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Regular Admission
Regular Admission is granted when applicants are degree or certificate seeking students who meet all the criteria for regular admission to a program of their choice. The student must:
- hold a bachelor’s or an advanced degree from an accredited institution;
- have an overall grade point average required by your specific program of study;
- have no deficiencies in the chosen area of study; and
- meet all admission criteria established by the intended degree program.
Provisional Admission
Students who do not meet requirements for full acceptance into a graduate program may be eligible for provisional acceptance with approval from the Graduate Program Director. Provisional admission may be granted to a student with a bachelor’s or advanced degree from an accredited institution who has incomplete credentials, deficiencies to make up, or less than the required grade point average for regular admission. If the student has program deficiencies, graduate courses may be taken to fulfill deficiencies but will not apply to the degree. A student admitted provisionally may only register for nine semester hours of graduate work and must complete those nine semester hours with a GPA of at least 3.0. Provisional Admission is the decision of the particular degree program. All conditions must be removed before a student achieves Regular Admission status.
Non-Degree Admission
Students who would like to take graduate level courses but are not seeking and/or not eligible to pursue a graduate degree or certificate at Fairmont State may be admitted as a non-degree student. Nondegree students take graduate level courses for a number of reasons, including:
- to engage in professional development;
- to become acquainted with the rigors of graduate-level coursework before applying to a program;
- to gain graduate credit to be applied toward a degree program at Fairmont State or another college or university.
A non-degree graduate student must hold a bachelor’s or advanced degree from an accredited college or university, with a cumulative grade point average of at least 2.75 on a 4.0 scale. Admission as a non-degree student does not guarantee or imply subsequent admission to a degree program. To be considered for admission into a degree program, the non-degree student must (a) submit a separate graduate application, and (b) meet all the criteria for regular admissions into the degree program. With approval of the Graduate Program Director, a maximum of 12-credit hours of graduate level coursework completed at Fairmont State may be applied toward a degree program. Students intending to apply to a degree program are encouraged to apply for admission before they complete 12-credit hours.
Non-Degree Graduate Special Topics (Grst) Courses:
GRST courses are special topics courses which engage non-degree seeking graduate students with credit for professional development workshops, continuing education credits, or credit for engaging in a grant related experience. While these credits may be used for education re-certification or ‘plus hours’ toward a salary increase, these credits are not designed to be used toward a degree program.
Readmission
A returning graduate student who has not taken a graduate class at Fairmont State for two or more consecutive semesters (summers included), must submit a new application and application fee to the Office of Admissions at https://www.fairmontstate.edu/apply and be readmitted by the Graduate Program Director. The application must show any intervening graduate work. Official transcripts of such intervening graduate work may be required. The applicable standards are those in effect when the student applied for readmission. Graduate course work more than seven years old may not be counted toward a graduate degree.
Concurrent Admission
A senior Fairmont State undergraduate student may be granted concurrent admission to enroll in up to twelve (12) credit hours of graduate courses with the approval of the undergraduate advisor, graduate program director, and director or graduate studies under the following conditions:
- the student has an overall undergraduate GPA of 3.0;
- the student must need no more than twentyfour (24) credit hours of undergraduate work to complete their baccalaureate degree; and
- the total number of courses per semester may not exceed 15 credit hours, including both undergraduate and graduate coursework.
Students must complete and submit a Concurrent Enrollment Application form found at http://www.fairmontstate.edu/graduatestudies/forms-resources
Graduate coursework may be used to complete undergraduate degree requirements. If graduate coursework is used to satisfy undergraduate degree requirements it may not also be used to satisfy graduate degree requirements.
Dual Master’s Degree Admission
University policy permits students to obtain more than one master’s degree. In these cases, a separate application is required for each program. Each application must be accompanied by payment of a nonrefundable application fee.
A student desiring to obtain more than one master’s degree must successfully complete enough additional credit hours to constitute 75% of the credit hours required by each additional master’s degree program. An individual graduate degree program may require a higher percentage of credit to be earned under its direction.
A maximum of 15 credit hours may be used in common among the degrees with the approval of the department in which the degrees are sought. Approval must be obtained in writing. Upon graduation, the student must file two (2) degree applications.
Transient Student Admission
A student who is enrolled at another regionally accredited graduate institution may apply for admission to Fairmont State for enrollment in graduate courses. In addition to the admission application (non-degree option), the student must also submit a letter of good standing from the institution. This admission is valid for one semester only. The student must submit a new application and letter of good standing each semester he/she wishes to attend.
Normally, up to 12 credit hours of coursework may be transferred back to the home institution.
Permission to transfer credits is arranged, by the student, with the home university. Transient students who wish to register for coursework beyond 12 credit hours at Fairmont are required to obtain approval of Fairmont State’s Director of Graduate Studies.
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