Ohio Admin. Code 3341-3-74
This describes the policies associated with completing dual master's degrees at BGSU.
A student must be admitted to two master's degrees before applying for dual master's status. Dual master's status must be requested by the student and approved by both programs and the graduate college. The application for dual master's status must include the student's rationale and the proposed curriculum to be followed. Students are encouraged to apply as soon as possible, to ensure the integrative nature of the two degrees.
In addition to completing the basic core requirements for both programs, students can share up to nine course credits between programs (if academically appropriate and approved by both programs).
To demonstrate a capacity for an effective integration of the two fields, the student must complete a shared culminating experience with content drawn from both programs (e.g., thesis, comprehensive exam, etc.). Committee members assessing the culminating experience must be drawn from both programs. The maximum amount of shared culminating experience credits is six.
Including any allowed shared credits, a student must meet the total minimum credit and curricular requirements of both master's degrees.
A minimum of eighteen credits must be completed at six thousand-level for each master's program. If a six thousand-level course is shared, it can be then counted toward both programs' eighteen credit minimum. Time-to-degree rules apply for all courses.
Ohio Admin. Code 3341-3-74
Promulgated Under: 111.15
Statutory Authority: 3345
Rule Amplifies: 3345