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Admissions and Academic Program Procedures — 15 ADMISSIONS and ACADEMIC PROGRAM PROCEDURES the semester of completion of the first 12 hours taken as Admission to Graduate a conditional student may be allowed in the conditional Study status. All graduate course work (excluding research and special problems) taken will be included in figuring the cu- Any person who holds a bachelor’s degree, a mas- mulative grade point average. Conditional students are ter’s degree, or their equivalents, from a college of good not allowed to enroll for 490 credit until the semester in standing and who wishes to enroll as a graduate student which the “minimum of 12 semester hours of graduate at UMR must submit an application for admission to the course work” which forms the proposed schedule will be director of admissions. Forms for this purpose can be completed. obtained from that office. Applications are also available Regular and conditional student status, as de- on the World Wide Web at: scribed above, is normally limited to the upper one-third http://www.umr.edu/admissions (or minimum 3.0 GPA* the last two years as equivalent) Each application must be followed by an official and one-half (or minimum 2.75 GPA* for the last two transcript of both graduate and undergraduate records years as equivalent) of graduating class students, re- from each college or university attended. A statement of spectively. In practice, other students with special rank in the undergraduate graduating class also should needs may take course work exclusive of 400-level be included. The Educational Testing Service Graduate courses as postbaccalaureate** students with the Record Examination (GRE) is required by all departments approval of the applicable department chair and before admission to UMR. Please contact department for school/college dean. Postbaccalaureate students may minimum requirements. Admission as a graduate student enroll in graduate (exclusive of 400-level) courses, but pursuing a degree must be approved by the chair of the the work will not be transferred to the graduate program appropriate department and school/college dean. if the student is admitted to graduate study after the All new applicants are required to pay an admissions summer semester of 1994, unless the student is in an application fee of $25 for United States citizens; $50 for approved certificate program. international students. This application fee is non-re- Students who have undergraduate courses to be fundable. This fee must be paid in U.S. currency only. taken due to a different undergraduate discipline, or for Admission is normally given to those students any other reason, but who otherwise meet graduate ad- who ranked in the upper third of their baccalaureate mission requirements, are encouraged to apply for graduating class or who have done quality work at the graduate admission by the first semester that they plan graduate level. For this requirement, a B average in the on taking one or more graduate courses, and may be last two years of undergraduate effort is considered permitted to enroll for these graduate courses. equivalent to an upper one-third standing. If the stu- Any person not desiring a graduate degree may dent’s undergraduate curriculum lacks some of the be considered for admission as a non-degree graduate equivalent courses in the undergraduate curriculum at student. Applicants for non-degree admission need only UMR, the student may be required to complete the de- request official transcripts from the institution at which ficiencies, for nongraduate credit, as determined by the the baccalaureate degree was awarded. major department chair. Any person not eligible for admission as a regular Dual Enrollment graduate student may be considered for admission as a Admission for dual enrollment as an undergradu- conditional graduate student. Any conditional graduate ate and graduate student during the second semester of student who subsequently desires to become a candi- the student’s senior year is granted by the director of date for a degree may change his/her status to regular admissions with the approval of the department chair graduate status upon the recommendation of the de- and school/college dean. Admission is normally given to partment chair in the proposed major field of study and those students who rank in the upper third of their un- approval of the school/college dean (approval of From dergraduate class. As an alternative to class rank, stu- I). However, such consideration is not permitted until dents who have a 3.00 or above cumulative GPA for the the student has completed a minimum of 12 semester previous three semesters and a 3.00 mid-semester GPA hours of graduate course work with a cumulative grade in the semester prior to registering shall be permitted to point average of 3.00 or higher. dually enroll. Honors program students may be dually Only that portion of the work completed as a con- enrolled for two semesters of their senior ditional graduate student which is approved by the stu- dent’s advisor, department chair, and school/college dean ___________________________________________ may be applied toward a graduate degree, but all work * GPA requirements may be set higher than those stated above. completed as a conditional graduate student as well as ** Postbaccalaureate students are administered outside of graduate GRE scores will be considered relative to change of status study, and the director of admissions should be consulted for admissions to degree candidacy. No more than one semester beyond in this category. 16 — Admissions and Academic Program Procedures year. A student who desires to dually enroll must sub- 2. Submit at the earliest possible date official tran- mit an application to the director of admissions. Forms scripts from all schools attended. GRE scores are for this purpose can be obtained from that office. Stu- required. Please contact department for minimm dents must declare which courses are to be taken for requirements. The applicant is notified when eval- graduate credit within the first two weeks of each se- uation is completed. mester. A student must take at least three hours for un- 3. Except those for whom English is their native lan- dergraduate credit from UMR in a given semester. guage and whose schooling has been in English, Dual enrollment is limited to 16 credit hours per demonstrate by one of the following procedures a semester. Petitions for excess hours are considered by sufficient command of English to pursue work at the school/college dean. If a dually enrolled student fails the University of Missouri-Rolla: to meet undergraduate requirements, the probationary a. Take the Test of English as a Foreign Language status will be that of an undergraduate student and will (TOEFL). Minimum acceptable is 550/213 be judged without reference to graduate grades. computer based. Each student is responsible for obtaining all information concerning the Graduate Certificate Program test from: The Certificate Program is designed to appeal to Test of English as a Foreign Language working professionals. Certificate programs will be iden- Educational Testing Service tified each year along with four-course sequence from Box 899 Princeton, NJ 08540 USA existing graduate courses that provide working profes- The TOEFL Bulletin of Information and registration form sionals with the knowledge they need to understand and also may be obtained in a number of cities outside the contribute to an emerging area. Once admitted to the United States. They often are available at one of the fol- individual certificate programs, the student must take lowing: American embassies and consulates, Offices of four designated courses and three of these courses the United States Information Service (USIS), United must be from UMR. In order to receive a Graduate Cer- States educational commissions and foundations tificate, a student must have an average cumulative abroad, and binational centers. Students residing in Tai- grade point average of 3.0 or better. Students admitted wan must apply to: Language Center, 2-1 Hsuchow to the Certificate Program will have non-degree gradu- Road, Taipei, Taiwan, for the special Taiwan editions of ate status but will earn graduate credit for the courses TOEFL publications. they complete. If the four-course sequence is complet- b. Attend and satisfactorily complete an English ed with a grade of B or better in each of the courses tak- Language Institute*; or, en, they will be admitted to the sponsoring M.S. pro- c. Demonstrate English proficiency by attending gram of the degree program administering the and satisfactorily completing one year at anoth- certificate if they apply. The Certificate courses taken by er accredited American college or university.** students admitted to the M.S. program will count to- 4. A student transferring from another American col- wards their master’s degrees. Students who do not have lege or university is eligible to transfer if: he/she all of the prerequisite courses necessary to take the has been enrolled full-time at the school he/she course in the Certificate Program will be allowed to take was last authorized to attend during the term im- “bridge” courses at either the graduate or undergradu- mediately preceding the transfer or last preceding ate level to prepare for the formal Certificate courses. vacation period; he/she plans to be a full-time Once admitted to a certificate program, a student student at UMR and is financially able to attend will be given three years to complete the program so long UMR. An international student is encouraged to as he/she maintains a B average in the courses taken. seek transfer for the fall semester, if possible, so Students meeting the certificate requirements to that the International Student Questionnaire can be admitted into the M.S. program are not required to be completed during the summer months after take the GRE.