Graduate Degree

The registrar's office will review a student's degree conferral status when the student is nearing the completion of their graduate program academic requirements. For most graduate degree students, this will be when they enroll in their capstone course, which by design is meant to be taken as the last or next-to-last course.

A mandatory, non-refundable Final Academic Requirements Evaluation Fee will be assessed to the student when they enroll in their capstone course, or if a capstone course does not exist, the comparable last or next to last course.

Degrees are conferred only after evaluation and approval by the registrar's office. Except as noted below, the following general requirements must be met in order to be evaluated by the registrar's office:

1. Students in a 12-course master's degree program must complete 54 quarter credit hours in the program at the graduate level (500 series or higher). Students enrolled in a 10-course master's degree program must complete 45 quarter credit hours in the program at the graduate level (500 series or higher).
2. Students must complete coursework with a minimum graduate program-specific GPA of 2.5. 
3. Students in a 12-course master's degree program must complete a minimum of 36 quarter credit hours in the program at the university. Students in a 10-course master's degree program must complete a minimum of 31.5 quarter credit hours in the program at the university.
4. Students must meet specified graduation requirements, including the quarter credit hour and course requirements within the degree program. Final responsibility for meeting graduation requirements lies with the student.
5. Complete with a grade of B (3.0) or higher, or P, all courses in the student’s concentration component area (including students in a 10-course master's program that includes a concentration area) or the graduate elective course.
6. Complete with a grade of B (3.0) or higher, the identified capstone course (or its equivalent, such as BUS 599) for each program.
7. Complete with a grade of C (2.0) or higher, or P, all assigned prerequisite courses.
8. Graduate course work must be successfully completed within ten years from initial term of attendance. This includes both course work taken at Strayer and course work taken elsewhere and transferred in.