Based on review of your previous academic records, you may be required to complete the following courses in order to fulfill foundational requirements. Per academic policies, all assigned foundational courses must be completed prior to matriculation into the Applied Graduate courses. For this reason, foundational courses are offered in 7-week mini terms. Each 15-week semester has two mini terms, offering the foundational courses, with an additional week at the end of the semester.

You should refer to your Intent to Enroll letter to confirm your individually assigned foundational requirements. When registering for Foundational Courses, please note that each course is held during only the first half or the second half of a semester. You may choose to take the courses over two semesters (Option A) or one semester (Option B), which are listed below for your reference.

Keep in mind that the 5-term track is "consistently" intense from one term to the next with roughly the same amount of classes and a practicum each term. The 9-term track is "variably" intense with some semesters being denser than others. Different students will benefit in different ways from each of these two tracks- neither is better or worse than the other.  This is a great launching point for conversation when discussing the benefits of each track with your Student Success Advisor.

Regardless of whether you choose the 9-term or 5-term track for your applied graduate coursework, you can anticipate the workload will increase. Now that you have finished foundational courses, you are applying knowledge to practice and employing more cumulative and critical thinking skills. Though applied graduate courses are 15 weeks and foundational courses are a condensed 7 weeks, you can still expect an increase in time, effort, and rigor when you transition to applied grad. More than two times the content of foundational courses is covered in the time frame of an applied grad course.  Additionally, you can plan on the applied grad coursework requiring more analysis and critical thinking both during class and in assignments and homework, as these are inherent to the content that is covered.  

We recommend that in the weeks prior to your first semester in applied graduate courses, you review the materials available under Student Resources to ensure you have a good grasp on techniques which will help you "step up" from foundational to applied graduate coursework expectations.