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Retention Requirements
The following is a list of the retention requirements:
- Students are required to maintain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 throughout the program. After completion of nine semester hours of graduate work, if the student’s cumulative GPA at the end of the given semester falls below 3.00, the student will be placed on probation. A student who fails to attain a cumulative GPA of 3.00 during the next semester enrolled will be suspended.
- Students must have a grade of B or better in all core courses and may not have more than two C grades in other courses used to meet degree requirements.
- Students who have repeated a core course and failed to achieve a grade B or higher will be dismissed from the program.
- The maximum time allowed for completion of the master’s degree is six calendar years. All requirements for the MS in DS degree must be completed within the six-year period beginning with the student’s first term of enrollment in a graduate course.
- Students dismissed from the program will not be readmitted.