Admission statuses

Regular status

To be eligible for admission with Regular status, a student must have a cumulative undergraduate GPA of 2.75 or higher. A student who has already earned 9 or more letter-graded graduate credits must have a cumulative graduate GPA of 3.00 or higher; this GPA supersedes the undergraduate GPA. A student who has Regular status is eligible to be a graduate assistant.

University Conditional status

Students who do not meet GPA requirements for Regular status are given University Conditional status if they have a cumulative undergraduate GPA between 2.50 and 2.74. After completing 9 letter-graded graduate credits with a GPA of 3.00 or higher, students with University Conditional status will automatically be converted to Regular status. Students admitted on University Conditional status who do not earn a GPA of 3.00 or higher after completing 9 letter-graded graduate credits will have their admission canceled. A student who has University Conditional status is not eligible to be a graduate assistant.

Department Conditional status

Department Conditional status may be imposed on a student who has a deficiency in departmental requirements. These conditions may include GPA requirements or additional coursework and may be more rigorous than University Conditional status or other University standards. Department Conditional status is removed once a department determines the appropriate requirements have been met. Students who do not fulfill the requirements of their Department Conditional status can have their admission canceled by the department. A student who has Departmental Conditional status is eligible to be a graduate assistant.

Both University Conditional and Department Conditional status

Students who have both University Conditional status and Department Conditional status are subject to all of the policies stated above. University Conditional status and Department Conditional status are removed independent of each other, and usually not at the same time. A student who has both University Conditional status and Department Conditional status is not eligible to be a graduate assistant.

Postbaccalaureate

Students not currently working toward a degree but who wish to register for more than 8 graduate credits per term may be admitted to postbaccalaureate status. A postbaccalaureate student may find departmental enrollment limitations on many courses.

A postbaccalaureate student wishing to be admitted to a graduate certificate or degree program must apply in the same way as any other applicant, meet the general University requirements, and be recommended for admission by the department. Courses completed in a postbaccalaureate status are not automatically applied toward a graduate degree; each course must be evaluated and recommended by the department and is considered pre-admission credit to which all pre-admission limits and requirements apply. See Pre-admission and transfer credit for additional details.