General Program Requirements

Students who have submitted transcripts that do not include previous professional education course work will be required to enroll in a change of career program.

Only those students who meet all the school entrance requirements are qualified and possess the necessary background be will permitted to enroll in graduate courses.

Masters Degree

  • Minimum of 33 to 60 semester hours in appropriate graduate course work as noted in each program description. This course work is planned under the direction of an assigned advisor. Completion of a minimum of 27 of 33 program credits or 30 of 36 program credits at St. John's University.(Contact an advisor for program changes.)
     
  • A minimum of a B (3.0) average in all course work.
     
  • Successful completion of a written comprehensive examination. Normally, this examination may not be taken earlier than the last semester of course work and must be taken within one year of the completion of all course work. In case of failure, one re-examination may be permitted upon the recommendation of the Division Chair and approval of the Dean.
     
  • Fulfillment of the residence requirement for which the student must complete 18 credits in a two-year period.
     
  • Continuous enrollment and completion of all requirements within a five-year period.
     
  • For information on advanced and/or transfer credit, please consult the "Academic Information" section.

Advanced Certificate

  • A minimum of 30 to 33 credits beyond an appropriate Master's Degree. This course work is planned under the direction of an assigned advisor.
     
  • A minimum of a B (3.0) average in all course work.
     
  • Completion of a minimum of 24 program degree credits at St. John's University and fulfillment of the residence requirement for which the student must complete 18 credits in a two-year period.
     
  • Continuous enrollment and completion of all requirements within a five-year period.
     
  • For information on advanced and/or transfer credit, please consult the "Academic Information" section.

Doctoral Degree
Programs of study for this degree require coursework, distributed among areas of specialization, related fields and research. The programs include a period of internship and/or supervised professional practice, as well as the successful completion of a comprehensive examination. The degree requirements also include the preparation and submission of an acceptable professional problem-oriented doctoral dissertation and its oral defense.

  • A minimum of 90 semester hours beyond the baccalaureate degree in approved graduate course work planned under the direction of an assigned advisor. Fulfillment of a full-time residency requirement as specified in the Academic Regulations of the University and the completion of a minimum of 45 degree credits at St. John's University.
     
  • A minimum of a B (3.0)average in every course.
     
  • Successful completion of a comprehensive written examination is required for all doctoral candidates. This examination will cover intensively both the field of specialization and the general fields with which a doctoral candidate should be familiar. The student must make written application to take the comprehensive examination. Normally, this examination may not be taken earlier than the last semester of course work and must be taken within one year of the completion of all course work. Successful completion of this examination is a prerequisite for the submission of a topic for a doctoral dissertation. The division will review the student's application and records prior to the examination to determine eligibility to take the examination. In case of failure, one re-examination may be permitted upon the recommendation of the Division Chair and approval of the Dean.
     
  • Passage of Candidacy:A doctoral student acquires the status of "candidate" after he/she has successfully completed all course work, has taken and passed the doctoral comprehensive examination, and has received approval of a dissertation proposal by the Faculty Committee and the Dean.
     
  • Continuous enrollment and completion of all requirements within eight years. All degree requirements must also be completed no later than three years after the successful completion of the comprehensive examination.
     
  • Enrollment in Doctoral Research is mandatory until the degree is awarded. Students who have passed the doctoral comprehensive examination and completed all course work requirements register for Doctoral Research (EDU 5990 or 7990) for 3 credits for each semester until graduation.
     
  • An approved dissertation presenting evidence of a substantial contribution to existing knowledge as a result of personal research and its oral defense.

Each student selects a faculty mentor who serves as the student's advisor throughout the dissertation process. The student and his/her mentor will request the appointment of the dissertation research committee. This committee, composed of the mentor and a minimum of two committee members, will have primary responsibility for guiding the student in the preparation of his/her dissertation.