Catalog 73 - National University

Academic Information for Graduate Degreesreceive a grade below “B” during the probationary period are noteligible for admission to the University.Conditional AdmissionUndergraduate students in their final semester before graduation whowant to be admitted and enrolled into National University forgraduate study may be conditionally admitted into a postbaccalaureateprogram. The official acceptance of such students willoccur when they produce, in a sealed envelope, an official transcriptfrom a regionally accredited institution that shows conferral of thebachelor’s degree with a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or better.Conditionally admitted students are not permitted to take postbaccalaureateor graduate level coursework until bachelor’sverification has been received.Provisional AcceptanceStudents who have completed a baccalaureate degree and want to beadmitted to a post-baccalaureate degree program when officialtranscripts are not immediately available can be provisionallyaccepted. Students are responsible for obtaining, from the college oruniversity where they earned their baccalaureate degree, an officialtranscript in a sealed envelope. When the Office of the Registrarreceives official documentation, it considers students for eligibility.Post-baccalaureate students may take courses during provisionalacceptance while the Office of the Registrar awaits receipt of officialtranscripts. If the Office of the Registrar does not receive the requireddocumentation within three months of the date of admission, thestudent’s studies are temporarily interrupted until all officialdocuments are received. If the student’s studies are temporarilyinterrupted this can affect financial aid eligibility. The Office of theRegistrar will send a courtesy notification every 30 days to students inprovisional status, advising them of what documentation remainsoutstanding. Students should also view their checklist, which can befound on the student web portal, to determine outstandingdocuments. Coursework completed satisfactorily during provisionalacceptance will count toward graduation if it is consistent withspecific degree program requirements.Official Transcript and Bachelor’s Degree VerificationRequirementsPost-baccalaureate students are required to secure from the college oruniversity where they completed their baccalaureate degree a copy oftheir transcript in a sealed envelope. The Office of the Registrar willnot accept hand-carried transcripts or transcripts “issued to student”as official documents unless in a sealed envelope from the issuinginstitution.Official transcripts should be sent by the issuing institution directlyto:Office of the RegistrarNational University11355 North Torrey Pines RoadLa Jolla, California, 92037-1013Transcripts from other institutions that have been presented foradmission or evaluation become a part of the student’s academic fileand are not returned or copied for distribution.official notification of the coursework and other requirements that arerequired for the program. As students progress through the program,the DPR will show coursework already completed and thecoursework remaining. The DPR helps students, advisors, and theUniversity to determine progress toward completion of programrequirements and also serves as a graduation check.Applications for financial aid cannot be processed until evaluationhas occurred.Readmission ProceduresStudents who are in good standing but have a break in enrollment for12 or more months may be readmitted to the University bysubmitting an application for readmission. They are required tofollow the policies of the catalog in effect at the time of re-admission,including the degree requirements for their program. Students mustalso pay a re-admission fee.Sources of CreditCourse Waivers and Unit Transfer LimitsStudents who believe that they have taken coursework at a regionallyaccredited institution that is applicable to their current program maysubmit an e-form waiver either through the student portal or with theassistance of an admissions advisor. An official course description foreach course must be attached to the e-form request. Coursedescriptions can usually be obtained directly from the issuinginstitution, copied from an institution’s catalog, or found onlinethrough an institution’s course catalog. The Office of the Registrarmust receive official transcripts from the transferring institutionbefore a course waiver request may be submitted. If a coursedescription is not sufficient for determining transferability, studentsmay be required to submit a course syllabus.Students can transfer a maximum of 13.5 quarter units at the graduatelevel provided that the units have not been used to satisfy therequirements of an awarded degree. Regardless of the number ofunits transferred to the graduate program, students must meetresidency requirements of their particular program in order to beeligible for graduation. Students should refer to their particulardegree program to determine the maximum amount of transfer creditthat can be applied. All courses considered for graduate transfercredit must have been taken in a graduate level degree program ornotated as graduate level on the issuing institution’s transcript.To be considered for a course waiver, the transferring course musthave been completed with a grade of “B” (3.0) or better. No coursescan be accepted in transfer as a waiver or credit where the gradeearned was a "B-" or below.If the transfer only qualifies for a waiver, the student does not have tocomplete the course but credit is not awarded. The Degree ProgressReport will show that course requirement has been met but that zero(0) units have been awarded. This may require additional graduatelevelcoursework to be taken in order to satisfy the graduate unitrequirements for the student’s degree.Prerequisite WaiversGraduateEvaluationOnce eligibility for admission to a post-baccalaureate program hasbeen determined students are eligible for official evaluation. Studentswill be notified by e-mail that they have been evaluated and thestudent may view their Degree Progress Report (Graduate) online.The course of study that a student discussed with an advisor at theinitial admissions interview is only an estimate of the courserequirements for a degree. The Degree Progress Report (DPR) is theSome graduate degree programs require students to completeundergraduate-level prerequisites. If a student has completedequivalent coursework at a regionally accredited institution thenhe/she must submit an e form course waiver request. The Registrar’sOffice will then review the course content and make a determinationon the waiver request. No graduate transfer credit will be awarded ifthe course was taken as part of an undergraduate level degree orclassified as an undergraduate class by the institution attended.69