Students must also receive the approval of a new advisor who is willing to accept the student as an advisee. The program plan is then forwarded to the Graduate School, where it becomes the official program of study for that student. Students may change advisors at any time during their studies by writing a letter to the Graduate Coordinator requesting a change. The advisor will also interview the student and review the student's transcripts to insure departmental prerequisites are met before beginning masters level work. Students may be required to take other prerequisite course work based on their career goals and area of specialization.
Prerequisite courses are in addition to the masters program of study.
A student need not complete all prerequisite course work before enrolling in graduate course work. Students are also expected to understand the unique needs of students and their families including those from culturally and linguisiclly different backgrounds. PDFs can be viewed using Adobe Acrobat Reader , a program available for free from Adobe. All graduate students are evaluated each semester by their major advisor in order to assess their progress in the program. Students may be dismissed from the department at the end of any semester if they have not made sufficient academic progress to warrant continuance of study.