1. (a) An applicant may be admitted to a campus as an unclassified doctoral student if the applicant satisfies the requirements of each of the three following numbered subdivisions:

   1. (1) The applicant holds an acceptable baccalaureate degree earned at an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association, or the applicant has completed equivalent academic preparation as determined by the appropriate campus authority; and

   2. (2) The applicant has satisfied any one of the following three lettered conditions:

      1. (A) The applicant has attained a grade point average of at least 3.0 in an acceptable earned baccalaureate degree,
      2. (B) The applicant has attained a grade point average of at least 3.0 in the last 60 semester units (90 quarter units) attempted;
      3. (C) The applicant holds an acceptable post-baccalaureate degree earned at an institution accredited by a regional accrediting association;
   3. (3) And the applicant was in good standing at the last institution of higher education attended.
2. (b) A doctoral applicant may be required to have attained a master's degree by a regional accrediting association before being admitted to a campus authorized doctoral program.

Note: Authority cited: Sections 66600, 89030 and 89035, Education Code. Reference: Sections 66046, 66046.1 and 66046.2, Education Code.

History

1. New section filed 7-27-2006; operative 7-27-2006. Submitted to OAL for printing only (Register 2006, No. 37).

2. Repealer and new section filed 10-10-2024; operative 10-10-2024 pursuant to Education Code section 89030.1. Exempt from the Administrative Procedure Act and OAL review pursuant to Education Code section 89030(b). Submitted to OAL for filing and printing only pursuant to Education Code section 89030.1(e) (Register 2024, No. 41).