All master's students must:

(a) attend the Policy Exercise, a non-credit workshop held at the start of the Fall semester;
(b) achieve at least a 3.0 GPA in all courses to be counted toward their degree;
(c) achieve at least a 3.0 GPA in all Core courses with no grade less than a “C”, and have no more than one “C” in all Core courses.
(d) be deemed by the Dean to be making adequate progress toward their degree based on their grades and completed credits to date; and
(e) complete all requirements within 5 years of beginning the program .

Graduate School Policies and information can be found under the Graduate School Catalog at http://www.gradschool.umd.edu /catalog/