Overview

An En-Route Master's degree is one that is earned by doctoral (Ph.D.) students at the same time that they are working on their doctoral degree. Beginning Fall 2014, all EDP doctoral students admitted without a master’s in the field must complete an en-route master’s before receiving the doctoral degree. 

EDP students may choose to earn an en-route master's in their current program area, or another. For en-route master's in the same specialization as the doctoral degree, most course requirements will already be fulfilled as part of the doctoral degree program. Some students choose an en-route master's in an area outside their area of specialization - these en-route degrees involve a varying amount of additional coursework and requirements.

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• A Change of Major form: this form temporarily switches you into the Master's major code for the semester you're graduating, so that the Graduate School can certify and post the degree. We'll submit a second form to switch you back into your usual PhD major code at the start of the following semester.

• Graduation Application: after your Change of Major to the En-Route is processed at the start of the semester, you'll need to apply to graduate online via the Graduate School: https://gradschool.utexas.edu/navigating/graduation/deadlines Note: we recommend doing this at the start of the semester in which you're graduating, to ensure your graduation application is in the system before the Graduate School's submission deadline.

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