Foreign nationals in the United States at the time application is made must also provide information regarding their current visa status. The University provides special forms to be used by the applicant in supplying this information. Most programs consider applications as they arrive, while others accumulate applications and make recommendations on admission at certain times during the year. Generally, requests for admission are considered by departmental admissions committees which forward the departmental recommendations to the Dean of the Graduate School. Students are admitted to full or provisional status in a specific degree program.
Admission is granted for a specific semester or summer term.
Any change in the admission date must be requested in writing and approved by the department and Graduate School. Once the requirements for that degree program have been completed, no further registration as a graduate student will be permitted unless admission to a new graduate classification has been formally approved. Provisional Admission 1. Provisional admission may be granted to applicants with bachelor's degrees from accredited institutions who lack undergraduate work considered essential for graduate study in a major field. Course work, without graduate credit, will be required to make up such deficiencies before admission to full status can be granted.