12 /GENERAL INFORMATION tions to this policy are made only for certain graduate students whose examinations are administered at the Agri- cultural Research and Educational Centers or on the cam- puses of the universities in the State University System that are approved for cooperative graduate degree programs. These exceptions must be justified by individual petitionsto the Dean of the Graduate School. PREPARATION FOR FINAL SEMESTER It is the student's responsibility to ascertain that all requirements have been met and that every deadline is observed. Deadline dates are set forth in the University Calendar and by the college, school, or department. Regu- lar issues of Deadline Dates are available each semester. When the dissertation or thesis is ready to be put in final form, the student should obtain the Guide for Preparing Dissertations and Theses from the Graduate School Edito- rial Office and should request a records check in the Graduate Records Office to make certain that all require- ments for graduation have been fulfilled. During the term in which the final examination is given and during the term the degree is received, a student must be registered for at least three hours that count toward his/ her graduate degree. Thesis students must be registered for three hours of 6971 and doctoral students for three hours of 7980. Minimum registration for students taking their final examinations orgraduating during the summerterms is two hours of appropriate credit as outlined above. Students must also apply for the degree at the beginning of the final term. AWARDING OF DEGREES The Graduate School will authorize a candidate to be awarded the degree appropriate to the course of study under the following conditions (the details of which can be found under the descriptions of the several degrees): 1. The candidate must have completed all course re- quirements, including an internship or practicum if re- quired, in the majorand minorfields, observing time limits, limitations on transfer credit, on nonresident work, and on level of course work. 2. The candidate must have a grade average of B or higher in the major and in all work attempted in the graduate program. All grades of I, H, and X must be resolved. Grades of D and E require a written petition to the Dean of the Graduate School. 3. The candidate must have satisfactorily completed all required examinations, qualifying, comprehensive, and final, and be recommended for the degree by the supervi- sory committee, major department, and college. 4. The dissertation or, if required, thesis or equivalent project, must have been approved by the supervisory committee and accepted by the Graduate School. Recom- mendationsforthe awarding of a degree include meeting all academic and professional qualifications as judged by the faculty of the appropriate department. 5. All requirements for the degree must be met while the candidate is a registered graduate student. Students who have been registered in the Graduate School at least one semester of each successive calendar year may graduate according to the curriculum under which they entered. ATTENDANCE AT COMMENCEMENT Graduates who are to receive advanced degrees are urged to attend Commencement in order to accept person- ally the honor indicated by the appropriate hood. The student may arrange through the University Bookstore for the proper academic attire to be worn at Commencement. REQUIREMENTS FOR MASTER'S DEGREES GENERAL REGULATIONS The following regulations represent those of the Gradu- ate School. Colleges and departments may have additional regulations beyond those stated below. Unless otherwise indicated in the following sections concerning master's degrees, these general regulations apply to all master's degree programs at the University. Course Requirements.-Graduate credit is awarded for courses numbered 5000 and above. The work in the major field must be in courses numbered 5000 or above. For work outside the major, courses numbered 3000 or above may be taken provided they are part of an approved plan of study. The program of course work for a master's degree must be approved by the student's adviser, supervisory committee, or faculty representative of the department. No more than six credits from a previous master's degree program may be applied toward a second master's degree. These credits are applied only with the written approval of the Dean of the Graduate School. If a minor is chosen, at least six credits of work are required in the minor field. Two six-credit minors may be taken with departmental permission. Minor work must be in a department other than the major; in special cases this requirement may be modified, but only with the written permission of the Dean of the Graduate School. A GPA of 3.0 is required for minor credit. Degree Requirements.-Unless otherwise specified, for any master's degree, the student must earn a minimum of 30 credits as a graduate student at the University of Florida, of which no morethan two courses, totaling sixto eight hours, earned with a grade of A, B+, or B may be transferred from institutions approved for this purpose by the Dean of the Graduate School. Transfer of Credit.-Only graduate (5000-7999) level work to the extent of two courses, totaling six to eight semester hours, earned with a grade of A, B+, or B may be transferred from an institution approved by the Graduate School or from postbaccalaureate work at the University of Florida. Credits transferred from other universities will be applied toward meeting the degree requirements but the grades earned will not be computed in the student's grade- point average. Acceptance of transfer of credit requires approval of the student's supervisory committee and the Dean of the Graduate School. Petitions for transfer of credit for a master's degree must be made during the student's first term of enrollment in the Graduate School. Nonresident or extension work taken at another institu- tion may not be transferred to the University of Florida for