Undergraduates Taking Graduate Classes

Students who have achieved senior standing at Piedmont University, i.e., who have completed a minimum of 90 semester hours, with a cumulative academic grade point average of 3.0 or better (or permission of dean), may register for graduate courses during the final two semesters of undergraduate work under the following conditions:

• No more than a total of nine semester hours may be taken for graduate credit, and not more than six semester hours of graduate courses may be taken in a given semester. Students enrolled in 3+2 or 4+1 programs may take graduate coursework up to the amount approved by each respective program.
• Students registering for one or more graduate courses must obtain permission in advance from the course instructor, the academic advisor, and the academic dean of the college in which the course is taken.
• Graduate courses available to undergraduate students are limited to those courses scheduled for the Demorest and Athens campuses.
• Permission to take graduate courses is contingent upon the availability of classroom space and does not in any way imply admission to a graduate program at Piedmont University.
• Graduate courses used to meet a requirement in an undergraduate program may not be used to fulfill required hours in a graduate program or vice versa. In order for course work to be credited at the graduate level, students must be accepted into a Piedmont University graduate program.

Note: Undergraduate students are prohibited from taking all M.B.A. foundation and/or core phase courses.