1. Contact academic advisor for assistance regarding the degree progress by reviewing the Degree Evaluation in Degree Works before submitting a Course Exception form. 2. Look for requirements of core or elective courses that are showing as "Not Complete" in the degree evaluation in Degree Works. These will be indicated by a red circle (see legend at the bottom of the degree evaluation) NOTE: If a student is in a degree program that has multiple emphasis areas, they need to be sure to only apply course exceptions to just the one area that was approved by the academic department/advisor. 3. For each course exception, provide the name or title of the area where it needs to be applied. That is the text to the right of the red circle. NOTE: It may be a specific course title or an emphasis area or a group of electives not met where additional credits are still needed. 4. When entering MINES course exception information below, some students may not have a specific course that needs to be substituted since they are fulfilling general electives requirements where no specific course is listed as required. In these cases, leave the required or elective courses box blank.

***IMPORTANT NOTE: For students admitted as BS/MS combined program student and entering a Double Counted course, the maximum double count credits allowed is 6 credits. ***Please see the Graduate Catalog for approved courses for double counting and the grade minimum required for your degree program. Students may apply up to 6 credits of unused graduate-level coursework, while enrolled as a full-time undergraduate student, toward a Mines graduate degree. For students in a combined program, these credits are in addition to the 6 credits being counted toward both the undergraduate and graduate degrees as double counted courses. Combined students may petition the Office of Graduate Studies for an exception to this policy. Financial aid may be impacted. Email finaid@mines.edu for more information on financial aid impacts.

These are courses taken at another university. NOTE: Major degree transfer credit limitations: 30 credit Master’s non-thesis degree programs are limited to no more than 9 transfer credits. 36 credit Master’s non-thesis degree programs are limited to no more than 15 transfer credits. Please take into account if other university is on quarter system, semester system or European Credit System (ECTS). The conversion rate from ECTS to MINES credits is 2:1, for example: 6 ECTS credits = 3 MINESs credits. The conversion rate from quarter credits is: quarter credits x 2/3 = MINES semester credits. *** Please see the Graduate Catalog for degree specific grade requirement.

Note: The advisor will be forwarding form to the Department Head or the Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Director for approval.