Graduate Admissions

Graduate Admission Policy/Procedure Changes:

• Admission categories: Two admission categories replace all preceding ones: Graduate Program Candidate and Special Admission. Special admission students may take a maximum of six credits before applying for admission.
• Specified time periods for admission decisions: Admission decisions will be made (with certain specified exceptions) twice a year. Application deadlines are October 15 and April 15.
• Submission of complete packet of materials: Applicants must assemble all materials needed for application and submit these as a package to the Office of Graduate Studies.
• Revised application form
• Selection decision made through graduate program committees: Each program must have a graduate program committee with at least two members and must specify its standards and criteria for admission to the Office of Graduate Studies.

Passed by GPPS: May, 1997