F1.2 Academic Residence Requirement for a Master’s Degree

Updated: May 13th, 2010

Academic residence is defined as payment of registration fees and enrollment in at least 4 units in 100 or 200 series courses per required semester of academic residence. The requirements are as follows:

1. Master’s degree — a minimum of two semesters of academic residence..
2. Master’s, two separate degrees — a two-semester minimum of academic residency is required for each degree.
3. Master’s, concurrent degrees – a minimum of two semesters of academic residence.
4. Master’s and doctoral degrees — a minimum of six semesters of academic residence is required to complete both a master’s and a doctoral degree

Academic residency and summer sessions. For a master’s degree, residence during Summer Sessions may be counted under the following conditions:

1. Enrollment in two six-week Summer Sessions counts as one term of residence provided the candidate is enrolled in each session for the equivalent of at least two units of upper division and/or graduate work as given in a regular term (four units total)
2. Enrollment in an eight-week Summer Session counts as one term of residence provided the candidate is enrolled for the equivalent of at least four units of upper division and/or graduate work as given in a regular term.

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