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Each semester prior to the semester in which comprehensive
examinations are taken, satisfactory progress is maintained when
a student completes six semester hours of graduate level work with
a grade of B or above. Incomplete grades changed to regular grades
are not a part of the six hour minimum.
Doctoral students who have been maintaining satisfactory
progress toward a degree for a period of thirty-six months are expected,
barring unusual and extenuating circumstances, to be prepared to
write comprehensive examinations.
Master's degree students who have been maintaining
satisfactory progress toward a degree for a period of twenty-four
months are expected, barring unusual and extenuating circumstances,
to be prepared to write the master's final examination.
For the semester in which comprehensive examinations
are taken and in semesters after comprehensives and orals are passed,
satisfactory progress is maintained when, in the judgment of the
student's dissertation adviser, the student is making satisfactory
progress toward completion of the dissertation. Students who leave
MU having completed all but the dissertation must maintain continuous
enrollment by registering for two semester hours of Theatre 490
each fall and winter term and one hour in the summer term. Failure
to register negates a student's candidacy. Graduate School regulations
regarding a reasonable rate of progress for doctoral students are
as follows:
Doctoral candidates who passed their comprehensive
exam prior to the Fall Semester 1994 must complete their degree
program within eight calendar years beginning with the first semester
of enrollment as a doctoral student. Any candidate requiring additional
time must submit a request for an extension. On petition of the
candidate and the candidate's department, an extension of time may
be granted by the Graduate School.
Effective Fall Semester 1994, a doctoral student
will have no more than five years after passing the comprehensive
examination to complete the doctoral degree. On petition of the
candidate and the candidate's department, an extension of this time
limit may be granted by the Graduate School. Departments specifically
reserve the right to re-certify currency in the discipline.
Effective for students beginning their doctoral
studies Fall Semester 2000, a Ph.D. student must successfully complete
the comprehensive exam within a period of five years beginning with
the first semester of enrollment as a Ph.D. student. Individual
departments or area programs may stipulate a shorter time period.
For an extension of this time limit, the student must petition the
Graduate School by submitting a request to the adviser, who, in
turns, submits, via the departmental Director of Graduate Studies,
a written recommendation to the Graduate School. Candidates who
passed their comprehensive exam before Fall 1994 must complete their
degree program within eight calendar years beginning with the first
semester of enrollment as a doctoral student. Before the expiration
of the applicable period, any candidate requiring additional time
must submit a request for an extension. On petition of the candidate
and the candidate's department, as extension of time may be granted
by the Graduate School. Departments specifically reserve the wright
to re- certify currency in the discipline. All requests for extensions
should be endorsed by the departmental director of graduate studies
and accompanies by a description of the process whereby currency
in the discipline is certified, if required by the department.
The following constitute grounds for placing a
student on departmental probation:
1. A grade of C or F in any departmental course
taken for graduate credit will result in probationary status.
2. A grade of incomplete in any course will
result in probationary status for the subsequent semester. Incomplete
grades must be changed to a grade of A or B by the end of the
probationary semester (490 incompletes excepted).
In the case of each student on departmental probation,
the Director of Graduate Studies will confer with the adviser (in
the case August 17, 2006
(in the case of a PhD student) to determine the grounds for removal
of probation, and will communicate this decision to the student.
Each winter semester the Director of Graduate
Studies convenes the Graduate Studies Committee to review the progress
and performance of all graduate students. Each graduate student
in residence should meet with his or her adviser within the first
two weeks of each semester to determine whether satisfactory progress
has been maintained, and the adviser shall report the results of
this meeting to the Director of Graduate Studies.
Termination of departmental financial support
will result if the student is considered to be making unsatisfactory
progress and the student's program may be terminated. Departmental
financial support may be restored when the student has made satisfactory
progress toward a graduate degree for one semester, has made an
A or a B in all incomplete courses, and is judged to be off probation
by the Director of Graduate Studies.
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December 11, 2002
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