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6. In the event of the student’s failing part or parts of the comprehensive examination, the
regulations as specified in the Graduate Policy Manual, section 1.6.5 will apply.
THESIS
Students in certain extended graduate programs are generally expected to undergo the required
final program examinations. Permission to follow a thesis in lieu thereof must be requested
in writing through the site director/faculty adviser to the cognizant academic unit head. If
granted, the thesis policies enunciated in the University Catalog must be followed.
PETITION TO GRADUATE
All graduating students must file petitions to graduate no later than the dates shown in
the “Academic Calendar” of their site; otherwise, the student will be subject to a late fee.
Generally, this date is during the first part of the semester preceding the student’s final
semester. Petitions can be obtained from the student’s site office. Approved program plans
with amendments should be submitted with the petition.
If the student does not graduate at the time anticipated, he/she must re-petition for the appropriate
semester. A second payment of the graduation fee is not required, but the student may
be required to pay for a replacement diploma, depending on the circumstances.
TIME LIMITATION
A seven-year statute of limitations is in effect on all work applied toward a master’s degree
at Florida Tech. All course work and thesis research, including the thesis defense or final
program examination, must be completed within a total elapsed time span of not more than
seven years.
The academic unit head of the student’s college may approve a waiver of the statute of limitations
for up to six credit hours of course work taken either at Florida Tech or elsewhere,
subject to the following conditions.
1. Any course so approved must have been completed within the previous 10 years, and with
a grade of at least B.
2. Only those courses where course content has not changed significantly in the intervening
years may be approved.
3. The student must provide evidence of current mastery of the course content.
The academic unit head must notify the registrar in writing of the action.
In the case of a waiver request that does not conform to these requirements, or a request involving
more than six credit hours, the academic unit head may either deny the request outright
or approve it based on accompanying proof of currency by written examination endorsed by
Florida Tech faculty with a recommendation for a favorable decision.
All waivers will be valid for a period of seven years. In no case will a time waiver request be
honored if the original course grade was less that B.
Students may have non-waived courses (that exceed the statute of limitations) excluded from
GPA calculations upon submission to the registrar of a written request, approved and signed
by the academic unit head and the main campus director of graduate programs.
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