GRADUATE COLLEGE PETITION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME LIMIT COMPLETION OF MASTER’S DEGREE AND GRADUATE CERTIFICATES OR INCLUDING COURSES OUTSIDE THE TIME LIMIT All requirements for a Master’s degree or a graduate certificate must be completed within a six-year period. Please review the following policies for more information: Requirements for Master’s Degree and Academic Plans: Graduate Certificates. An extension of time to complete degree or certificate requirements may be granted, if there are compelling extenuating circumstances. Extensions may be granted for a variety of reasons, which may include, but are not limited to, job relocation, military duty, pregnancy, illness, a serious accident, divorces, or other personal tragedies within the immediate household. NAME: MAILING ADDRESS: CITY: PHONE: GRADUATE DEGREE: NAU ID: STATE: ZIP: EMAIL: FOR STUDENTS REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPELTE THE DEGREE and/or CERTIFICATE COMPLETE THIS PAGE AND PART 1 OF THIS FORM AND ACQUIRE THE PROPER SIGNATURES FOR STUDENTS REQUESTING INCLUSION OF COURSES OUTSIDE THE TIME LIMIT COMPETE THIS PAGE AND PART 2 OF THIS FORM AND ACQUIRE THE PROPER SIGNATURES Copies to: Department, Advisor, and Student Rev: SH 8/14/15 GRADUATE COLLEGE PETITION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME LIMIT PART 1 FOR STUDENTS REQUESTING AN EXTENSION OF TIME TO COMPELTE THE DEGREE and/or CERTIFICATE Brief Statement of Request (Please attach a separate sheet if necessary): 1. Explain why you did not finish within the allowed time, 2. List a timeline outlining how you plan to complete your degree or certificate (specifying which courses you will take in which semesters), and 3. Attach a copy of your program of study showing how the proposed extension leads to completion of your degree or certificate requirement. OR 4. If a thesis or final project is the only remaining requirement, please include the month and year of each of the steps required to complete the thesis or project (e.g., For a thesis, the month and year of prospectus approval, data gathering, when each chapter will be complete, defense, and submission of final copies should be included). Requested Extension to End of Term/Year: Extension/Exception Recommended: ☐Yes ☐No Advisor Signature: Date: ☐Yes ☐No Chair Signature: Date: Action by the Graduate College: ☐Yes ☐No Signature: Copies to: Department, Advisor, and Student Date: Rev: SH 8/14/15 GRADUATE COLLEGE PETITION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME LIMIT PART 2 FOR STUDENTS REQUESTING INCLUSION OF COURSES OUTSIDE THE TIME LIMIT If courses were taken from other institutions and transferred to NAU, the courses normally must also have been taken within the six-year period. An exception to this policy can be made with a petition and this form. Brief Statement of Request (Please attach a separate sheet if necessary): 1. List which courses you would like to include in the program of study, and 2. Rationale behind requesting and exception for the course to be included in your degree, despite the time limit rule. Requested Extension to End of Term/Year: Extension/Exception Recommended: ☐Yes ☐No Advisor Signature: Date: ☐Yes ☐No Chair Signature: Date: Action by the Graduate College: ☐Yes ☐No Signature: Copies to: Department, Advisor, and Student Date: Rev: SH 8/14/15