Master of Business Administration (Financial Services)

Appendix 5.3 Promotion and Graduation RequirementsVI. Degree RequirementsGraduate students have a maximum period of time within which to complete all of the requirements fortheir graduate program.The normal upper time limits for the completion of degrees are:• One-year Master's, full-time — Four years• One-year Master's, part-time — Five years• Two-year Master's, full-time — Five years• Two-year Master's, part-time — Seven years• PhD and JSD, full-time only — Six years• MBA-FS — Seven years• MPA (Management) — Seven years6.1 Program FormsEvery graduate student must have an individually approved program of studies. The program or courseof study for each graduate student must be approved by the Graduate Coordinator in each departmentor program and submitted for final approval to the Faculty of Graduate studies. The graduateCoordinator will enter the proposed program (with the total number of credits required, the names andnumbers of all classes required (including ancillary classes), and any other requirements andconditions) on the graduate Student Program form. The form must be signed by the students and theGraduate Coordinator before the submission to the Faculty of Graduate Studies. The signed form mustbe submitted to the Faculty within the first term of the students' program of studies. Once approved,the Program Form constitutes an agreed contract between the student and the university and is used toaudit the student's file for graduation. Any changes to the approved Program Form must be agreed toby the Graduate Coordinator and the Faculty of Graduate Studies by way of a Program Update Form.Forms are available at: www.dalgrad.dal.ca/forms/gc/.53