2013-2014 Graduate Catalog Downloadable PDF (10.71MB)

Degree Information/The Degree of Master of Architecture 89Final ExaminationThe candidate must pass a final examination by dates announced each semester orsummer term in the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies Calendar. To be eligibleto take the final examination, a student’s GPR must be at least 3.000 for courses onthe degree plan and for all courses completed at Texas A&M which are eligible tobe applied to a graduate degree, and no unabsolved grades of D, F or U can occurfor any course listed on the degree plan. To absolve a deficient grade, the studentmust repeat the course at Texas A&M University and achieve a grade of C or better. Allcoursework on the degree plan must have been completed with the exception of thosehours for which the student is registered. Additionally, all English language proficiencyrequirements must be satisfied prior to scheduling the examination.A request to hold and announce the final examination must be submitted to the Officeof Graduate and Professional Studies a minimum of 10 working days in advanceof the scheduled date for the examination. Examinations which are not completed andreported as satisfactory to the Office of Graduate and Professional Studies within 10working days of the scheduled examination date will be recorded as failures. A studentmay be given only one opportunity to repeat the final examination for the master’s degreeand that must be within a time period that does not extend beyond the end of thenext regular semester (summer terms are excluded). The final exam cannot be held priorto the mid point of the semester if questions on the exam are based on courses in whichthe student is 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 to passa student on his or her exam. A department can have a stricter requirement providedthere is consistency within all degree programs within a department.A candidate for the Master of Architecture degree does not qualify to petition for anexemption from his/her final examination.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-week summersemester. A candidate for an advanced degree who expects to complete his/her workat the end of a given semester must apply for graduation by submitting the electronic applicationfor degree to the Office of the Registrar and by paying the required graduationfee to the Fiscal Department no later than the Friday of the second week of the fall orspring semester or the Friday of the first week of the first summer term. The electronicapplication for degree can be accessed via the student’s Howdy portal. Cancellationmade after the application deadline will not receive a refund of the diplomafee. Students who have completed all of their degree requirements will not be