While finishing an undergraduate degree, students are allowed to take courses which could apply to a graduate degree. However, a course cannot be applied to both a graduate and an undergraduate degree.
A Senior Rule form must be completed and submitted to the Office of Student Records and Registration prior to the end of the 6th week of class for the term in which the class is taken. Upon submission, the student's academic record will be changed to show graduate status for the course(s) designated. Once the academic record has been changed to show graduate status for a particular course, it cannot be changed back to count toward an undergraduate degree, nor can courses from previous semesters be reclassified. Therefore, all changes to the level designation for any course on the Senior Rule form, and for which a student is registered, must be submitted by the deadline. A student so enrolled and carrying six credits or more in 5000 or 6000 level courses may carry no more than 16 credits of course-work per semester. The total number of Senior Rule credits may not exceed one-third of the required non-research course credits.
Students will receive two transcripts once the Senior Rule is applied to a course; one for undergraduate courses and one for graduate courses. Courses completed previously under Senior Rule (but not classified as such in the student's academic record) will not be reclassified to appear on the graduate transcript, but the courses will be accepted on the graduate degree schedule.