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Graduate Application Instructions
Non-Degree Graduate Application: Distance Learning (Type 8)

for U.S. Citizens or Permanent Residents
Application Instructions:
 

We welcome you non-degree distance learning application to The University of Alabama Graduate School!

Individuals who are interested in earning graduate credit, but who are not applicants for a graduate degree at The University of Alabama, may be admitted for nondegree studies with the approval of the department or program in which the course is offered. Applicants holding bachelor degrees from regionally accredited institutions or who are graduate students in good standing at another graduate school are eligible to apply. Before completing the nondegree application, please contact the Program Director for the area in which you wish to take a course to determine if the department allows nondegree students.

  1. Please review the academic policies regarding nondegree admission before completing an application.
    • A maximum of 12 semester hours of graduate work may be taken as a nondegree student and applied to the credit –hour requirements for a degree if the student is later admitted to a degree program.  Individuals enrolled as nondegree students cannot register for more than 12 hours without providing written verification to the Graduate School that they do not plan to pursue graduate degrees at the University. No more than 12 semester hours of this nondegree coursework can be evaluated for degree credit.
    • Application of any nondegree credit toward an advanced degree will be contingent upon an evaluation made after the student has been admitted to the Graduate School to pursue a degree program.
    • Responsibility rests with the student to observe the limitations imposed on credit hours, coursework and transfer of credit.
    • Students who have had an application to a degree program formally rejected are not eligible for nondegree status.
  2. Complete the Online Non-Degree Distance Learning Application if you are seeking nondegree admission to The University of Alabama.
  3. Once you have completed all sections of the online application and have selected Application is Complete, you will be taken to the application fee payment page. Here, you will be asked to select a method for online payment – Electronic Check or Credit Card – for the $50.00 non-refundable/non-waiveable application fee.
  4. Transcripts
    • Nondegree applicants to the College of Education Teacher Education Program must submit a transcript.
    • Nondegree applicants wishing to take courses through international programs in the College of Education must submit an official transcript (with an English translation) and diploma showing awarding of degree.
    • All documents not in English must be accompanied by a precise word-for-word literal certified English translation.

    (For express or courier mail services, use the physical address: The University of Alabama Graduate School, 801 University Blvd, 102 Rose Administration, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0118)

     

  5. Nondegree applications for admission to the Graduate School at The University of Alabama are valid for a period of one year. In some departments, students must seek preapproval if they wish to change the entrance date initially requested on their applications.
 

SPECIAL NOTE: All application materials and records, including academic records from other institutions, become the property of The University of Alabama and may not be returned to the applicant or forwarded to other institutions.

Mailing Address for Application Materials:
 
Have transcripts and test scores sent to:

The University of Alabama Graduate School
P.O. Box 870118
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0118

For express or courier mail services, use the physical address:
The University of Alabama Graduate School
801 University Blvd
102 Rose Administration
Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0118
Have questions? Please contact by email: gradschool@ua.edu or by phone: (205) 348-5921

The University of Alabama complies with applicable laws prohibiting discrimination, including Titles VI and VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act, Executive Order 11246, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, Sections 503 and 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Vietnam Era Veterans Adjustment Assistance Act, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975, and the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability or veteran status in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs or services. Inquiries and concerns regarding equal opportunity and compliance may be directed to Gwendolyn Hood, University Compliance Officer, 171 Rose Administration Building, Box 870300, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, 35487-5855, (Voice/TDD)

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