2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

162 Degree Information/The Degree of Master of Science in Engineering Systems ManagementFinal ExaminationThe candidate must pass a final examination by dates announced each semester orsummer term in the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies Calendar. The Officeof Graduate and Professional Studies must be notified in writing of any cancellation.To be eligible to take the final examination, a student’s GPR must be at least 3.000for courses on the degree plan and for all courses completed at Texas A&M whichare eligible to be applied to a graduate degree, and no unabsolved grades of D, F,or U can occur for any course listed on the degree plan. To absolve a deficient grade,the student must repeat the course at Texas A&M University and achieve a grade of C orbetter. All coursework on the degree plan must have been completed with the exceptionof those hours for which the student is registered. Additionally, all English language proficiencyrequirements must be satisfied prior to scheduling the examination.The candidate is not eligible to petition for an exemption from the final examination.A request to hold and announce the final examination must be submitted to the Office ofGraduate and Professional Studies a minimum of 10 working days in advance of thescheduled date for the examination. Examinations which are not completed and reportedas satisfactory to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies within 10 working daysof the scheduled examination date will be recorded as failures. A student may be givenonly one opportunity to repeat the final examination for the master’s degree and thatmust be within a time period that does not extend beyond the end of the next regularsemester (summer terms are excluded). The final exam cannot be held prior to the midpoint of the semester if questions on the exam are based on courses in which the studentis currently enrolled.The final examination covers all work taken on the degree plan and at the optionof the committee may be written or oral or both. The examination is conducted by thestudent’s advisory committee as finally constituted. Persons other than members of thegraduate faculty may, with mutual consent of the candidate and the major professor, attendfinal examinations for advanced degrees. Upon completion of the questioning ofthe candidate, all visitors must excuse themselves from the proceedings. A positive voteby all members of the graduate committee with at most one dissension is required topass a student on his or her exam. An interdisciplinary degree program can have stricterrequirements provided there is consistency within the interdisciplinary degree program.Exam results must be submitted with original signatures of only the committee membersapproved by the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies. If an approved committeemember substitution (1 only) has been made, his/her signature must also be submittedto the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies.Application for DegreeGraduate degrees are conferred at the close of each regular semester and 10-weeksummer semester. A candidate for an advanced degree who expects to complete his/herwork to the end of a given semester must apply for graduation by submitting the electronicapplication for degree to the Office of the Registrar and by paying the requiredgraduation fee to the Fiscal Department no later than the Friday of the second week ofthe fall or spring semester or the Friday of the first week of the first summer term. Theelectronic application for degree can be accessed via the student’s Howdy portal.A cancellation made after the application deadline will not receive a refundof the diploma fee. Students who have completed all their degree requirements