Additional Master's Degree or Certificate

A student who has earned one master’s degree or certificate from Hood College may earn a second master’s degree or certificate upon satisfactory completion of the program requirements in the second graduate degree program. Up to 6 credits may be applied from the first graduate program to the second one, with approval from the program director. If programs share additional course requirements, the student may be exempted from completing the coursework in the second degree program but will have to replace it with appropriate electives subject to the approval of the student’s adviser and program director.  In special cases, a student may transfer additional credits into the program beyond the stated maxima if there are extenuating circumstances, at the discretion of the graduate school dean and program director.  Courses eligible for transfer from the first program must have been completed no earlier than five years from the start of the second program.  See Transfer of Credit section for more information.

The seven-year time limit will begin with enrollment in the first new course of the second graduate program. All other academic requirements will apply to the second program except that the second concentration must be different from the first concentration. Students who complete one graduate program and wish to enroll in another one must apply for admission through the Graduate School.

In all cases of internal transfer credit, coursework completed in one graduate program (certificate, master’s or doctoral) may only be utilized in one other graduate program, whether taken concurrently or sequentially.  Students may not transfer the same courses to more than one graduate program.