Graduate Non-Degree Student

   This classification status is assigned to students who are not in a degree program at Winthrop University but who wish to fulfill professional obligations or to pursue personal goals. Students admitted to graduate non-degree (GN) status might be transients, those who seek to satisfy certification requirements, or might be individuals who have extensive entrance requirement deficiencies for the degree program for which they have applied.  Students admitted to graduate non-degree status must meet the general requirements for admission to The Graduate School at Winthrop University, which include having received a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited institution.

   Courses taken while a student is classified as graduate non-degree may not be applied toward a degree program in the College of Business Administration.  The College of Business Administration restricts this category to transient students enrolled in other graduate programs, to students holding graduate business degrees and to students taking courses to satisfy professional obligations such as teacher certification requirements. 

   Students may be admitted with GN status if the stated undergraduate prerequisites do not exceed 12 hours.  Students needing more than 12 hours of prerequisites should seek admission as an undergraduate special. Admission as a graduate non-degree student in no way guarantees subsequent admission into a graduate degree program.  Students classified as GN who later elect to pursue a degree program must have their credentials evaluated for admission to the program they wish to pursue.

   GN students who are seeking admission to a graduate degree program may take no more than 12 semester hours of graduate credit at Winthrop prior to being fully admitted to a graduate degree program.  Should the student subsequently be admitted to a degree program, a maximum of 12 semester hours of graduate non-degree credit may be applied toward the degree.  Students enrolled in graduate non-degree status are subject to the same academic eligibility policy as graduate degree-seeking students.

   Note:  Non-degree students are not eligible to receive financial assistance.