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(a) Full time
Full-time master's candidates must complete their degree requirements within six terms of registered full-time study. Students admitted to a ten-course master's program (that is, in the School of Public Administration and the School of Journalism and Communication) must complete their degree requirements within nine terms of registered full-time study.
(b) Part time
A part-time master's candidate must complete his/her degree requirements within an elapsed period of six calendar years after the date of initial registration. Students admitted to a ten-course master's program (that is, in the School of Public Administration and the School of Journalism and Communication) must complete their degree requirements within an elapsed period of eight calendar years after the date of initial registration.
(c) Combined full time and part time
A master's candidate who elects to complete his/her program by a combination of full-time and part-time study is governed by the following elapsed-time limitations: five calendar years if the candidate is registered as a full-time student for two or three terms and part-time for the balance; four calendar years if the candidate is registered for four or five terms as a full-time student and part-time for the balance.
These limitations are calculated from the date of initial registration in the master's program.
(d) Combined full time and part time in ten-course master's programs in the School of Public Administration and the School of Journalism and Communication
A master's candidate who elects to complete his/her program by a combination of full-time and part-time study must complete the degree requirements within an elapsed period of eight calendar years after the date of initial registration in the master's program.
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