The University provides an opportunity for persons who hold a baccalaureate or higher degree to enroll in graduate courses without admittance to a degree program. Receipt of an earned baccalaureate degree. International students who qualify for admission as Non-Degree Graduate Students and who have received a degree from outside the United States must submit official transcripts which will be evaluated by the staff of the Center for International Students and Programs . Transcripts are evaluated to determine whether the degree earned is equivalent to an American baccalaureate degree. Students are permitted to enroll in classes on a space-available basis.
Priority is given to degree students where limited enrollments occur.
Such exemptions require the endorsement of the graduate degree program that the student wishes to enter. A student may petition for an extension of the 16 hour limit. However, if denied at the departmental level, requests for an extension of the 16 hour limit may be submitted to the Graduate College Petitions Committee for review and disposition.