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Graduate students are required to maintain a 3.0 grade point average (GPA) on a 4.0 scale to be continued in a graduate program. Graduate students must have a GPA of 3.0 or higher at the time of graduation.

The purpose of this policy is to define Graduate Assistant employment and to describe the requirements for hiring and compensation.

Graduate Credit for Non-Academic Experience is the policy of Minnesota State University Moorhead that graduate credit will not be granted for work and other nonacademic experiences.

MSUM Graduate Courses Taken by Undergraduate Students Undergraduate students who meet the requirements may enroll in 500 or 600 level courses for graduate credit.

MSUM policty on graduate students who wish to submit an appeal need to complete the Graduate Academic Appeals form.

Grades given in graduate courses include A, B, C, D, F, P (Satisfactory), and AU. In a continuing research course, a student may be given a grade of “IP” until the course is completed. “W” signifies withdrawal without penalty from the course.

Courses at the 600 and 700 level are offered for graduate credit only. Courses offered at the 600 level are open to graduate students or to undergraduate seniors who meet specific requirements.

All New Entering Freshman (NEF) as well as any student who received a high school diploma on January 2015 or later, including those students who transferred to MSU Moorhead in the Spring Term after attending one semester at another institution, are required to live on campus their first year.

Title IX of the Educational Amendments prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex. This policy supplements the Minnesota State System lB.1 Nondiscrimination in Education and Employment Opportunity Policy and the MSUM Sexual Violence Policy, including sexual assault, and applies to all members the Athletics department, both employees and student-athletes. Title IX provides that: No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.

All study for university credit may be recorded with the following grade designations: A+ 4.00 Grade points per credit A 4.00 Grade points per credit A- 3.67 Grade points per credit B+ 3.33 Grade points per credit B 3.00 Grade points per credit B- 2.67 Grade points per credit C+ 2.33 Grade points per credit C 2.00 Grade points per credit C- 1.67 Grade points per credit D+ 1.33 Grade points per credit D 1.00 Grade point per credit D- 0.67 Grade points per credit F 0.00 Grade points per credit FN 0.00 Grade points per credit I Incomplete P Pass IP In Progress AU Audit W Withdrawal EX Exchange – used to document registration. This grade does not affect GPA or Satisfactory Progress.