Appendix B. References

The 2026 Naval Postgraduate School Course Catalog. Director of Academic Administration, Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California.

Robert, H. M. 1970. Robert's Rules of Order: Newly Revised. Glenview, Illinois: Scott, Foresman and Company.

Revision History

April 29, 2026: Substantive change to Section 2.2.1 Officers from the School At Large. Substantive change to Section 2.2.2 Officers from Academic Units. Updated academic unit information after NPS reorganization.

December 10, 2025: Substantive change to Section 5.4 Ph.D. Degrees. Established residency requirements for resident and DL students. Substantive change to Section 5.5.5(2). Responsibilities and Qualifications of the Dissertation Committee. Added NPS emeritus faculty. 

September 13, 2023: Administrative changes to Section 6.1.3. Credit Hour Policy. Added wording to include short courses.

August 16, 2023: Substantive change to Section 5.2. Master's Degree.

July 26, 2023: Administrative changes to Sections 3.1.5, 7.1, 7.2, 7.3.1, 7.3.2 and 9.2. Added by-direction authority to Nominations Committee to approve graduation nominations and award of academic certificates.

January 25, 2023: Substantive change to Section 6.5. Course Enrollment Limitations.

December 7, 2022: Administrative change to Section 3.1.2. Added by-direction authority to CCDRC to approve requests for modifications to existing Academic Certificates.

July 27, 2022: Administrative changes to Section 3.1.1. and 3.1.2. per July 2022 Minutes. Added by-direction authorities to CR and CCDR subcommittees.

May 18, 2022: Administrative changes made to several sections to either remove or replace instances of the Dean of Schools per NPS NEXT Transformation.

April 27, 2022: Administrative change made to Section 7.6.1. Qualification for an Internal Dual Degree Program. Council now requires a CQPR of 3.75 vs. a TQPR of 3.75.

November 17, 2021: Substantive changes made to Section 7.6.1. Qualification for an Internal Degree Program. Council removed class percentage rules and performance ranking requirements. Council also removed a dual degree enrollment item from Section 7.6.2. that required the Registrar to calculate the TQPR.

September 15, 2021: Administrative changes made to Section 3.1.3., 5.4.1., and Appendix C regarding approval of Ph.D. Dissertation Committees. Administrative changes made to section 6.6.3. regarding transferring credit from an outside institution (item #4 [D] was added to the section).

August 18, 2021: Administrative change made to Section 3.1.2. Curriculum, Certificate, and Degree Requirements Committee.

June 9, 2021: Substantive changes made to Section 5.2.3., Time Limits for Completing the Master's Degree. New policy adopted: Section 5.2.4, Advancement to Master's Candidacy, 5.2.5, and 5.2.6. Council revised and renumbered/retitled section 7.5.1 to be 5.2.6, Restoring a Lapsed Master's Candidacy. Sections 7.5.2 - 7.5.5 were renumbered to account for the removal of 7.5.1. formerly titled - Incomplete Degrees: Thesis Extensions.

May 19, 2021: Administrative changes made to Section 8.1.2 Modifying an Existing Course.

January 27, 2021: Outstanding Thesis Award policy adopted, Section 7.3.2.

November 18, 2020: Administrative changes made to Section 5.4.5, Responsibilities and Qualifications of the Dissertation Committee.

June 11, 2014: Administrative changes made to Section 5.2.1, Thesis or Capstone Project Advisor Qualifications, and to Section 9.3, Criteria.

April 30, 2014: Policy on Awarding a Degree Posthumously adopted, Section 7.5.5. Administrative change made to Section 8.1.1, Adding a Course.

October 30, 2013: Administrative changes made to Section 5.4.3, Selection of Dissertation Supervisor, Dissertation Committee, and Dissertation Topic.

August 21, 2013: Substantive changes made to Sections 5.2 and 6.6.3 regarding Incomplete Degrees: Thesis Extensions credit from another institution. Dual Degree Programs with Partnering Institutions adopted, Section 7.8. Administrative changes made to Sections 3.1.4, 5.4.1, 5.4.16, 5.4.19, Appendix C, and 7.5.1.

June 12, 2013: Administrative changes made to Section 7.6, Multiple Degree Programs within the Naval Postgraduate School.

May 15, 2013: Administrative changes made to Sections 4.1, and 5.1 regarding Bachelor degrees.

April 24, 2013: Administrative changes made to Section 8.1.2, Modifying an Existing Courses.

July 25, 2012: Modifications made to Section 7.1, Multiple Degree Programs.

May 16, 2012: Course Credit Hour Policy adopted, Section 6.1.3 added. Modifications made to Section 8.1.1, titled Adding a Course.

March 21, 2012: Joint Degree Programs adopted, Section 7.7 added.

January 25, 2012: Comprehensive Manual Revision affecting all sections, adopted by the Academic Council. Removed Appendices titled Degree Requirements and List of NPS Curricula. (Items are kept current in the Course Catalog quarter by quarter.)

December 19, 2008: Various administrative changes per November 2008 Minutes.

December 15, 2005: Manual brought up to date through October 2005 Minutes.

December 15, 2004: Modifications made to Ph.D. procedures, Section 5.4 amended.

October 27, 2004: Academic Certificate Programs Adopted, Section 9 added, modifications made to 1.0, 2.1, and 2.54.