PROPOSED PLAN FOR THE ADMISSION OF

POST-BACCALAUREATE UNCLASSIFIED APPLICANTS

ACADEMIC SENATE POLICY S79-45

At its meeting of April 17, 1979, the Academic Senate approved the proposed plan for the admission of post-baccalaureate unclassified applicants:

1. Persons applying for admission as unclassified graduate students will make application directly to the Admissions Office as do all other graduate applicants.

2. Unclassified graduate applicants, like classified graduate applicants, will be required to submit transcripts of previous college work, which will verify the award of the baccalaureate degree, and identify the last 60 units of college work attempted.

3. The Admissions Office will evaluate the applicant's transcripts to determine whether or not a 2.5 grade point average has been earned in the last 60 units attempted. If the evaluation shows that the 2.5 GPA has been earned in the last 60 units attempted and the applicant was in good standing at the last institution attended, the applicant will be admitted. If either condition is lacking, the applicant will be denied admission.

4. To further control unclassified graduate admissions, a column titled "Unclassified Grads" will be added on the form by which the School Deans set their graduate quotas. This will permit the College Deans to identify those disciplines in which they want a zero quota for unclassified graduates.

The Admissions Office will review block 20, part "B" on all unclassified graduate applicants and, in those cases where the course work designated by the applicants is in an area which has been designated a "zero" area by the School Deans, the application will be returned. In those cases where the student fails to fill in block 20, part "B", the application will be returned for completion.

5. Unclassified graduate students other than credential candidates will be programmed to go through CAR last so that unclassified graduate students cannot take class space away from classified students.

6. By a footnote in the Class Schedule, the departments may designate those courses in which students other than classified graduate students may enroll on a space available only basis, as determined at the first class meeting.

7. All classified graduate students whose applications have been forwarded by the Admissions Office to departments for final recommendation, but have not been returned by August 1 or January 1, will be admitted in unclassified graduate standing. Those admitted will be informed that the department may convert the unclassified admission to classified standing during the first semester of attendance if the student provides the department with appropriate documentation as requested by the department and receives department approval. Exceptions will be made for individual programs at the request of the department.

8. At the end of the Fall 1979 semester and each semester subsequent thereto, a report will be produced on the unclassified graduate students, identifying the units attempted, units completed and grade point earned. With this being a continuous report each semester, the Graduate Division and departments will be able to monitor unclassified graduate admissions and examine actual enrollment practices throughout the University.

9. A second report will be produced as soon as possible following census date, identifying for each college dean the courses in each of the college's departments that are being undertaken by unclassified graduates. This report will be only for the semester in which it is produced. It will not be cumulative.

**APPROVED BY PRESIDENT ROMBERG ON APRIL 20, 1979**