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2024-2025 Student Handbook & University Policies 
    
2024-2025 Student Handbook & University Policies

Graduate Student Advancement. To Candidacy Policy AS.054


LU Policy Number: AS.054

Effective Date: 7/1/2021

Approval Date: 10/31/2021

Purpose: To define graduate student candidacy for graduation

Additional Authority: N/A

Scope: CGUS, COE

Approval Authority:

Responsible Authority: CGUS, COE, Registrar

Publications: Academic Catalog, College Website

Definitions: N/A

Policy Title


Graduate Student Advancement to Candidacy Policy

Policy Statement


Admission to Life University does not imply advancement of a student to candidacy for a graduate degree. Advancement to candidacy is contingent on the approval of the Dean of the College, or their designee, after the student has met the formal requirements and has demonstrated sufficient proficiency to attain the graduate competencies required for this degree. Advancement to candidacy requires:

  1. All acceptance (admission materials) requirements must be fulfilled;
  2. Successful completion of the area of concentration course work with a minimum grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale; and
  3. Successful completion of a thesis, written comprehensive examination, and/or departmental research project.

Procedure(s)


Each quarter the Dean of the College, or their designee, will send to the Registrar a list of those graduate students who meet the requirements for candidacy for graduation. This list will be sent no later than week 6 of the quarter.

Other Notes


Passed Academic Affairs Committee: August 26, 2021