Ohio Administrative Code › Title 3341 - Bowling Green State University › Chapter 3341-3 - Graduate and Under-Graduate Policies › Section 3341-3-02 - Advanced undergraduates-graduate

Current through all
			 regulations passed and filed through July 1, 2024
(A)
								Policy statement
			 and purpose
This policy describes criteria for
				graduate courses taken by advanced undergraduate students and transfer of BGSU
				graduate credit taken as an advanced undergraduate.
(B)
								Policy
(1)
									Graduate courses
			 for advanced undergraduates
Under certain circumstances, it is
				permissible for undergraduate students to apply and be approved for advanced
				undergraduate status for course work prior to having received the baccalaureate
				degree. Any undergraduate student who wishes to take graduate courses must
				apply to the graduate college for admission as an advanced undergraduate.
				Advanced undergraduate requests are term specific and will be processed prior
				to the first day of the term. To be eligible for advanced undergraduate
				admission the student must be in Senior Status (having completed ninety
				semester hours of undergraduate work) during the term the requested courses are
				to be taken in, and must have a minimum three point zero GPA. Only courses at
				the 5000 and 6000 levels will be considered. The academic officer in charge of
				the advanced undergraduate's undergraduate degree program will have full
				authority in determining the appropriateness of a graduate course in fulfilling
				undergraduate degree requirements. Undergraduate students are strongly
				encouraged to consult with the director and their advisor.
The student must have the endorsement
				of the professor of the requested graduate course and the department
				chair/school director of the unit offering the course. The electronic form will
				be forwarded for completion once the graduate college is contacted. Upon
				approval, the graduate college will notify the registration and records office
				to add the registration to the student's schedule. If the course is added to
				the student's schedule, without prior graduate (Z!ollege approval, the course
				will be dropped from the student's schedule. Once processed, if the graduate
				level course results in the student going over eighteen credit hours, the
				registration and records office will consult with the student's college for
				final approval. All applicable excess credit fees assessed, as a result of
				going over eighteen hours, will be the responsibility of the
				student.
The classification of advanced
				undergraduate is not equivalent to admission to any particular graduate degree
				program. Advanced undergraduates wishing to continue their studies as graduate
				students must apply for admission to their desired graduate degree program, and
				advanced undergraduate status does not guarantee that admission will be
				granted. An advanced undergraduate is eligible for a maximum of nine semester
				hours of graduate course work during his or her tenure at the university. Note:
				At the end of
both the bachelor's degree and master's
				degree, a student must have a minimum of one hundred fifty credit hours (one
				hundred twenty plus thirty equals one hundred fifty per state of Ohio
				regulations).
(2)
									Transfer of BGSU graduate credit taken as an advanced
			 undergraduate
Students who have been fully admitted
				into a graduate degree program or graduate certificate program may count (as
				both graduate and undergraduate credit) up to nine hours of graduate credit
				earned as a BGSU advanced undergraduate. Students must have earned a grade of A
				or B for this to be allowed. Specific graduate programs may have additional
				limitations on the number of credits that can be approved, and the specific
				courses which are eligible. Students should refer to specific graduate program
				descriptions for details of these limitations.
Date: November 1st, 2013