NON-DEGREE STUDY IN THE READING DEPARTMENT IS PERMITTED ONLY UNDER THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

• If you graduated with a master's degree from any institution other than UAlbany's Reading Department, you may NOT take core reading courses that lead to literacy specialist certification (e.g., ERDG600, ERDG620; ERDG605, ERDG623). You are free, however, to take ERDG500 or ERDG505 and any other reading course subject to the conditions stated below.
• Applications for non-degree study in the Department have to be reviewed and approved by the Department (applicants have to meet the same requirements as candidates for degree programs (e.g., 3.0 minimum GPA, transcripts, written responses to Department questions, etc.), except that letters of reference are recommended but not required. (Students whose application folders are currently in the Reading Department, and who have not been denied for admission to a degree program, do not have to submit new applications).
• Although the University allows non-degree students to take an unlimited number of courses, only 12 credit hours can be applied to a Reading MS program if the student applies for and is accepted into a program. Further, only courses that fit the course distribution requirements of the program will be allowed to transfer. The Reading Department will NOT waive either of these requirements.
• Non-degree students are accepted into Reading Department courses on a strictly first-come, first-served, space-available basis. No waiting lists are maintained for non-degree students, and no guarantees are made about availability of seats in any course.

• Non-degree students are not assigned an academic advisor. Almost all information needed to select appropriate courses is provided on the Reading Department web site, but questions about course selection or other academic concerns can be addressed to Linda Papa, who will refer them to an advisor.

• Non-degree students are not permitted to take any course for which they do not have the prerequisite, even if there are seats available.

While successful completion of courses taken as a non-degree student can be submitted as evidence of preparation for graduate study when applying to a degree program, it does not automatically guarantee acceptance into a degree program. Non-degree students who have taken courses in the Reading Department compete on the same basis as students from other institutions for admission to our MS programs.

I HAVE READ AND AGREE TO THESE CONDITIONS. I UNDERSTAND THAT I WILL NOT RECEIVE AN AVN# UNLESS THIS SIGNED MEMORANDUM IS ON FILE IN THE READING DEPARTMENT

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