Admission to the Graduate School

Admission Classifications

Full Standing. Applicants who meet the general requirements for admission to graduate study plus any additional requirements specified by the college or department of academic concentration for the degree sought will be admitted to full standing.

Conditional Standing. Conditional admission to full standing may be granted to students who have: (a) general or special deficiencies which require prerequisites or remedial work; (b) degrees awarded as long as six years prior to admission; or (c) a less clearly predicted chance of success according to available information. Each student granted a conditional admission will be responsible for contacting his/her adviser when he/she has successfully satisfied the conditions for admission to full standing. The adviser will then be responsible for contacting the Graduate School in writing, concerning any request to change the student's admission status.

Provisional Standing. Applicants to graduate programs who have not yet completed their undergraduate degree will be provisionally admitted, pending the University's receipt of final transcripts indicating award of the baccalaureate degree.

Readmission. Postbaccalaureate and graduate students whose enrollment is interrupted will remain eligible to register for two calendar years without having to reapply for admission to the University if they are in good standing and have not exceeded the sixyear limit. After an absence of more than 24 months, the student must apply for readmission; acceptance is subject to department or program approval.

Students whose enrollment is terminated for academic reasons may request readmission in accordance with academic regulations published in this Catalog.

Auditors. With the consent of the instructor, any student eligible for admission may register for any class for audit. The application procedure and fees are the same as for classes taken for University credit. (See the section on Academic Regulations in this Catalog.)

Non-Matriculation. An applicant admitted to a degree program who fails to enroll for the term to which he/she has been admitted is presumed to have withdrawn his/her application. The application may be reinstated if the request to do so is received within one year from the originally requested term of entry. This request should be in writing and addressed to the Graduate Admissions Office at least six weeks prior to the term in which the applicant seeks to register.

Post-Baccalaureate Students. Students seeking to take courses beyond the baccalaureate degree for certificate renewal, for transfer to another institution, as prerequisites for admission to a graduate degree program or for personal satisfaction may be admitted as post-baccalaureate students. This classification is not open to foreign nationals who are on student visas. The following policies apply to applicants for post-baccalaureate status:

1. Post-baccalaureate students must have a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
2. Applications for admission must be accompanied by a $35 application fee, which is neither deductible nor refundable.
3. Post-baccalaureate students may register for coursework at any level for which they have the prerequisites.
4. Post-baccalaureate students will be subject to the academic regulations and standards required of degree-seeking students.
5. The post-baccalaureate classification carries with it no implication that a student will be admitted to a degree program.
6. Post-baccalaureate students will be assessed tuition and fees based on the level of courses for which they are enrolled. If enrolled in any course for graduate credit, they will be assessed graduate fees for all courses.
7. A post-baccalaureate student who is subsequently admitted to a graduate degree program may request that a maximum of six hours completed for graduate credit be used for his/her program. All coursework must be approved by the student's department and listed on the student's Admission to Candidacy form.