Admission to Candidacy

You should apply for candidacy as soon as possible after completing 18 credits of graduate work in an approved program of study. Your grade-point average for those 18 credits must be at least 3.00 on a 4.00-point scale. In addition, you must have no listed credit deficiencies.

To apply for candidacy, use the Application for Admission to Candidacy form to specify the courses and projects in your program of study. This form, upon approval, becomes a binding agreement among you, the university, and your department. In short, applying for candidacy identifies the work you have done so far and defines the work you will do from that point forward. Once approved, the application for candidacy becomes your formal plan for further study. Boise State discourages students from making any changes to this plan after the application for candidacy has been approved. Such changes require approval from the Dean of the Graduate College, acting on a written recommendation from your supervisory committee or advisor.

The deadline for submission of the Application for Admission to Candidacy form is the end of April for August or December graduation and approximately the first of December for May graduation. Exact dates are listed in the Academic Calendar.

You can download the Application for Admission to Candidacy form from our forms page.

Revised 13 August 2003.