Graduation Requirements for Graduate Studies

Candidates for Cumberland University’s Masters programs must maintain a minimum grade point average of 3.00. A student is allowed a maximum of six semester hours of “C” grades. No student will be allowed to continue in his/her respective program without permission of the Graduate Studies Council if they earn more than two “C” grades or below in any courses.

If a grade of “F” is earned in any graduate course, the student must repeat the course in its entirety. No student will be allowed to continue in his/her respective program without permission of the Graduate Studies Council if a grade of “F” is earned in any graduate course. If allowed, a grade of “B” or better must be earned in the repeated course. If, after repeating the entire course one time, a grade of “B” or better is not earned, the student may not continue in the program.

Each student must successfully complete the required semester hours of graduate coursework for the Master's Degree within seven calendar years from the date of entry as a degree-seeking student.