{"id":14582,"date":"2020-12-09T14:34:35","date_gmt":"2020-12-09T20:34:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/global\/?page_id=14582"},"modified":"2024-09-03T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2024-09-03T21:09:02","slug":"academics-degree-plan","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/global\/academics-degree-plan\/","title":{"rendered":"Academics\/Degree Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"background-color: rgba(255,255,255,0);background-position: center center;background-repeat: no-repeat;border-width: 0px 0px 0px 0px;border-color:#eae9e9;border-style:solid;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_6 1_6 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><\/div><\/div><style type=\"text\/css\">.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:16.666666666667% !important;margin-top : 0px;margin-bottom : 20px;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {padding-top : 0px !important;padding-right : 0px !important;margin-right : 11.52%;padding-bottom : 0px !important;padding-left : 0px !important;margin-left : 11.52%;}@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}@media only screen and (max-width:640px) {.fusion-body .fusion-builder-column-0{width:100% !important;order : 0;}.fusion-builder-column-0 > .fusion-column-wrapper {margin-right : 1.92%;margin-left : 1.92%;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\" style=\"background-position:left top;background-repeat:no-repeat;-webkit-background-size:cover;-moz-background-size:cover;-o-background-size:cover;background-size:cover;padding: 0px 0px 0px 0px;\"><style type=\"text\/css\">@media only screen and (max-width:1024px) {.fusion-title.fusion-title-1{margin-top:0px!important;margin-bottom:31px!important;}}<\/style><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-title-center fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-two\" style=\"font-size:28px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:31px;\"><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-left\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><h2 class=\"title-heading-center\" style=\"margin:0;font-size:1em;\"><span style=\"font-size: 36pt\">Academics<\/span><\/h2><div class=\"title-sep-container title-sep-container-right\"><div class=\"title-sep sep-double sep-solid\" style=\"border-color:#e0dede;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\" style=\"transform:translate3d(0,0,0);\"><p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>F-1 Regulations<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">F-1 students must maintain full time status with at least 12 credit hours per semester. At least 9 hours must be in-person classes and usually no more than 3 hours online per semester. Exemptions can be made for students in their last semester or if there are no in-person alternatives for required classes.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Change of Major<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">All students must submit a change of major form on <a href=\"https:\/\/goldlink.missouriwestern.edu\/\">GoldLink<\/a>. After this form has been submitted, international students must present a copy to the Global Engagement Office to update the I-20 form. I-20&#8217;s must be updated within 10 days of an official change of major.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>Change of Education Level<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">International students that graduate from Missouri Western with a Bachelor&#8217;s degree and wish to pursue a Master&#8217;s degree at Missouri Western must reapply to the Graduate program. International students will have to provide a letter of acceptance and updated financial records before their I-20&#8217;s will be changed by the Global Engagement Office.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\"><strong>GPA Requirements<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;font-family: georgia, palatino, serif\">All international students must keep at least a 2.0 GPA each semester to maintain good standing with the university and to keep the Griffon Guarantee Scholarship. 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