Graduate Division Regulations

Course Substitutions

Course substitutions are permitted in some cases with prior department approval. Department approval requires a letter (Decision Form) from the graduate deputy or the program coordinator to the coordinator of graduate studies.

Rule Waivers or Exemptions

Students requesting exemptions from rules or regulations must file petitions (forms available from the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies). Students should bring the completed petition form to the graduate deputy for the particular program. The petition must be approved by the Department of Health and Nutrition Sciences before being forwarded to the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies and submitted to the appropriate committee for approval. It is important to realize that a petition is a request-approval takes time and is not guaranteed.

Program of Study

During the first semester in attendance, each student should prepare a program of study with the graduate deputy for the appropriate program.

ADVISING

Students are urged to regularly consult their graduate deputy during their course of study. M.P.H. students will be assigned an adviser whom they should consult each semester.

Length of time to complete degree

A master's degree must be completed within seven years, beginning with the student's initial registration for graduate courses at Brooklyn College in any status: matriculated, matriculated with conditions, nonmatriculated, or nondegree.

Maintaining continuous attendance

Candidates for graduate degrees are expected to maintain continuous attendance in the program to which they have been admitted until they have completed it. Interruption of study obligates the student either to apply for an official leave of absence or to pay a Maintenance of Matriculation Fee. A degree candidate whose grade point average is 3.00 or higher may be granted an official leave of absence by the Office of the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies, upon the recommendation of the student's program, for a specified period up to a cumulative maximum of two years. Official leave of absence forms may be obtained in the Office of the Dean of Graduate Studies or in the department office. If a student has not received an official leave of absence, reapplication is required before studies can be resumed.

Course Prerequisites

Many of the Graduate Division courses have prerequisites that must be fulfilled before the student can enroll in the course, including specific courses, grade point average, permission of the graduate deputy or chairperson, and/or program admission. It is the responsibility of the student to satisfy pre­requisites before registering for each course.

Grades

Students are required to maintain a B (3.00) average. A matriculated student whose GPA falls below 3.00 before completing the course requirements for the degree is placed on academic probation. The deficiency must be removed (a GPA of 3.00 or higher attained) within the next 9 credits of course work, in which case the probationary condition is removed.

Failing to achieve this, the student may be dismissed from the program and barred from further registration in the program. A student whose GPA falls below 3.00 at the point of completing the course requirements for the degree may take up to 9 additional credits to remove the deficiency but only with the recommendation of the graduate deputy for the program and approval by the Office of the Dean of Research and Graduate Studies. The program may specify the courses to be taken.

A 3.00 grade point average is required to apply to take a comprehensive examination. A grade of B in each of the five required courses is required to apply to take the comprehensive examination for the M.S. in nutrition. If they are not resolved, grades of INC (Incomplete) or ABS (Absence from the Final) turn into F grades (FIN, FAB) one year after the end of the semester in which the INC or ABS was received. Students may retake up to 6 credits (two courses) in which they received grades equivalent to F and have the new grade replace the F in computing the GPA; the original grades, as well as the new grades, still appear on the transcript (F replacement policy).

Academic Integrity

Students are advised to read and become familiar with the section on academic integrity (including cheating and plagiarism) in the College Bulletin. Both academic and disciplinary penalties may be incurred for violating the College's policy.

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