Matriculated graduate students must advance to candidacy a minimum of one semester prior to graduating. Advancement to candidacy requires that the student be in good standing (a minimum of a 3.0 GPA in upper-division and graduate courses taken while in graduate status) and be classified with all admissions' provisions and program conditions cleared. Also required is a minimum of 9 units of graded course work as a graduate student in 100- or 200-level courses that are acceptable to the department in which the degree is sought. Exceptions to this policy can be made for two-semester master's programs. University policy also stipulates the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement for English-language competency be fulfilled before advancement to candidacy. However, the "candidacy form," formally entitled the Petition for Advancement to Graduate Candidacy (available at www.sjsu.edu/gape/forms), may be filed during the semester in which a GWAR-satisfying course is taken. Advancement to candidacy will be formally denied during the semester, but the form will be kept on file by the office of Graduate Admissions and Program Evaluations (GAPE) and approved when a passing grade is posted at the end of the semester.
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