Updated 5/2017
UNDERGRADUATE STUDENT’S REQUEST TO TAKE COURSES FOR GRADUATE CREDIT
1. Winthrop seniors with an overall grade point average at Winthrop of 3.0 or better may be permitted to take courses numbered 500-
599 for graduate credit during their final semester of undergraduate work, provided the total course load (undergraduate and graduate)
for that semester does not exceed 16 semester hours. The student may receive graduate credit for these courses only if the requirements
for the baccalaureate degree are satisfactorily completed by the end of that same semester.
2. Senior business students in their final term may take one 600-level business course if the student meets the following conditions:
Admitted to any Winthrop MBA program; limited to one 600-level business course; a 3.0 grade point average; and a maximum load of
16 semester hours.
3. Students who have completed the Intent to Pursue the Accelerated Program form and have been approved by the program director,
have a 3.0 GPA, and have completed 75 undergraduate credit hours, may take up to 9 hours of 500-level coursework at the graduate
level. This form must be on file with the Office of Records and Registration.
INSTRUCTIONS: Complete this form and return it to Records and Registration, 126 Tillman Hall, no later than the last day of
drop/add.
Name: Winthrop ID
Number
___________________
Last
First Middle
___________________________________________ __________________________________________________
Phone Email
I request permission to take the course(s) listed below for graduate credit in the following semester _____________________
_____________________ ______________ __________________________________________________________________
Course designator Course Number Course Title
____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
Course designator Course Number Course Title
____________________________________ __________________________________________________________________
Course designator Course Number Course Title
I plan to register for semester hours of undergraduate credit in the ____________ semester in order to complete the
requirements for the bachelor’s degree.
Number of hours previously taken at the Graduate Level _____________ Grades in those courses (if applicable) ______________________
__________________________________________________ Cumulative GPA ________________
Signature of Student
___________________________________________________ Approved ____Yes ___No
Adviser Date
Approved:
___________________________________________________ __________________________________________________
Dean, College Date Graduate Director (College offering course) Date
For Records and Registration Use Only:
____________________________ ___________________ Is the Intent to Pursue Accelerated Program form on file? _____________
Records and Registration Official Date Updated in Banner
