Updates for 2025-2026 Graduate Catalog

USF Graduate Council (GC) and/or the Office of Graduate Studies (GS) approved on the date noted.

Post-Retirement Volunteer Program - clarified policy for retired volunteers as related to committee service, etc. - GC 12/2/24, 1/13/25
Voluntary Withdrawals - combined withdrawals into one section, updated language - GC 12/2/24
Post-Master’s Minimum Hours - clarified language - GC 1/13/25
Graduate Certificates Course Concurrency - clarified requirement - GC 1/13/25
W Grades and Probation - clarified that a “W” grade course does not prevent probation from moving forward - GC 4/7/25
General Attendance - added language and link to USF policy 10-069 - GC 4/7/25
Enrollment Section - Reformatted and consolidated for better readability - GC 4/7/24

Bellini College of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing (AI) - new college
Department of Artificial Intelligence, Cybersecurity and Computing (AICC) - new department
Department of Electrical Engineering (EN) - change to Electrical and Computer Engineering (EGE)
Department of Mechanical Engineering (EN) - change to Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering (EMA)
Department of Mental Health, Law and Policy (BC) - change to Behavioral Health Science and Practice (BHSP)

New:

Title Changes:

Management M.S. - Change Human Resources (HRM) to Human Resources Management (MHRM) - GC approved 4/7/2025
Public Health M.P.H. - Change Global Communicable Disease (TCD) to Global Infectious Diseases (TID)
Public Health M.S.P.H. - Change Global Communicable Disease (TCD) to Global Infectious Diseases (TID)
Public Health Ph.D. - Change Global Communicable Disease (TCD) to Global Infectious Dieases (TID)
Public Health Dr.Ph. - Change Adv Practice Leadership in PH to Adv Practice Leadership and Policy in PH (ALP)
STEM Education M.S. -Change Elementary (SELE) to Elementary Math and Science (ELMS)

Terminations:

Curriculum and Instruction Ph.D. - Counselor Education (DGC) - GC approved 4/7/2025
Financial Analytics M.S. - Fintech (FNTC) - GC approved 1/13/2025
Global Sustainability M.A. - Sustainable Tourism (SUT) - GC approved 1/13/2025
Global Sustainability M.S. - Sustainable Transportation (STN) - GC approved 1/13/2025
Medical Sciences M.S.M.S. - Interdisciplinary Medical Sciences (IMS) - GC approved 3/3/2025
Public Health M.P.H. - Behavioral Health (BHH) - GC approved 3/3/2025
Public Health M.P.H. - Social Marketing (SOM) - GC approved 3/3/2025
Public Health M.S.P.H. - Behavioral Health (PBH) - GC approved 3/3/2025

Communication M.A. - Change fall to Feb 1; remove summer
Communication Ph.D. - Change fall to Dec 1; remove spring/summer
Computer Engineering M.S.C.P. - Change to fall admission only
Curriculum and Instruction: Ed Psychology Concentration only - Ph.D. - Supress summer
Educational Leadership Ed.S. - add fall admissions
Educational Leadership M.Ed. - remove summer
French M.A. - Change to fall only
Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology M.S. - change fall from Feb 15 to June 1; remove spring/summer for concentrations PNB, PCIP
Urban and Regional Planning M.U.R.P. - change fall to Feb 15

New:

AI and Everyday Impact: Applied Practices (XAIE) - GC Approved 4/7/2025
Applied Lifestyle Medicine Coaching (XLHC) - GC Approved 2/3/2025
Artificial Intelligence (AI) in Teaching and Learning (XAIT) - GC Approved 2/3/2025
Sustainability Policy (XSUS) - GC Approved 1/13/2025

Title Changes:

Leadership for Coastal Resiliency Planning (XLP) change to Coastal and Flood Resiliency Planninc (XCFR)
Teaching and Comunicating Ocean Sciences Broader Impacts (XOS) change to Teaching Broader Impacts of Ocean Sciences (XBOS)

Terminations - GC Approved 11/18/2024

New Pathways - GC Approved 3/3/2025

Changed Pathway - GC Approved 3/3/2025

Concurrent Changes and Terminations

Pharmaceutical Nanotechnology MS and Pharmacy PharmD - Change GC approved 3/3/2025
French MA and Linguistics ELS MA - Termination GC approved 4/21/2025
Public Health MPH and Social Work MSW - Change GC approved 3/3/2025

Corrections/Post-Publication Required Updates:

School Psychology Ed.S. - readded post-master’s curriculum summary 9/15/2025
Comm Development Grad Certificate - corrected duplicate title for URP 6930 - from “Comm Real Estate Dev” to “Affordable Housing” - 2025-09-18
Urban and Regional Planning M.U.R.P. - corrected typo in internship “waived for students with at least 5 years” corrected to “1 year” - 2025-09-18
Concurrent Degree listing for the MA in Applied Anthropology corrected from 34 hours to 30 hours. The MA hours had previously changed, but this was not updated at the time. 2025-09-30
In the “About USF” section corrected typo where it listed 115 Graduate Certificates - the correct number is 113. 2025-10-01
In the Ed.S. in C&I - corrected core from 7 to 6. A credit hour course changed impacted the total. 2025-10-08
In the M.A.T. in Math Education - the admission section had moved to the bottom out of the correct format - fixed. 2025-10-08
In the MA in Math - corrected the subheading for Math Knowledge Breadth and Depth from 6 hours to 12 hours, as the requirements specify - 2025-10-14
Corrected website link in admissions for English Poficiency for International Applicants - 2026-01-09
Added new TOEFL iBT scores, effective Jan 21, 2026 to admissions section

Questions about these updates may be directed to cdh@usf.edu in the Office of Graduate Studies.