Graduate Procedures

Procedures for graduate students

Procedures checklist

Admission to the university: complete before enrolling. You can print out the form here.
Enrollment in graduate level programs: complete during first term on campus.
Final evaluation procedures: complete prior to or during final term of course work.
Conferring of degree

Admission to the university

Application for graduate admission and transcripts are filed with the Graduate Office Assistant.
A copy of the teaching license or petition for waiver, when applicable, is necessary.
Miller Analogies Test or Graduate Record Examination score may be required.
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Enrollment in graduate level programs

Applicants must submit the following:

Completed WOU Application for Graduate Admission form.Submit this form to the Graduate Office, Administration 202. Students must be admitted to the WOU Graduate School before being considered for admission to their masters program. Submit all WOU Graduate School application materials to the Graduate Office at least one week prior to the program admission deadline.
Sealed official transcripts from the university that granted your bachelor’s degree and from all other institutions of higher education where you completed coursework. A GPA of 3.0 in the last 90 quarter hours (60 semester hours) of undergraduate or graduate coursework is required. Those with less than a 3.0 GPA can be admitted with MAT or GRE scores (see below for requirement).
Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or Graduate Record Exam (GRE) score. If the applicant’s GPA is 3.0 or higher, the test requirement is waived. If the GPA is less than 3.0, minimum required score for the (a) MAT: 395 or higher; (b) average score of 450 or higher on the Verbal and Quantitative sections and a 3.5 or higher on the Analytical Writing section.
$50 nonrefundable application fee

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Final evaluation procedures

Application for master's degree must be filed with the Graduate Office prior to the final term of course work. There is a $25.00 application fee.
Final evaluation procedures must be completed, either written examinations or alternative evaluations.

Conferring of degree

Degrees are conferred during June commencement, following completion of degree requirements.
Students who wish to participate in the June commencement ceremony need to notify the Registrar's Office.

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