CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, LONG BEACH
POLICY STATEMENT
NUMBER: 79-14
FILE: Credit
SUBJECT: GRADUSTE CREDIT EARNED AS A SECOND SEMESTER SENIOR, AND
SENIOR ENROLLMENT IN GRADUATE COURSES FOR UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT
The following policy statement, recommended by the Academic Senate
at its meeting of May 3, 1979, and approved by the President on
May 15, 1979, is as follows:
BULLETIN CHANGES
The Graduate Council, at its meeting or April 18, 1979, approved
the following changes to the policy found on pages 53 and 54 of
the current Graduate Bulletin:
GRADUATE CREDIT EARNED AS A SECOND SEMESTER SENIOR
Graduate credit usually may not be earned in advance of the baccalaureate
degree. However, based on faculty recommendation, academic
performance (usually 2.75 GPA overall and 3.0 GPA in the major),
and promise of academic achievement in post-graduate study, a second
semester senior may be granted approval to apply a maximum of six
units of course work in the 300, 400 and 500 level taken at this
University to his/her prospective gradate program subject to the
following conditions: (a) the course work must be in addition to
that required by the department or school for the undergraduate
major; (b) the undergraduate student must have a "Petition to Earn
Graduate Credit in the Senior Year" approved by the departmental
graduate adviser and the Dean of Graduate Studies or the Directors
of Graduate Studies of the Schools of Applied Arts and Sciences,
Business Administration, Education, Engineering, Humanities, or
Natural Sciences.
In those areas in which graduate credit is for a credential only,
the petition must be filed with the Associate Dean, School of Education.
A copy of the approved petition is to be forwarded to the Registrar.
All petitions must be approved by all offices before registration
in the class(es) is permitted.
SENIOR ENROLLMENT IN GRADUATE COURSES FOR UNDERGRADUATE CREDIT
Under special conditions, seniors who have an overall 3.0 GPA or
better and who have adequate undergraduate preparation in the subject
may enroll in a course in the 500-599 series to fulfill the elective
requirements of the bachelor's degree only. The course work
may not be applied to the units of 500/600 level course work required
by the department or school for the master's degree. The student
must have a "Petition to Earn Taken in the Senior Year" approved
by the instructor, department, school and/or the Dean of Graduate
Studies before registration in the class(es) is permitted.
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