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4. Students will be required to meet graduation requirements under the catalog in effect
at the time he/she requests the change.

When there has been a discontinuation of a major, students have one year in which they can be
grandfathered in under the old major and must complete their current major requirement within
that one-year timeframe.

MINORS
Minors afford students the opportunity to pursue a limited but structured concentration in a
coherent field of study outside their major. The minor may be a truncated version of a major or a
distinctive intellectual subset of a discipline. Minors are not offered in every field of study. Students
should inquire with departments for current availability of minors or see individual listings on this
site.

The structures of minors vary in detail, but, with rare exceptions, they all require no fewer than 15
and no more than 24 credits with at least 9 credits in upper division courses (300 level or above). No
more than six credits (or two courses) may be applied to satisfy both the requirements of a minor and
a major program. No course may be used to satisfy the requirements of more than one minor. All
courses taken for a minor must be completed with a minimum grade of C.

To ensure appropriate academic advising, students who wish to pursue a minor should inform both
the college responsible for their major and the department offering the minor as early as possible,
but in no case later than one full academic year before the expected date of graduation. When a
student has completed all requirements for the minor, the department offering the minor shall notify
the student's college, which verifies that the student has met all requirements and officially notifies
the Registrar's Office.

Non-Degree Seeking Students
Non-degree seeking students will not be allowed to complete more than thirty (30) semester hours
without approval from the Director for Continuing Education and External Programs.

Students who have been denied admission to Bowie State University will not be permitted to
attend as non-degree students.

Concurrent Undergraduate-Graduate Registration
Students enrolled in their last semester of study at Bowie State University may register for graduate
level courses but must meet the following requirements and adhere to the following process.

The student must:
1. Have a 3.0 or higher GPA;
2. Have passed the Bowie State University English Proficiency Examination;
3. Have completed a hundred and five (105) credits which count toward graduation;
4. Be making satisfactory progress in his/her major;
5. Secure permission from his/her Department Chair;
6. File an application for conditional admission into the graduate program; and
7. Register for no more than six (6) semester hours.

The student must be granted regular admission to the Graduate School before initiating further
course work.

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