1. The applicant holds a baccalaureate degree from an accredited college or university.

2. The applicant has a grade point average greater than 2.5 (four-point scale.) Graduate coursework may be considered. An applicant who does not have a grade point average of less than 2.5 has the right to initiate a petition to the Graduate Council requesting probationary admission. Such a petition should include documentation of the applicant’s ability to perform satisfactorily at the graduate level. Petitions require concurrence by the program coordinator and department chair.

3. An applicant does not have an appropriate undergraduate major or equivalent evidence of suitable background for entering the individual program.

4. All necessary papers and information have been filed with the Graduate Studies Office.

5. Other probationary components may be required by individual graduate programs.

6. Probationary graduate students may be admitted unconditionally when the student, with faculty advisor approval, petitions the Graduate Council with substantial evidence that the student has the potential for doing satisfactory graduate work. Such evidence may include:

a. A grade point average of 3.0 or better average in the first 8-10 semester hours of graduate work selected by the faculty advisor (work may count toward degree.)          

b. Other evidence as deemed important by the faculty advisor.

Any student who has not successfully become eligible for unconditional admission by the completion of 10 semester hours of work will be denied enrollment in graduate studies.