You are required to supply the Graduate School with official transcripts verifying the baccalaureate degree (an unofficial degree transcript is acceptable for one registration period only; you must request the Registrar at your baccalaureate institution to send official transcripts before a second registration is allowed). The Office of Teacher Education Services (765-285-1168), however, may require transcripts from other institutions attended as deemed necessary for added licensure.

You must have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in the latter half of the baccalaureate to be enrolled. If your cumulative undergraduate grade point averages is below 2.5, you may be allowed to enroll in a nine-hour probationary plan of study consisting of undergraduate courses only. Probationary students must earn at least a 3.0 in the nine undergraduate hours to be considered for approval to take graduate courses.

For more information about Licensure Programs go to the Office of Teacher Education Services http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/article/0,,24557--,00.html or http://www.bsu.edu/teachers/otes/licensing/.

Nondegree(Non-Licensure): Ball State University recognizes the need of many persons to pursue educational programs that may be related to their employment or that will otherwise enrich their lives. As a result, students with baccalaureate or advanced degrees who do not have further degree objectives but desire personal and professional enrichment may be admitted to graduate study as nondegree students.

You are required to supply Graduate Admissions with official transcripts verifying the baccalaureate degree (an unofficial degree transcript is acceptable for one registration period only; you must request the Registrar at your baccalaureate institution to send official transcripts before a second registration is allowed).

You must have a cumulative undergraduate grade point average of at least 2.5 on a 4.0 scale or a 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in the latter half of the baccalaureate to be enrolled.

Nondegree students who later apply to a degree program must meet all entrance requirements of that program and have maintained at least a 3.0 graduate grade point average in their nondegree course work. No more than 9 hours earned in nondegree status may be applied to an advanced degree program if you are admitted later as a regular graduate student. The department in which you are studying and the dean of the Graduate School will determine which credit hours earned in nondegree status will apply to a degree program. Credit hours must have been completed within the six-year time limit allowed for completion of a master's degree.