Provisional Admission
When notified of provisional admission status, the student and the designated Graduate Faculty advisors must prepare a Proposed Plan of Study which must be submitted to the Graduate School on the "Graduate Interdisciplinary Degrees Plan of Study" at www.unco.edu/grad.forms/GIDPPlan.pdf.
Regular admission is contingent upon final review and acceptance of the Proposed Plan of Study by the GIDP Committee. Provisionally admitted students are allowed to complete a maximum of 15-semester hours of coursework applicable to the degree program. Students are encouraged to prepare and submit a Proposed Plan of Study as soon as possible.
However, there is not a limit to the amount of deficiency coursework that can be taken while on provisional admission status.
Program Criteria. The Plan of Study must meet the following criteria:
- If the graduate faculty advisors determine a student has any deficiencies in his/her background, the proposal must list the course work necessary to alleviate those deficiencies. (Deficiency courses must be completed at the earliest possible date).
- SRM 600 or one of the research oriented substitute courses approved y the Graduate Council (master's) or a 12 hour research core (doctoral) must be proposed. The proposal must also contain at least one additional research method, statistics, or applied research course (i.e. computer science, tests measurements, etc.).
Secondary disciplines are defined as those disciplines in which nine (9) to eleven (11) semester hours of course work are proposed at the master's level or those disciplines in which nine (9) to fourteen (14) semester hours of course work are proposed at the doctoral level. If identified in the Proposed Plan of Study, these disciplines must assign an advisor and approve the selected course work.
- Proposed courses must be offered with sufficient frequency to allow completion of the degree requirements within a reasonable amount of time, e.g. two years for a thirty (30) semester hour program or three to four years for a sixty-four (64) semester hour program. Furthermore, research and library resources must be available to facilitate the completion of the thesis, if applicable, or dissertation.
- No more than nine (9) semester hours, individually or in combination, of courses numbered 508, 513, or 622 may be proposed or counted in the degree program.
- Proposed Plan of Study must conform to all other Graduate School policies and procedures, e.g. transfer of credit. Prior to submission to the Graduate School, the Graduate Interdisciplinary Degrees Plan of Study form must be signed by the student, all graduate faculty advisors, and all primary and secondary school directors. Until an approved plan of study is filed with the Graduate School, a hold is placed on an interdisciplinary student’s ability to register for classes.
- Master's Degree: Proposed course work must equal at least thirty (30) semester hours of graduate level courses plus any deficiency coursework. At least twelve (12) semester hours of graduate level course work must be proposed in each of at least two primary disciplines. Courses numbered 622 and 699 may not be used to meet this requirement. If a thesis is proposed, the thesis must be a minimum/ maximum of six (6) semester hours. One of the designated advisors must be named as the Program Advisor.
- Doctoral Degree: Proposed course work must equal at least sixty-four (64) semester hours beyond a master’s degree excluding any deficiency coursework. If an applicant does not hold a master’s degree, the proposed course must equal at least ninety-four (94) semester hours. At least fifteen (15) semester hours of graduate-level course work must be proposed in each of at least two primary disciplines. If an applicant does not hold a master’s degree, the proposed course work in each of at least two primary disciplines must equal a minimum of eighteen (18) semester hours. Courses numbered 622, 797 and 799 may not be used to meet this requirement.
The plan of study must include four (4) semester hours of proposal (797) and twelve (12) semester hours of doctoral dissertation (799).
When there are only two primary disciplines proposed, one of the two designated graduate faculty advisors must be named as the program advisor. In addition, the two designated advisors and the student must recommend at least one additional graduate faculty advisor, subject to approval by his/her school director and the Dean of the Graduate School.
All Graduate School policies apply to interdisciplinary students. Please see “Interdisciplinary Studies: Graduate Interdisciplinary Degree”