Graduate Planning & Audit System (GPAS)

The Graduate Planning and Audit System (GPAS) is your graduate degree plan (GDP) of study in obtaining your degree, and is considered to be a contract between the student, graduate program, and the Graduate School. GPAS consists of two parts that work together: the planner and the audit (or advisement report). The planner allows you to map out the coursework you plan to complete while finishing your degree(s). The audit will show how the coursework you’ve completed and plan to complete fulfill the requirements for your degree(s). In GPAS you will indicate the coursework you are using to meet your graduate program’s coursework requirements as well as the Graduate School’s minimum credit requirements, including transfer coursework. The student’s advisor, the department, and College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) approve GPAS.

The UofM Graduate School requires that two-thirds of the required credits for a degree program and all core courses must be taken on an A-F grading basis. The department requires an MA student (Plan A or Plan B) to maintain a minimum grade point average of 2.80 (on a 4 point scale), and 3.00 (on a 4 point scale) for a Ph.D. student, to remain in good standing. Transfer credits from other graduate programs may be requested by petition and must be approved by the advisor and DGS.

Note: GRAD 8101 Teaching in Higher Education and FSoS 8151 Preparation for Independent Teaching in Family Science are required to teach independently; both courses can be counted in FSoS elective section.

When to submit the GPAS: 

Per the FSoS Graduate Program Milestone Expectations document, Master’s students will meet expectations by filing their GPAS checklists with the GPC by the end of their second semester in the program. Doctoral students will meet expectations by filing their GPAS checklists by the end of their third semester in the program. 

Instructions on how to use the GPAS planner are available at OneStop. 

FSoS Graduate Program Procedure:

1. Complete the checklist appropriate to your degree program.

2. Review checklist with your advisor.

3. Email checklist to the Graduate Program Coordinator (GPC).

4. GPC will work with students to complete the planner in GPAS, and advise students when to submit.

5. Submit online form which will be routed for electronic approval.