Admission Classification
- Unconditional Admission
To qualify for unconditional admission to a Master's Degree program, applicants must meet the following requirements:- Hold a master's higher degree from a regionally accredited university. No test score required.
OR - Hold a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited university with a minimum overall undergraduate grade point average of 2.5 (4.0 scale) or a 3.0 grade point average on the last 30 semester hours. All hours attempted in the term in which the 30 semester hours were reached will be used to calculate the grade point average.
AND - Have an acceptable score on the appropriate entrance exam (GRE 850 - verbal and quantitative, MAT 33, GMAT 450).
AND - Meet the unconditional requirements of a program. (See specific programs for details). Some programs have higher standards.
- Hold a master's higher degree from a regionally accredited university. No test score required.
- Conditional Admission
Conditional admission may be granted under certain circumstances to applicants who cannot satisfy all unconditional admission requirements.- Baccalaureate Degree Holders.
Students who earned a baccalaureate degree from a regionally accredited college or university but lack other requirements, such as an acceptable test score, may be granted conditional admission for a maximum of 12 semester hours. Students admitted conditionally due to a low test score will be granted unconditional admission prior to the completion of 12 semester hours provided the test is retaken and a satisfactory score is achieved.
Students with a grade point average lower than the required will be granted conditional admission. If they attain a 3.0 grade point average (4.0 scale), students are eligible to clear conditional admission at the completion of 12 semester hours. Students who do not attain a 3.0 GPA (4.0 scale) at the completion of 12 semester hours will be dropped from the program for one calendar year at which time the student may petition for readmission. - Dual Enrollment Final Semester Troy University Senior Only With the approval of the Dean of the Graduate School or his designee, seniors lacking 6 semester hours or less for graduation may, during the term in which their undergraduate requirements are being completed, be enrolled in one or more courses for graduate credit provided a satisfactory GRE Aptitude Test (850 verbal and quantitative) or MAT (33) and have an overall grade point average of 2.5 (on a 4.0 scale) with a 3.0 average (on 4.0 scale) in the major field. If admitted, the students may enroll in no more than a combined total of 9 semester hours of undergraduate and graduate work. Students admitted under these conditions may enroll in only one "6000" numbered course.
- Baccalaureate Degree Holders.
- Temporary Admission (6-9 semester hours maximum load)
Procedures:
A baccalaureate graduate of a regionally accredited four year college or university who lacks certain necessary records may be granted temporary admission. Such records should be completed before the end of the term for which the student was given temporary admission. If the records are completed before the term ends and the results indicate that the student is not eligible for admission, the student must withdraw from the class or classes with a refund if applicable, or receive non-degree credit for the class or classes for which he is registered. Applicable refunds will be made in accordance with regulations as stated in published refund policies.
If the student has completed the term for which temporary admission was granted and the records are still not in order, the hours pursued will be held in abeyance until the records are clear. No refund of tuition will be made, and the student will not be permitted to enroll in succeeding terms until the records are complete and admissibility is determined.- When the records are complete and if it is determined that the student was not eligible for graduate admission, all hours pursued will be converted to non-degree credit with no refund of tuition.
- When the records are completed and if it is determined that the student was eligible for graduate admission, all hours pursued will be counted as graduate degree credit.
- With the permission of the appropriate graduate studies director or Troy field representative within TROY Global Campus, students may extend their Temporary Admission for the second term. Written approval authorizing the extension must be in the student's permanent record.
- Transient Admission
Procedures:
Students from other institutions or another regional site of the Troy State System, who wish to take a course(s) from Troy University must:- Complete a standard "Application for Admission" (no transcripts required).
- Present a letter of transient authorization from the parent school or Troy State Regional Site. The authorization must identify the course(s) to be taken and the term in which it will be taken, or indicate that the course is to be taken at the student's discretion. The letter must be signed by a designated official of the school or branch (i.e. Registrar, Director, etc.)
- Request that a Troy transcript be sent to the parent school after completion of the course.
- Post Masters Admission
Students admitted in this category must hold the master's degree. Graduate credit taken while enrolled as a post master's degree student is not admissible as degree credit unless it is approved by the student's advisory committee and is limited to a total of 6 semester hours. An official transcript is required to verify the master's or a higher degree.
Policy Statement: Troy University is an equal opportunity institution and therefore does not discriminate on the basis of sex, race, religion, or handicap in admission or access to its programs.
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