students. Applicants who wish to earn a certificate should indicate so when applying for admission to the university. International students should refer to the catalog chapter “Enrolling at the University,” p. 126, for specific unit enrollment requirements for each program. International students holding a student or scholar visa are not eligible for Open Enrollment studies.
To apply for certificate studies, you should submit an admission application form and a $25 application fee for US applicants ($90 application fee for international applicants) to the San Francisco Office of Enrollment Services.
• An official transcript documenting the equivalent of a high school diploma from an approved institution is required for undergraduate applicants. If you have 24 transferable semester units or 36 quarter units or more from a regionally accredited college or university, you should submit complete official transcripts detailing this coursework. An official and complete transcript documenting the award of the undergraduate degree from a regionally accredited institution is required for graduate applicants. An official TOEFL test score report or other proof of fulfillment of GGU’s “English Language Proficiency Admission Requirements” (see p. 111) is required for all applicants whose native language is not English. Once these documents have been received, the decision for admission to certificate studies is communicated in writing by the Admissions Office.
• Some certificate courses require prerequisite courses that must also be satisfied. It is not guaranteed that every course required for each certificate is offered every term.
• Admitted certificate program students are required to maintain normal academic progress standards, including grade-point average.
• All coursework for a certificate program must be earned at Golden Gate University. No transfer credit is granted. Courses earned at GGU in a certificate program may also be used toward a degree program at the university.
• The certificate is awarded at the end of the reporting term in which you successfully completed all of the coursework and submitted a Certificate Order form with its requisite fee to the Office of Enrollment Services.
If you do not wish to work toward a degree or a certificate, you may enroll for courses through the university’s Open Enrollment process. Permission to register for individual courses is based on prior academic performance and preparation in appropriate prerequisites.
• Registration requires approval by an academic adviser.
• A maximum of nine units of coursework completed in Open Enrollment status may be used toward meeting requirements for a graduate degree or certificate program.
• A maximum of 12 units of coursework completed in Open Enrollment status may be used toward meeting requirements for an undergraduate degree or certificate program.
• To register for graduate courses in Open Enrollment status, you must have an earned bachelor’s degree; to take undergraduate courses, you must have earned a high school diploma or GED. Open Enrollment does not require submission of GMAT scores.
• Students registered in Open Enrollment status are not eligible for financial aid.
• Students must maintain the required cumulative grade-point average as defined by the university’s academic progress policy to continue enrollment in this status. See p. 124 for additional information for policies related to academic progress.
• Non-native speakers of English must meet the “English Language Proficiency Admission Requirements” (see p. 111) prior to registration in Open Enrollment.
• To register for Open Enrollment, it is only necessary to file a registration form and an Open Enrollment Data form prior to registering.
• Students registered in Open Enrollment status are not eligible to earn certificates or degrees.
• Open Enrollment is not available to international students with a student or scholar visa who have applied for, but have not received, admission to the university, unless they are in valid immigration status at another college-level institution, have written authorization from that institution to enroll in classes at Golden Gate University and have met GGU’s academic and “English Language Proficiency Admission Requirements” (p. 111).
• For more detailed information on undergraduate and graduate program admission requirements, refer to pp. 109-115.
Degree students who are absent from the university for three consecutive trimesters must formally apply for re-admission. Applicants for re-admission must meet the admission requirements in effect at the time of re-admission. Students seeking re-admission should obtain an “Application for Admission” form and submit it to the Admissions Office with the appropriate fee. Official transcripts from all other institutions attended in the interim must also be forwarded to the Admissions Office in sealed envelopes.
Students who were on academic probation at the time they left the university may be readmitted, but they remain subject to probation-retention guidelines in effect when they left the university.
Readmitted students will be subject to the degree requirements in effect at the time of re-admission.
Cancellation of Application/Admission An application may remain in pending status for up to one calendar year from the date on which it was received in the Admissions Office. If the file is not completed within that year, the application is expired. Once you are admitted, the admission is valid for the term for which you were admitted, and the subsequent two terms. If you have not enrolled during that time period, the offer of admission is cancelled.
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