Academic Termination

If a student, during the course of his or her graduate program, receives more than two (2) grades below B- or two (2) XPs in courses listed on the MOC, or has a cumulative GPA fall below 3.0, the graduate degree program may be terminated. Should the student's cumulative GPA fall below a 3.0, the student may have the opportunity to raise the GPA to 3.0 or higher in the next semester of coursework. Notification of course grade or program GPA infractions will be sent to the student from the Department of Special Education and Communication Disorders.

A master's degree student is expected to complete all degree requirements within five years of their first term of admission to the master's degree program, unless the student is enrolled in a program with a different time limit that has been approved by the Office of Graduate Studies. Graduate courses taken prior to the start of the master's degree program and not counted toward a previously awarded graduate degree may be included on the student's Memorandum of Courses, provided the previous courses were taken within 10 years at the time of degree completion.

Professional Ethics Termination

Graduate students in Special Education are expected to abide by both the UNL Student Code of Conduct that outlines behaviors of misconduct and the CEC Professional Ethics Principles outlining how to show respect for diverse characteristics and needs of persons with exceptionalities and their families.

Students will be dismissed from the Special Education Master's Degree program should they demonstrate unethical behaviors while enrolled at UNL. If a student demonstrates professionally inappropriate or unstable personal-social behavior in the classroom or fieldwork, the student may be asked to confer with the Graduate Governance Committee, Department Chair, and/or a counselor to determine the degree to which the student can be expected to continue his or her enrollment in the graduate program. Repeated incidences without change may be cause for termination from the program.