Regular Graduate Student: The applicant meets the academic standards of the department, Graduate Division, and Graduate School to work for an advanced degree with out excessive deficiencies in prerequisites.
Probationary Graduate Student: An applicant who meets other admission standards may be admitted on probation when his or her undergraduate grade-point average is 2.75 to 3.0 on a 4.0 scale. Upon finishing the equivalent of one semester of full-time graduate study with an average of 3.0 or higher, the student automatically attains regular status. A student admitted on probation who earns a grade point average lower than 3.0 will not be permitted to re-enroll in the Graduate School except under unusual circumstances. In such cases, the student's department or program may recommend re-enrollment on probation for the equivalent of one more semester of full-time graduate study.
Provisional Graduate Student: An applicant may be admitted as a provisional graduate student when either the quality or kind of undergraduate preparation is deficient, i.e., the undergraduate grade point average is below 2.75 on a 4.0 scale or the student has not met the prerequisites to do graduate work in the department or program to which he or she has applied. After the equivalent of one semester of full-time study as a provisional graduate student, the department or program in which the student is enrolled reviews his or her performance and recommends that the student be (1) transferred to regular status or (2) dropped from the Graduate School or (3) allowed to continue the equivalent of another semester as a provisional student. It is ordinarily expected that provisional status will not exceed two semesters. The transfer from provisional status is not automatic as it in the case of probationary status.
Non-degree A Graduate Student: The applicant is admissible to regular status but does not intend to work for an advanced degree at KU at the time of admission. If a student in the non-degree A category later requests admission as a regular degree seeking student and is so accepted by a department or program, only that work taken as a non-degree A student which is approved by the appropriate department may be applied to the degree program.
Non-degree C Graduate Student: Applicants may gain admission to the non-degree C category upon presentation of evidence of receipt of a baccalaureate degree from an institution with requirements for the degree substantially equivalent to those at KU. This category of admission to the Graduate School limits enrollment to continuing education courses, institutes, workshops, or graduate certificate programs. Under special circumstances, however, students in this category may be permitted to enroll in residence credit courses for graduate credit with the consent of the instructor and of the Graduate Division. If students admitted in the non-degree C category are later admitted to a department to work toward a degree, then, within the limitations specified below, applicable courses taken under the non-degree C category may, upon recommendation of the department or program to its Graduate Division and within general guidelines established by the Graduate School, be approved by the division to be counted in the degree program. The total of transfer credit from another accredited graduate school and non-degree C category credit earned at KU may together not exceed 6 hours, or 8 hours if the student holds a baccalaureate degree from KU.
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