Admission

Idaho State University invites applications for admission to Graduate School from students holding undergraduate degrees from any accredited college or university in the United States or with equivalent preparation acquired in another country. Prospective students may apply as degree-seeking or non-degree-seeking students. Non-degree-seeking students include those seeking certification, professional growth, or strengthened backgrounds for various professional and industrial occupations.

The Application Procedure

1. Applications for admission may be obtained from the Office of Graduate Studies and Research. An application form is also included within the Graduate Catalog. When completed, the form must be returned to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research, Campus Box 8075, Idaho State University, Pocatello, Idaho 83209-0009.
2. Applicants applying as degree-seeking students must request that each institution at which they have taken any post-secondary work submit one official transcript directly to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research. Idaho State University undergraduate transcripts are available to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research and need not be forwarded by the applicant.
3. Applicants must include a $30 non-refundable application fee with the application form. Students who do not pay the required application fee for admission may not register for courses.
4. Some programs require additional information (e.g., letters of recommendation); please review individual departmental sections of this catalog for additional requirements.
5. Please see additional requirements for degree-seeking, last semester seniors, and international students under those headings on the following pages.
6. The applicant must clearly indicate the graduate program desired on the application form, or if a non-degree-seeking student, the college and department in which the student intends to take courses.

   Application Deadline

   Application forms must be completed and returned to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research no later than May 1st for summer session enrollment, July 1st for fall semester enrollment, and December 1st for spring semester enrollment, or the following Monday should these dates fall on a weekend.

   Notification of Admission

   Applicants who have been accepted into Graduate School will receive a notification letter and a copy of the Approval for Admission form from the Office of Graduate Studies and Research. Those who have not been admitted will receive a letter from the Office of Graduate Studies and Research or from the department/college to which the student made application.

   Admission to the Graduate School allows a student to enroll in graduate courses in the specified department and college. It does not imply admission to courses in other departments. Only those admitted as degree-seeking students may assume that they are permitted to seek an advanced degree in the discipline/department which approved the admission. Non-degree-seeking students who are admitted are permitted to take courses in the department which admitted them, but this does not imply they will later be approved for admission as a degree-seeking student.

   Re-Enrollment or Re-Admission of Graduate Students

   Graduate students who have been admitted to Graduate School may enroll for graduate or undergraduate classes by pre-registration or registration without further application activity if they enroll within two years from the beginning of the term for which the applicant was accepted. In general, admission to the Graduate School is valid for two years and a student is not required to reapply for admission within the two year period. Therefore, students who were not enrolled in the previous term may register for the current term. However, some departments may have more restrictive requirements and admission may be valid for only a particular semester or year. Students should contact departments to determine these more restrictive requirements.

   Graduate students who fail to enroll during the two year period or more restrictive period of the department must reapply for admission. Graduate students who fail to enroll for two years after an initial enrollment are dropped from admission to Graduate School and are required to submit a completed application form. Students who were previously admitted to Graduate School are required to pay the application fee if they fail to enroll for over five years.

   Registration

   All applicants who have received notice of admission into Graduate School may pre-register during the appropriate pre-registration periods or during the regular registration times prior to each semester or summer session. Telephone registration is also available to officially admitted students. Instructions for phone registration is available in each semester's class schedule, available from the Office of Registration and Records (208)236-2661. To expedite completion of the registration procedure, all recipients of graduate teaching assistantships, graduate fellowships, and/or scholarships to be applied toward tuition and fees should pre-register if at all possible.

   Restricted Registration

   Any graduate student receiving a grade of C or below in two graduate courses during his or her program, or whose GPA falls below 3.0, will be automatically blocked from registering for additional courses. For the block to be removed, the student's department or college must communicate to the Office of Graduate Studies and Research in writing its wish to allow the student to continue in the program.

   Registration without Permission

   Students who register for graduate courses in violation of any restriction printed in the Graduate Catalog or written on their Approval for Admission form, or who register for graduate courses after receiving a letter of dismissal from the department or college that admitted them, will be dropped from the graduate course(s) as soon as the violation is discovered.