There have been some changes to the university-level rules about transferring to from an MA to a PhD program and about how to maintain your status as a PhD student. I provide the highlights here:
For students transferring from a master’s to a doctoral program:
- coursework requirement during the master’s program has been reduced from 12 credits to 9 credits
- all 9 required credits must be of first-class standing. (First-class standing means A- or higher.)
In order to maintain registration in the doctoral program:
- students must complete 12 credits with a first-class average
- at least 9 of the 12 credits must be at the 500-level or above
- at least 9 of the 12 credits must be of first-class standing
For more information (tons more, that is) about University-level rules about admission to doctoral degree programs, see this page.