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| ADMISSIONS: ADMISSION POLICIES |
Admission PoliciesPreparation: The four-year undergraduate program of the student entering the Graduate School of Religion should represent work in English grammar, composition, literature, history, education, psychology, natural sciences, language (particularly Greek, Hebrew and German), the Bible and closely related subjects. Although the college graduate may be accepted as a graduate student without courses in all of these fields, the student preparing for graduate study in religion should plan his or her studies to include these fields. In some instances it may be necessary to make up deficiencies before taking graduate courses. Reference Forms: A student must be of good character and standing in his/her community. He/she should furnish to the Admissions Office the names and addresses of four references (see Application for Admission). No one is denied admission because of sex, race, age, creed, color or national origin. Application Fees: The application for admission, with the application fee, must be filed with the Admissions Office. The M.A. in Counseling fee includes psychological testing. The application can be obtained by contacting the Admissions Office at 1-800-680-0809 or downloaded from www.hugsr.edu. ExaminationsTOEFL: A score of at least 550 (paper-based test), 213 (computer-based test) or 79 (Internet-based test) is required on the TOEFL examination for all applicants whose native language is not English. Contact the Educational Testing Service, Box 899, Princeton, NJ 08540. The code for Harding University Graduate School is 1266. Graduate Record Examination (GRE) and Miller’s Analogies Test (MAT): These examinations usually are not required of applicants to Harding University Graduate School of Religion. Interview: An interview with the registrar is recommended. Transcript(s): An official college or university transcript of all previous academic work done above the high-school level, indicating the student has satisfactorily completed a regular course of academic study and has been awarded a bachelor’s degree by an accredited four-year college, must be sent to the Admissions Office of the Graduate School. A student who is a graduate of a college not accredited by a regional accrediting association may be admitted on probation. No student whose college grade point average is below 2.25 will be admitted. Undergraduate students who are in the last year of work may concurrently enroll in graduate courses. See individual degree sections for details about undergraduate grade point average requirements. Course Load and GPA: Beginning students whose undergraduate grade point average is below 3.00 are not permitted to enroll in more than 12 semester hours of course work per semester. Program Specifications: Each degree program has specific application and admission procedures and requirements. For these specifications, refer to the individual program descriptions in this catalog. Admission ProcedureApplication: Students interested in attending the Harding University Graduate School of Religion are invited to complete and submit an application form. College seniors are encouraged to apply for admission during the first semester of their senior year. They can then be admitted contingent upon their graduation. An application is not considered complete without official transcripts from all colleges and schools of higher education previously attended. It is the applicantÃs responsibility to ensure that these are sent to the Admissions Office of the Harding University Graduate School of Religion. Upon receipt of the application, the Admissions Office will:
Admission StatusStandard Admission: A student who has been admitted and is proceeding toward a degree may enroll as a full-time student or as a part-time student. Full-time Student: A student who takes nine hours or more is considered a full-time student. Normally a student is permitted to enroll for a maximum of 12 hours of work (including thesis) in any one semester. Special Student: A special student is one who has not been admitted to a degree program. This classification embraces three categories: (1) graduate students who meet entrance requirements but who do not wish to work toward a degree, (2) undergraduate students with junior or senior standing who may register for specified courses for undergraduate credit and (3) undergraduate students who are seniors wishing to enroll in graduate courses concurrently. A 3.00 GPA and junior or senior standing are requirements for admission to take courses for credit. Unclassified: This student is one whose credentials are not complete at the time of registration. Such a student must file the required credentials with the registrar within three weeks of the beginning of the semester. Failure to comply with this regulation automatically changes the studentÃs status to that of auditor with no refund of charges. Auditor: A student who desires to attend classes without receiving credit. Delayed Admission: Once a student is granted admission, the admission will stand for one calendar year beyond the semester the student indicates on the admission application. For example, if a student applies for the fall of 2005, is admitted but does not enroll, the student can enroll no later than fall of 2006 based solely on that application. If an admitted student wishes to begin enrollment between one and three calendar years beyond the semester for which he/she was admitted, he/she must make written request to the admissions committee for readmission. The student will be subject to the admissions policies that are in effect for the semester for which he/she is applying. If an admitted student wishes to enroll more than three calendar years beyond the semester for which he/she was initially admitted, the student must submit a new application for admission. Probation: Students who are admitted on probation or who go on probation after they are admitted must achieve a sufficient GPA to be removed from probation within 18 semester hours. Students who fail to achieve the necessary GPA to be removed from probation will be acadmically suspended from their program. Such students will not be certified for VA benefits until they are taken off academic suspension. A 3.00 GPA is required to be removed from probation in the M.A., M.A.C.M., M.A. in Counseling and D.Min. degrees; a 2.50 GPA is required for the M.Div. Students on academic probation will not be permitted to enroll for more than nine hours of study per semester. If such students are engaged in outside employment, their maximum course load should be reduced by three semester hours for each 10 hours worked per week. All students on probation must advise with the registrar when registering for courses each semester. Students may retake courses in which they made a C, D or F in order to raise their GPA. Veterans cannot be certified to repeat courses in which they earned grades of C or lower. No course may be repeated more than once without the permission of the instructor. When a student meets academic standards for his/her degree, he/she will be taken off probation. He/she could then be certified for VA benefits. If the Graduate School administration determines that the academic suspension is persistent and unlikely to improve, such students will be barred from taking further course work at the Graduate School. Harding University Graduate School of Religion restricts the number of students admitted on probation to no more than 25 percent of the total enrollment. Readmission of Students: If students barred from taking courses at the Graduate School for academic reasons enroll in any other acceptable institution and increase their GPA to an acceptable level, they may make a written request to the admissions committee for readmission to the Graduate School. |