Residency Requirements - Graduate Students

Kutztown University Policy ACA-078

1. Purpose

   This policy applies to graduate students planning to complete requirements for their  degree at Kutztown University. 

2. Scope

   This policy applies to all graduate students. 

3. Keywords and phrases 
   

   Residency – minimum number of credits taken through Kutztown University. 

4. Policy & Procedure(s)
   

   All post-baccalaureate students must complete a minimum of two-thirds of their graduate degree or certification program in residence at Kutztown University in order to meet residency requirements. 

   Note that this sets the minimum number of credits that must be taken at Kutztown University and that the University can limit the number of hours that will be allowed to transfer into a graduate program. (See Graduate Transfer Credit Policy ACA-075.) 

5. Effective Date:

   Spring 2014 

6. Approved By:
   

   University Senate endorsed – November 13, 2013 
   University President approved – December 3, 2013 

7. Last Review

   January 9, 2014; August, 2014; August, 2015; August, 2016; August, 2017;  August, 2018; August, 2019; August, 2020