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Subject Standing Change to Advanced to Candidacy
Author Tricia Trejo
Message: Hello, currently you are showing as a Classified Student in the master's program in Computer Science. Please send me an email by June 28th if you meet the conditions below that tells me your name, CIN, and that you should be Advanced to Candidacy. I will be updating the status to Advanced to Candidacy of those students who have met the conditions below:

Advancement to Candidacy to Undertake Culminating Experience

Advancement to candidacy is a part of the continuing process of review of the student’s progress and is not automatic. It is granted by the college graduate dean upon completion of the requirements listed below and upon the recommendation of the major department/division/school. It is the University prerequisite to enrolling for the thesis, project, and comprehensive examination; individual departments/divisions and colleges may have additional requirements.

Advancement to candidacy requires:

* Satisfaction of Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement. (WPE, UNIV 400 or UNIV 401)
* Classified graduate standing. (All done with Prerequisites)
* Completion of a minimum of 16 quarter units of the master’s degree study plan with an overall B (3.0) grade point average or higher.


Only students who are advanced to candidacy are eligible to enroll for comprehensive examinations (course #596 in their major discipline) or for thesis or project units (course #599 in their discipline).

Tricia Trejo
CS Department
ttrejo@calstatela.edu