FAQs

An ambitious and hardworking student may be able to complete the degree in one calendar year. It does depend on several factors: A student would need to take 2 courses each 7.5 week session, which is a heavy workload but not impossible if you have enough time every week to devote to studying. Also, some students enter with preadmission credits.

Plan for approximately 18-20 hours per week for a 3-credit online course. 

Yes! All students can apply to doctoral programs. 

There are two 7.5-week sessions per semester in ASU Online degree programs. Each session consists of compressed, 7.5-week courses. Once you've enrolled, please pay close attention to the important dates of the academic calendar. You'll see brief windows of time to drop and add classes due to the A and B sessions running back-to-back.

This depends on the culminating experience you have chosen. Please talk to your assigned faculty adviser for approval to take electives from another department. 

Students can see the full course schedule for ASU at https://catalog.apps.asu.edu/catalog/classes. Make sure to select the “ASU Online” option when searching. All the courses in the curriculum are listed in the Organizational Leadership, MS handbook.

Many students take one or two classes each 7.5-week session. To make good progress toward the degree, at least one course per session is a good pace. Students are not able to register for more than 12 credits per semester without approval from the adviser. 

Continuous enrollment is required (fall, spring). The ASU Graduate College states that a student must be registered for a minimum of one graduate credit hour during all phases of their graduate program (fall, spring, as well as summer if using university resources in summer or applying for graduation in summer). Students have the option of petitioning for a leave of absence – or a “maintain continuous enrollment” request. This is submitted through the Interactive Plan of Study (iPOS) in the Petition section, and does not affect continuous enrollment. Failure to register or to request a leave results in automatic withdrawal from the program.

Note: W (withdraw) and X (audit) do not count as continuous enrollment. A 400-level class does NOT count toward continuous enrollment for graduate students, unless it is listed on the iPOS. 

The Graduate College requires students to have a plan of study on file by the time they reach 50% of their program (five classes). The interactive plan of study (iPOS) can be completed on your My ASU page. It’s a list of your current and future classes, including any transfer classes, your culminating experience, and your committee chair and additional members (if required). Once approved, it is your roadmap to graduation, and a contract with the university. When you apply to graduate, the Graduation Office compares your transcript with your Interactive Plan of Study. If you have taken classes in a different order, they’ll not approve your graduation until you submit a Course Change Request updating your iPOS.

File the iPOS before you have completed 50% of the program. For a 30-credit program, that would be before you complete 15 credits.

You simply submit a Course Change Request to swap out a class.

Graduate students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average each semester. In order to graduate from ASU, graduate students must have a 3.0 overall GPA, a 3.0 iPOS GPA, and a 3.0 graduate GPA. If you fall below a 3.0 overall GPA, you will be put on academic probation by the Graduate College.

There are multiple tutoring tools and resources available through ASU's Academic Support Network, including:

Graduate Writing Center – ASU’s Online Graduate Writing Center specifically serves students enrolled in 500-, 600- and 700-level classes. Using Adobe Connect, this real-time, appointment-based assistance allows students to meet one-on-one with a graduate writing consultant to receive feedback on their writing projects at any stage in their development and writing process. The center is open Sundays-Thursdays, with appointments available between the hours of 2 p.m. and 10 p.m.

Contact the ASU Graduation Office to request that your current application be withdrawn. After they have withdrawn the application, go back to the Graduation Tab on your My ASU page and reapply for graduation for the future semester. You do not need to pay the fee again, as your original payment will remain on file for up to five years.

According to ASU's Graduate College, the master's degree must be completed within six years of the earliest date of a course that appears on the Interactive Graduate Plan of Study, including nondegree work (transfer work is nondegree for purposes of these computations).