Master's Degrees
The School of Continuing & Professional Studies (CAPS) administers several master's degree programs, generally consisting of 30 to 36 units of graduate-level course work, including, in some cases, a 6-unit master's thesis or a 3-unit directed research project. CAPS also offers a range of graduate-level certificate programs.
A maximum of 6 units of related, comparable, graduate-level course work completed with a grade of B or higher may be transferred from another university or from a related graduate program at Washington University in St. Louis. These must be graduate-level units not used to fulfill undergraduate degree requirements. Transfer credit may be granted only for authorized courses in which the student received a grade of B or higher; CAPS's approval is required.
Only courses taken for a letter grade may be applied to a graduate program of study. Courses taken as pass/fail or audit will not count toward a graduate program of study.* Grades below C will not count toward a graduate program of study. Students are responsible for knowing the specific grading criteria and course requirements set by individual instructors. A minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.0 and at least a C in all field-of-study courses are required to graduate.
CAPS offers the following master's degrees, all of which are eligible for financial aid.
Master's Programs
- Applied Computer Science
- Clinical Research Management
- Data Analytics & Applications
- Human Resources Management
- International Affairs
- Nonprofit Management
- Teaching and Learning
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School of Continuing & Professional Studies students may apply a maximum of 6 units of pass/fail credit from graduate-level course work in the Olin Business School to a master's degree program in the School of Continuing & Professional Studies. The course work must be authorized by the School of Continuing & Professional Studies, and the student must have received a grade of Pass or High Pass in the Olin Business School course. Courses with grades of Low Pass are not eligible. This policy applies only to courses completed on a pass/fail basis in the Olin Business School prior to a student's admission to a School of Continuing & Professional Studies graduate program of study administered and conferred by the School of Continuing & Professional Studies. Once admitted to a School of Continuing & Professional Studies program of study, students who are authorized to take courses in the Olin Business School and apply them toward their program of study are required to convert pass/fail grades to letter grades at the time of registration.