Non-Degree-Seeking Applicants

If you wish to take courses for purposes of personal enrichment, teacher certification, or to secure credits to transfer to another institution (guest student), you may apply for non-degree-seeking status. You must:

1) submit a completed non-degree application form with a $30.00 nonrefundable application fee (waived for Barry alumni). The application form may be downloaded from www.barry.edu/graddocuments

2) present evidence of receipt of a bachelor's degree or higher (master's degree or higher for postgraduate students) from a regionally accredited or internationally recognized institution. Non-degree-seeking students may register for a limited number of credits as prescribed by the specific school in which classes are being taken. Guest students should refer to the section below.

Please note that application procedures to some certificate programs differ from the non-degree application procedure described above in that additional credentials may be required. (See specific school or program for details.)

Under non-degree status, students do not qualify for financial aid unless they are seeking teacher certification.

Enrollment as a non-degree-seeking student in no way implies admission to a degree program.

Please note that not all programs admit non-degree students.

In general international students are not eligible for non-degree study. Contact the Office of Graduate Admissions for further details.

Guest Students

A guest student is defined as a person who wishes to take credits at Barry University for the purpose of transferring these credits back to another institution in which they are enrolled. Guest students at Barry must submit a non-degree-seeking application, pay the application fee, and present a letter from the dean or department chair of the institution in which they are enrolled as a degree-seeking student, stating that they are in good standing.

Non-Degree-Seeking to Degree-Seeking Students

Students who wish to change their status from non-degree-seeking to degree-seeking must complete the required graduate application and meet all requirements for degree-seeking applicants of the appropriate school and program. Enrollment as a non-degree-seeking student in no way implies admission to a degree program.

With the approval of the dean, all schools will accept a maximum of six credits to be applied from non-degree to degree-seeking with the following exceptions:

• The School of Education will accept a maximum of 9 credits.
• The School of Graduate Medical Sciences will accept a maximum of 16 graduate credits.
• The School of Social Work does not accept non-degree credits for the M.S.W. program.