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The minimum combined GPA (grade point average) for all courses taken in fulfillment of the degree is 3.0.

MS Design does not accept any external credit towards degree requirements.

Degree Requirements:

1. You must follow degree requirements from a year that overlaps your matriculation.

2. You may not double-count classes across any degree category.  

3. All units must be in courses at or above the 100 level (units earned in courses below the 100 level may not count towards the minimum unit requirement for the master’s degree).

Methods: 

1. You should choose your Method by the end of your first quarter.

Domains:

1. You should identify your Domain, and all classes for it, by the end of your first year.

Curricular Practical Training (CPT):

• Design abides by Curricular Practical Training opens in a new tab guidance from Bechtel International Center.

• You are permitted 2 uses of CPT in MS Design . 

• You must enroll in DESIGN 391A if utilizing CPT.

Petitions and Deviations:

1. You must discuss any petition inquiry with a Faculty Advisor first before filling out the Design: Petition Form opens in a new tab.  

2. You should submit petition requests at least one quarter ahead of time.  

3. You may not have retroactive, or same-quarter requests, considered so plan ahead. 

4. You should allow at least three weeks for petitions to be reviewed.

5. You should plan with allowed classes so as to not be unprepared by a petition denial. 

6. You may not have petitions considered in the quarter you intend to confer. 

Independent Study:

1. You must enroll in DESIGN 391 if utilizing Graduate Independent Study and Research.

2. Any intention for Independent Study to go towards degree requirements is considered rare and needs petition approval first.