The Instructional Design Graduate Program requires that you complete your course of study within five (5) years.

Statute of Limitations Policy

Achievement of a master’s or doctoral degree or a Certificate of Advanced Graduate Study signifies mastery of one’s chosen discipline. Rather than being merely a collection of courses, a graduate degree requires intense commitment to scholarship and practice within a specific period of time. Such focus and coherence is lost if the degree is not completed within a reasonable time period. Therefore, each program requires that students complete their course of study within designated time limits.

Each program has established its own time limit, approved by faculty governance. A student who fails to complete a program within that established time limit is subject to dismissal. Specific information about time limits is available from each program office. Time limits for completion are included on students’ grade reports, class schedules and invitations to register.

In exceptional cases, an extension of the time limit may be granted by the Dean of Graduate Studies. If you need an extension, you complete a Graduate Statute of Limitations Extension form (available from the Registrar) and submit it to the Instructional Design Graduate Program Director for approval.