A specialization does not appear on the student's graduate transcript. The period of time during which a student fails to register for successive academic sessions. If the stop-out period exceeds one academic year, the readmitted student may be required to fulfill degree requirements in existence at the time of readmission, rather than those at the original matriculation. The time elapsed from matriculation during which a student is required to complete the degree objective. Master's and specialist's students have six years from matriculation.
Doctoral students have ten years from matriculation.
These time limits are subject to extension, but only for compelling reason. If an extension is to be granted, it must be supported by the graduate program and approved by the dean of the College of Graduate Studies. Coursework taken at other colleges and universities which is formally transferred to the MTSU graduate record. In general, only course work taken while in graduate status prior to attending MTSU will be transferred and only if those courses were not used in partial satisfaction of degree requirements at the previous university. Transfer credit requires the approval of the graduate advisor and the dean of the College of Graduate Studies.