Graduation Requirements
To receive the Master of Business Administration (MBA) degree, a student must meet the following requirements:
- The required 36 semester hours of graduate credit must be completed with a cumulative graduate grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
- No course grade of C- or below will count toward graduation.
To receive the Master of Science (MSM) degree, a student must meet the following requirements:
- The required 30 semester hours of graduate credit must be completed with a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or higher. Note: grades for all graduate courses, including transfer credits, will be used to calculate the student's cumulative graduate grade point average.
- No course or credit hours will count toward graduation if the grade earned is a C- or below. Application for graduation must be completed by September 30 for December diplomas and by December 31 for May or August diplomas.
Graduation requirements are defined by the student's “graduation year” catalog or the catalog immediately preceding his/her graduation year.
There is no qualifying or exit examination. A student achieves candidacy status in the MSM program when he or she has earned at least 18 semester hours of graduate credit with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better. A student achieves candidacy status in the MBA program when he or she has earned at least 30 semester hours of graduate credit with a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.