The Graduate Record Examination web site provides information on that examination. The initial courses in each sequence of the program are available on an open enrollment basis without prerequisites and without being formally admitted to degree candidacy. Open enrollment courses include Tcom 201, Tcom 230, Econ 217, and TCOM 297. Students may take up to three courses in non-degree status and transfer those courses into the program for full credit after they are admitted as degree candidates. No application is necessary to take take courses as a non-degree candidate.
Students simply register for the courses through the telephone registration procedure.
D.C. taking courses in the Telecommunication Program and developing contacts in the U.S. government, but do not wish to pursue the entire degree program. Academic programs for those students are arranged on an individual basis. They must apply and be admitted as non-degree students in order to receive visa documents from the university. The application procedure is a simplified version of the application for degree candidates and does not require the Graduate Record Exam. This page was last edited on July 1, 2001.