Guidelines for the
Graduate Approved Program (GAP)
for the Bioanthropology Program

Read University Regulations for the GAP first

	Read all of the following guidelines BEFORE you fill out your GAP.  A link to the online form is at the bottom of the page.
	A GAP will be valid as long as the student maintains continuous enrollment status with the university as defined in the Bulletin. Any time a student is required to reapply for admission to the university, he/she must also be reconsidered for admission by the major department. If readmitted, a new GAP must be completed that meets current curricular requirements.
	Prerequisite course work may not be used to meet degree requirements.
	All prerequisite course work, A710, and the Department Language Requirement must be completed prior to submitting the Graduate Approved Program.
	No lower division (100-299) course work is allowed on the GAP. A minimum of one-half of the total number of units must be at the 700-899 level.
	A minimum of 70% of the total number of units must be at the 700-899 level. Fifty percent of the total nits on the GAP must be exclusively graduate level (i.e., not paired courses).
	The final 30% of the courses may be upper division (300-699) courses. Upper Division courses may not include 300, 301, 302, 680, or 897.
	A maximum of four student teaching units (A685) can be included on the GAP.
	A 3.0 GPA is required for course work listed on the GAP and must be maintained in all post-baccalaureate work taken at SFSU. The GAP must include only courses with grades of C or better (grades of C- and lower may not be included).
	The GAP may not include more than six semester units of credit in special study courses (699, 899).
	The GAP (including all courses, other requirements, and filing an application for award of degree) must be completed within a seven year period from the beginning of the term of the earliest course listed on the GAP.
	Requests for substitutions of required courses must be approved prior to submission of the GAP. The Petition for Substitution or Exception form is available in the Graduate Division Office.
	If a student wishes to change his/her approved GAP by adding or removing a course, he/she must file an adviser and college approved Petition for GAP Substitution or Exception form with the Graduate Division. Reasons for waivers or substitutions to the program must be included on the form.
	>>> READ THIS <<< DO NOT FILL IN INFORMATION ON THE GAP BELOW THE COURSE REQUIREMENTS SECTION Graduate Approved Program online form

Last Updated 1 July 2008

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