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, DGS, and College of Education and Human Development (CEHD) approve GPAS.

The Graduate School requires that two-thirds of the credits for degree programs be completed on the A-F grading system. Core courses must be taken A-F. A minimum grade point average of 3.50 (on a 4 point scale) is required by the department for a student to remain in good standing in any of its Plan A, Plan B, or Ph.D. graduate degree programs. Transfer credits from other graduate programs may be requested by petition and must be approved by the advisor and DGS.

When to submit the GPAS: 

To remain in good standing, master’s students - Plan A, Plan B, and Plan C - are to file the GPAS by the end of the second semester, and doctoral students are to file the GPAS by the end of the third semester. Instructions on how to use the GPAS planner are available at OneStop. 

Departmental Procedure:

1. Complete the checklist appropriate to your degree program.

2. Review checklist with your advisor.

3. Email checklist to the Graduate Program Coordinator.

4. The Graduate Program Coordinator 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.