Dismissal is not automatic, allowing the Graduate Program Director discretion in the event of significant mitigating circumstances. A failure in any of these degree requirements will usually mean dismissal from the program. Graduate degrees are not awarded to students with less than a 3.0 overall grade-point average in courses applied to degree requirements. If the student has had a teaching assistantship, no new contract may be tendered until the thesis is ready for defense. Generally, for Fall contracts to be considered, the student must complete the thesis by July 15.
All students are responsible for checking to see that all appropriate forms are on file.
It is this climate of intellectual excitement and activity which characterizes the graduate program in Communication at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. You can review the undergrad courses we are offering Spring 2001 here . The list of Fall 2001 courses is coming soon.