Graduation

Top of PageApplication for Graduation

1. Each student should plan to see an advisor in the term prior to the semester of planned graduation to confirm that all degree requirements will be met pending the successful completion of the remaining plan of study. Graduation checks can not be done during the week of drop/add.

2. It is the student’s responsibility to apply for graduation on ISIS and be sure to apply for both degrees. The deadline for submitting applications is published in the Schedule of Courses. Failure to submit a timely application may prevent graduation.

   1. Students need to apply to receive both their B.S.Ac. and their M.Acc. degrees.

3. Students must register for at least three credits (of acceptable coursework for a graduate student) in the term in which the degree will be awarded.

   1. Finishing an incomplete grade from a prior term does not by itself satisfy this requirement.

Top of PageMinimum Requirements for Degree Certification

To graduate with a B.S.Ac. and M.Acc. degrees, a student must:

1. Have satisfactorily completed 150 semester hours of the prescribed coursework. The following minimum hours must have been met while classified as a graduate student (7AC) in order to be awarded the M.Acc. degree.

   1. A minimum of 34 total semester hours of coursework
      1. Junior/senior level accounting courses do not count in these hours.
      2. Freshman/sophomore courses do not count in these hours.
      3. Courses in which the student earned a grade less than "C" do not count in these hours.
   2. A minimum of 28 hours of graduate level coursework.
   3. A minimum of 18 hours of graduate level accounting coursework.
2. In addition, the student must maintain a 3.0 GPA calculated for each of the following:
   1. All courses completed as a graduate student.
   2. All graduate courses (numbered 5000 and above) completed as a graduate student.
   3. All accounting courses (numbered 3000 and above) completed as a graduate student.
   4. All graduate accounting courses (numbered 5000 and above) completed as a graduate student.
3. For purposes of computing the GPAs referred to above the following apply:
   1. If a course is repeated after an initial grade of "C" or better (for courses below 5000 level) or "B" or better (for courses above 4000 level) was earned in the course then the repeat grade and hours will not be included in the University of Florida grade point average.
   2. Except for (a) above, all attempts of all courses are included in the computation. This means that a repeated course is included as many times as grades for it were recorded.