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392 3. Degree-pursuing tion process.

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

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students will continue to be given priority during the registra-

Nondegree students present a different concern. Assuming this category wilt not be used to admit unqualified students, procedures must be established that require credentials which indicate the minimum qualifications necessary, yet which are not so onerous as to discourage application and subsequent enrollment. Admission to nondegree status on the undergraduate or graduate level, however, does. not obligate the University to admit a student to a degree program. The following regulations apply to nondegree registrants: 1. Beginning freshmen may be admitted if they have been out of high school for a minimum of three years beyond the date when the students' high school class would have graduated and if they present evidence of a high school diploma or the equivalent, or if they meet the regular admission standards by presenting required credentials. 2. 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. 3. Applicants who have a degree from an accredited institution may be admitted on presentation of evidence of a degree at any level. 4. Applicants to the Graduate College may be admitted if they provide proof that they hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution and obtain approval of the appropriate department (s) for admission. 5. English language proficiency requirements applicable to degree candidates are also applicable to nondegree students. 6. 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 coliege-level work at all previous institutions must be submitted. 7. 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. 8. The 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)

The intent of this proposal is to clarify nondegree status enrollment and to institute an official part-time enrollment category on the Urbana-Champaign campus. The current nondegree enrollment categories on campus are unclassified status (undergraduate) and graduate unassigned (graduate) status. Current descriptions. for these categories 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 e n -