Degree Admission Procedures

The following are required for Admission to the Graduate Program:

• A completed Ashland University Graduate School Admission Form with application fee;

• Official academic transcript(s) from accredited institutions of higher education documenting all undergraduate and graduate degrees awarded. Additional transcripts, if applicable, may be requested at the discretion of the Program Chair.

• A minimum undergraduate grade point average of 2.75 on a 4.0 scale, or a minimum graduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale (a minimum of 12 graduate semester hours are required).

Conditional Admission to the Graduate School

A student may be admitted provisionally with an undergraduate grade point average of 2.25 - 2.75, or a graduate grade point average of 2.50 - 3.0 (a minimum of 12 graduate semester hours are required). A student accepted provisionally will be monitored over a period of the first 12 semester hours of course work in order to determine the student's eligibility for continuation in the program.

How to Apply

Admission to the Degree Program

Students seeking admission to the Master's degree program must:

• complete the on-line application,

• submit official transcripts from each postsecondary school from which a degree was awarded, and

• submit a $30 application fee. (Students pursuing their second Master's degree from Ashland University or Non-Degree students who were formerly AU graduate students do not need to submit the application fee.)

Non-Degree Admission Procedures

• Non-Degree/Continuing Education Admission

  The following are required for admission to the Graduate Program:

  • A completed Ashland University Graduate School Admission Form;
  • $30 application fee;
  • Evidence of undergraduate degree:
    1. official undergraduate transcript documenting the degree, or
    2. letter from the registrar of the undergraduate institution verifying the degree and grade point average earned

  Subsequent election to become a Master's degree student should be made before the student has completed 12 credit hours of coursework in the program. Students having more than 12 credit hours before gaining admission to graduate degree status jeopardize full use of their credits.

• Undergraduate Students

  Exceptionally able undergraduates with strong backgrounds in American history and government may be permitted to take graduate course work in a non-degree capacity after the completion of three years toward their bachelor's degree. At this point, the student is required to apply for admission to the Graduate School as a non-degree seeking student, but the non-degree admission requirement that the student show proof of an undergraduate degree is waived in these circumstances.

  Ashland University undergraduate students wishing to take MAHG courses must complete the Senior Student Admission to MAHG Courses form. This form must be signed by your undergraduate advisor, the MAHG Chair (Dr. Peter W. Schramm), and the Chair of the Department of History and Political Science (Dr. David Foster). Return the completed form to the Ashbrook Center.

Admission is open to all qualified persons regardless of handicaps, religion, race, creed, sex or national origin.