Graduate Admission

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Application for Admission to the Doctoral Program

Each graduate student who completes his/her M.A. at the University of Kansas and who wishes to continue in the doctoral program must re-apply for admission to the doctoral program during the semester in which he/she has accumulated 30 graduate hours of enrollment. Students who have failed to complete their M.A. after two full academic years will normally not be allowed to enroll in further course work until the M.A. has been finished. Formal admission to doctoral study will occur only after the M.A. has been awarded. Admission to the doctoral program is not automatic, for significantly higher academic standards are expected of doctoral students. Applicants will be asked to fill out a new application, submit new letters of recommendation and an updated transcript.

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Transfer of Credit

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Six hours of transferred credit may apply toward the Master's degree. Eight hours may apply if the student holds a Bachelor's degree from the University of Kansas. Students planning to transfer graduate credit from other institutions are urged to secure advance approval from the Department and the Graduate School.

Students who enter the Ph.D. program with graduate work from other programs may transfer graduate credit within the following restrictions:

1. Up to 15 hours of graduate credit may be transferred toward the satisfaction of requirements #1-2.
   Requirements 1, 2, or 4 may not be entirely satisfied through transfer credit.
2. Up to 18 hours of graduate credit may be transferred toward the satisfaction of requirement #3.
3. Up to six hours of graduate credit may be transferred toward the satisfaction of requirement #4.

In each case it is the responsibility of the student to demonstrate how the courses relate to the areas in which he/she wishes them transferred.

Students holding a Master's degree with a professional rather than scholarly orientation (i.e., a degree program not requiring the production of a thesis or other major scholarly research) will normally be required to demonstrate early in their doctoral program a research aptitude. This may be accomplished through enrollment in Investigation and Conference (Courses 898 and 998) or some equivalent procedure. Details should be worked out during consultation with the student's academic advisor.