Categories of Admissions
Graduate and Postbaccalaureate applicants may apply for a degree, a credential or certificate, or may not
have a program objective. Depending on their objective, an applicant seeking admission to postbaccalaureate and/or
graduate study at the university must be accepted in one of the following categories:
Unclassified Postbaccalaureate Standing
Students wishing to enroll in courses at the university with
a professional growth objective, but not necessarily with an objective of a graduate degree or a teaching credential,
may be considered for admissions with unclassified postbaccalaureate standing when they meet the standards specified
under General Requirements. No more than 12 units of credit earned in unclassified standing may be used to demonstrate
fitness to complete the program or may be counted toward meeting requirements for a graduate degree. Such units will
be accepted only upon approval of the department in which the student is taking a degree. Admission to the university
with unclassified postbaccalaureate standing does not constitute admission to credential or graduate degree programs.
Classified Postbaccalaureate Standing
Students who have satisfied the general requirements for admission
may be granted classified standing for the purpose of enrolling in a particular postbaccalaureate credential or
certificate program. They must also satisfy such additional professional, personal, scholastic and other standards as
are prescribed for the program, including qualifying examinations. Postbaccalaureate students interested in working
toward a multiple subjects credential, a single subject credential, a services credential or a specialist credential
must achieve classified standing. Credential candidates should check credential requirements for minimum grade point
average with the appropriate credential program.
Conditionally Classified Graduate Standing
Students who have satisfied the general requirements for
admission, but who have deficiencies in prerequisite preparation which can be met by specified additional
preparation, including qualifying examinations, may be admitted to a graduate degree curriculum with conditionally
classified graduate standing. These deficiencies must be corrected in the specified manner in order for a student to
continue in the graduate degree program.
Classified Graduate Standing
Students who have satisfied the general requirements for admission may be
admitted to a graduate degree program as classified graduate students, if they satisfactorily meet the professional,
personal, scholastic and other standards for admission to the program, including qualifying examinations, and if
they have removed deficiencies in the specified manner while in conditionally classified graduate standing. Only
those students who show promise of success and fitness will be admitted to graduate degree programs, and only those
who continue to demonstrate a satisfactory level of scholastic competence and fitness shall be eligible to continue
in such programs.
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