Graduation under a Particular Catalog

To receive a graduate degree from the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, a student must fulfill all requirements for that degree as set forth in a catalog under which the student is entitled to graduate. The student, however, has several choices:

1. graduate under the current catalog;
2. graduate under the catalog in force the year the student first registered (degree seeking status) at Mary Hardin-Baylor (within the five-year limitation) provided the student maintains continuous enrollment during “long” semesters;
3. graduate under the catalog for any subsequent year in which the student was registered at Mary Hardin-Baylor (within the five-year limitation) provided the student maintains continuous enrollment during “long” semesters; or
4. if first registration (degree seeking status) at Mary Hardin-Baylor was during a summer session, graduate under the catalog governing the preceding “long” semester or the catalog for the next “long” semester (within the five-year limitation) provided the student maintains continuous enrollment during “long” semesters.

The University catalog is considered valid for five years from a student’s initial enrollment with degree seeking status. For example, the catalog for school year 2012-2013 is valid for graduation purposes through Summer 2017 for a degree-seeking student enrolling in the Fall of 2012. A degree-seeking student who fails to complete the required work for a degree in a five-year interval dating from the time the student first registered with degree seeking status must reorganize his or her degree plan to conform with the current catalog and obtain permission from the appropriate graduate Program Director, the Dean of the Graduate School, and the Graduate Council to continue in the graduate program under the new degree plan.

Insofar as possible, the University will not change degree requirements as detailed in this catalog. However, students should be aware that requirements of organizations outside the University (such as the Texas Education Agency) sometimes change, thus necessitating a change in degree requirements.