sculpture, jewelry/metalsmithing or printmaking. Both an oral and a

written comprehensive examination must be satisfactorily completed if

the student's major studio area is printmaking.

Maximum Credit for Independent Study

A maximum of six semester hours of credit (exclusive of the thesis)

earned in independent study, individualized instruction and/or independ-

ent reading will be accepted in meeting the minimum credit require-

ments for the master's degree.

Admission to Candidacy

Admission to graduate study as a degree student does not automatically

mean that the student has been accepted as a candidate for the master's

degree at Edinboro University of Pennsylvania.

The academic record of each degree student is reviewed at the conclu-

sion of the semester or summer session in which the student is enrolled

for his or her 12th semester hour of degree credit at the University.

Students who have made satisfactory progress in the degree program

will be admitted to Candidacy for the Master's degree. Students whose

progress in the degree program is judged not to be satisfactory will either

be denied permission to continue as a degree student or will be given the

opportunity to enroll for six additional semester hours of credit to

attempt to achieve a satisfactory level of progress in their degree pro-

gram to warrant admission to Candidacy for the Master's degree. After

admission to candidacy, a student may be removed from a program

based on the recommendations of the graduate faculty, program heads

with supporting evidence, and approved by the academic dean and the

dean of graduate studies and research.

A degree student may not be admitted to Candidacy until (1) at least 12

semester hours of degree credit have been completed at the University,

(2) an Application for Admission to Candidacy has been filed and (3) the

student has made satisfactory progress in his or her degree program.

Some programs have additional candidacy requirements. See program

requirements.

A student is judged to have made satisfactory progress in the degree pro-

gram if (1) he or she has had a personal meeting with the advisor and

together with the advisor has completed a Plan of Study for the Master's

degree, (2) he or she has completed any course(s) which the specific

degree program requires to be completed within the first 12 semester

hours, (3) "B" or better average has been earned in the courses complet-

ed as part of the degree program and (4) no written objection to the stu-

dent's admission to Candidacy has been received by the office of the

dean from a faculty member. (Note: When such an objection is received

this objection will be honored only if the members of an "Ad Hoc"

Committee, consisting of the chairperson of the department offering the

degree program or his or her designee, the student's advisor and the fac-

ulty members who have taught degree courses completed by the student,

support the objection.)

Students admitted on a conditional admission basis will be denied per-

mission to continue as a degree student in Edinboro University's gradu-

ate program if they have failed at the conclusion of the semester or sum-

mer session in which the 12th semester hour has been completed to have

earned a cumulative grade average of "B" or better.

Students admitted on an unconditional basis, who at the conclusion of

the semester or summer session in which the 12th semester hour has

been completed, have failed to earn a cumulative average of "B" or bet-

ter will be given the opportunity to enroll for six additional semester

hours of credit to attempt to achieve a satisfactory level of progress in

their degree program to warrant admission to Candidacy for the Master's

degree. Failure to reach a satisfactory level of progress will result in the

student being denied permission to continue as a degree student. An

immediate denial of permission to continue as a degree student will be

made if it is judged the student could not possibly achieve a satisfactory

level of progress by completing an additional six semester hours of cred-

it.

It is the student's responsibility to submit the application for Candidacy.

This completed application, which may be obtained from the Office of

Graduate Studies and Research, must be submitted prior to the end of the

semester or session in which the student is enrolled for his or her 12th

semester hour of credit. No more than 12 semester hours of credit earned

at the University prior to the date of admission to candidacy, will be

accepted towards meeting the minimum number of semester hours of

credit required for the degree unless a written statement has been

received from the dean authorizing an exception to this policy.

Form and Style to be Used in Writing Graduate

Papers

Specialized research courses offered by the University are designed in

part to develop skills in written expression with specific emphasis placed

on a review of the style and format considered by the academic commu-

nity to be the appropriate style and format for course papers, research

projects, independent study and thesis.

Students enrolled in graduate courses should also assume that correct

style format, spelling and grammar will be considered in evaluating the

quality of written material submitted.

Students enrolling for biology courses and students completing a biolo-

gy thesis shall conform to the style and form as found in The A.I.B.S.

Manual.

Students enrolling for clinical psychology, middle and secondary

instruction, communication studies, nursing, counselor education and

speech pathology courses shall conform to the style and form as found

in The Publication Manual of the American Psychological

Association (A.P.A.)

Time Limitations on Meeting Degree Requirements

All requirements for the master's degree must be completed within a

five-year time period beginning with the semester or summer session in

which the individual completed the first accepted credits of the master's

degree program. If unusual circumstances have prevented an individual

from the normal pursuit of his or her graduate studies, he or she may

apply to the graduate dean for an extension of the five-year time limit.

Grading System

The grading system for the School of Graduate Studies which is listed

below was approved by the University Senate in 1986.

Excellent

(4 Quality Points)

B+

(3.5 Quality Points)

Good

(3 Quality Points)

C+

(2.5 Quality Points)

Below Average

(2 Quality Points)

Failing

(0 Quality Points)

AU Audit

(0 Quality Points)

Research in Progress

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