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BOARD O F TRUSTEES

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the equivalent, or if they meet the regular admission standards by presenting required credentials. Transfer applicants who have completed a minimum of 18 quarter hours of college-level work may be admitted if they present a letter of good standing (eligibility to return) from their last institution, or, in the event three years have elapsed, evidence of last college attendance. Applicants who have a degree from an accredited institution may be admitted on presentation of evidence of a degree at any level. Applicants to the Graduate College may be admitted if they provide proof that they hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited instutition and obtain approval of the appropriate department (s) for admission. English language proficiency requirements applicable to degree candidates are also applicable to nondegree students. Undergraduate nondegree students may petition to a college for reclassification to degree status by: a. Completing 18 quarter hours of work at Chicago Circle with the minimum grade-point average required by the desired curriculum, or b. Meeting regular admission requirements if they have not completed 18 quarter hours of work at Chicago Circle. Transcripts of all college-level work at all previous institutions must be submitted. Nondegree students in the Graduate College may apply for degree candidacy by submitting a regular application with all supporting materials to the appropriate department. If admitted to degree candidacy, a maximum of three graduate-level courses may be transferred by petition for degree credit. T h e performance at Chicago Circle of nondegree students on both the undergraduate and graduate levels will be evaluated on the basis of the same probation and drop rules that apply to degree students. Clarification of Enrollment Categories (Approved by the Urbana-Champaign Senate, December 13,1976)

T h e intent of this proposal is to clarify nondegree status enrollment and to institute an official part-time enrollment category on the Urbana-Champaign campus. T h e current nondegree enrollment categories on campus are unclassified status (undergraduate) and graduate unassigned (graduate) status. Current descriptions for these caegories follow. Both contain restrictions which can strain appropriate use of a nondegree enrollment category, and yet are so unstructured that the nondegree student can usurp class space needed by the degree student. A clearly defined nondegree status and an official part-time enrollment category will allow the campus opportunity to serve additional students and, at the same time, to exert more enrollment control than there is currently. Additional students may be served because the current control on such students is by severely limited admissions. Official restrictions to nondegree status and the establishment of a part-time enrollment category will allow the campus to assure priority in service to the degree student while still offering services to nondegree students on a space-available basis. Action I Unclassified status and graduate unassigned status shall be terminated and replaced with "nondegree" status. This nondegree enrollment category will be subject to admission, college, course enrollment, and registration restrictions to assure the Continuing campus priority and preference for the degree category student. Such restrictions will vary depending' on campus and college respurcejs and course avail-