General Requirements for Master’s Degrees and Doctorate Degrees

• Have a maximum of 9 credits completed at the time of admission.

• Complete a minimum of 30 credits in graduate courses.

• Take at least 15 credits in courses numbered 700 and above.

• Have an approved Program of Study on file with your adviser and the graduate coordinator of your department, school, or college before you complete 15 credit hours toward the degree.

• Maintain a minimum overall grade point average (GPA) of 3.00.

• Apply no more than 6 credits total in special topics courses and independent study courses toward your master’s degree.

• Successfully complete a culminating experience.

All credits accepted toward a degree, including transfer credits, must be earned within a seven-year period. The time period starts with the beginning of the term in which the first course approved for your Program of Study was taken. For example: You are accepted into a UW-Stevens Point graduate program in fall 2007. Part of your approved plan of study for your master’s degree includes a course taken in spring 2005. Thus, your seven-year time period to complete the degree starts with the beginning of the spring 2005 semester, NOT the semester in which you were accepted into your graduate program.