Appendix D: Master's Degree Checklist

MASTER’S DEGREE CHECKLIST

___ 1. Meet with your assigned advisor during your first year of the program. Discuss your program course grid and verify license requirements if you are combining a TSPC license with your degree.

___ 2. If you have taken course work at any other university and want to count it toward your PSU degree, ask your advisor for assistance in completing a GO-21M (Transfer of Credit) form. You may request transfer of up to 1/3 of a program’s graduate credits, providing a grade of B or better was earned, and subject to approval by the Graduate School of Education and the Office of Graduate Studies. Courses taken at PSU prior to admission count as transfer credits but need not be indicated on a GO-21M. Please remember that no course work more than seven years old at the time of graduation may be counted toward a Master’s degree. Upon completion of the GO-21 form, obtain your advisor’s approval and then take it to the department. NOTE: Courses graded P/NP may not be transferred.

___ 3. You have been admitted to the MS in Education: Counselor Education. If you wish to complete the MA with foreign language proficiency, please fill out a GO-19M and submit it to the Counselor Education Department.

___ 4. Complete the Application for the Degree form at Degree Requirements online at http://www.pdx.edu/ogs/forms by the end of the first week of the term you intend to graduate. If you decide to postpone your term of graduation, please notify that office.

___ 5. Run your DARS report. See the following link for more information http://www.pdx.edu/ogs/dars

___ 6. Register and take the written comprehensive exam if you have selected this as your culminating activity. Exams are scheduled fall and spring quarter, usually during the eighth week. You will need to be enrolled and taking course work the term you take the written exam.

___ 7. See your advisor for assistance in completing a licensure program form if you will be applying for a school counseling license.