Application for Senior Rule
GRADUATE SCHOOL
Instructions: Consideration for Senior Rule requires prior admission to the Graduate School. This application, along with your
completed application to graduate School, is due no later than two weeks prior to the beginning of the semester you wish to enroll
under the Senior Rule option. Applicants must have a minimum 3.00 grade point average in both upper division and major course
work, and be within ten hours of bachelor degree completion.
(1) List undergraduate courses needed to complete your bachelor’s degree (2) List graduate courses you will enroll in during your
final undergraduate semester (3) Sign and date the application
(4) Obtain the signatures as indicated (5) Have the Dean of your
undergraduate college or their designee compute your grade point averages as indicated (6) Submit to the Graduate School, Campus
Box 4, along with your completed WSU application to Graduate School.
I, , myWSU ID _______________________________,
Applicant’s Name
am applying for permission to receive graduate credit for certain courses prior to the granting of the bachelor’s degree. This application is
to cover courses taken during the _______ semester of Year_______. I am currently an undergraduate student in the department of
________________________________________________________, in the academic college of ______________________________.
Only _________ hours are needed in order for me to complete my bachelor’s degree program. I will be enrolling in the following courses
(please list all courses for the semester). The courses under the graduate section are beyond the requirements for my bachelor’s degree and
are the courses for which I wish to receive graduate credit. I understand that the tuition for graduate credit courses will be assessed at the
graduate tuition rate. I also understand that if I fail to complete my bachelors degree this semester the graduate courses will revert to
undergraduate credit on my WSU transcript.
To be completed by Undergraduate College representative:
G.P.A. - Overall ________ Upper Division _________ Major _________
Applicant ________________________________________________________________________________ Date _______________________________
Undergraduate Advisor _____________________________________________________________________ Date _______________________________
Graduate Program Chair or Coordinator ________________________________________________________ Date _______________________________
Dean of Undergraduate College ______________________________________________________________ Date _______________________________
Dean of Graduate School ___________________________________________________________________ Date _______________________________
Photocopy Distribution: Original – Graduate School Copy – Academic Department Copy – Undergraduate College Dean 8/9/11
