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Graduate Work by Bowie State University Seniors

Seniors at Bowie State University may register for graduate level courses if the
following requirements/conditions are met:

1. The graduate courses are in excess of the credits required for the
bachelor's degree.
2. The English Proficiency Examination has been successfully
completed.
3. Permission has been secured from the student's advisor and the
Graduate Dean.
4. The Graduate Application for Admission has been filed.
Seniors will only be permitted to take up to six (6) credits of graduate coursework.
Permission to take courses as a senior does not constitute regular admission to
the Graduate School.

Procedure:

I. Obtain a Senior Graduate Course Permission form from the Graduate
School and complete the form along with the appropriate signatures.
II. Submit the Senior Graduate Course Permission form along with the
Graduate Application form to the Office of Graduate Admissions.
III. Graduate Admissions will inform the student if they are eligible to be
admitted to a specific graduate program.
IV. The Graduate School will monitor the enrollment of the student in
graduate level courses.

Transfer Credits

Graduate credits from other institutions are transferable under the following
conditions:

1. Courses accepted for transfer must have been earned at a
college or university that is accredited by a regional accrediting
body authorized by the U.S. Department of Education.
2. Courses for transfer have to be designated as graduate level
courses by the institution at which it was taken. Courses offered
as a workshop or as continuing education at other institutions
and are not designated as a graduate level course are not
acceptable for transfer.
3. Twelve credits may be transferred into Master of Education
programs, Counseling Psychology programs (Eclectic and
Adlerian), and Human Resource Development. Thirty graduate
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