Non-Degree Status

You can also apply to our graduate program as a non-degree student.  As a non-degree student, a person can take up to 3 classes.  NO more.  You can  then apply these classes to their degree program, if you do apply and get admitted into the program at a later date.  The non-degree option is something that students may want to do as a way to test the waters and see if they really want to do a MA degree (or Ph.D.).  You would also be able to write a paper that they could use as a writing sample for a degree application.  If you don't have any history credits, they will have to take three more courses somewhere else.  If a student is admitted as a non-degree student, we admit them last and after registration has already started.  That way, you only take classes that are still open and don't take spaces from students who are in the program.