Graduation

Top of PageApplication for Graduation

1. Each student should plan to see an advisor in a term prior to the semester the student plans to graduate 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. The deadline for submitting applications is published in the Schedule of Courses. Failure to submit a timely application may prevent graduation.
3. Students enrolled in the joint program must be registered for a minimum of three hours in the Graduate School during the term in which they graduate. The three hours of registration must be in Graduate School courses: i.e., law school courses w ill not satisfy this requirement.
   1. Finishing an incomplete grade from a prior term does not satisfy this requirement.

Top of PageMinimum Requirements for Degree Certification

To graduate with a M.Acc. degree, a student must:

1. Have satisfactorily completed all preparatory coursework and the 34 semester hours of the prescribed coursework. The student must have completed the following minimum hours as a graduate student (7AC) in order to be awarded their 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 level 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 20 hours of graduate level coursework.
   3. A minimum of 18 hours of graduate level accounting.
2. Completed all degree requirements to receive the JD degree.
3. In addition, the student must maintain a 3.0 GPA calculated on 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.
4. 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) and "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.