Qualifications

Note: The director of the School of Library and Information Science must grant permission for any graduate nondegree admission. Eligibility and application for non-degree admission do not grant admission. The following regulations indicate reasons a graduate student may be eligible for non-degree admission, they do not guarantee such admission.

Please review the Regulations Governing Nondegree Graduate Students from the Graduate Bulletin. Refer to the bulletin from the year of your admission to the program or the current year.
Students that might be interested in nondegree enrollment include:

• Students seeking supplemental school library media endorsements
• Student seeking graduate certificates (please refer to page 24 of the graduate bulletin)
• Students from other programs wishing to take one of our courses
• Students maintaining professional credentials.

Even though a nondegree graduate student is allowed to take courses at the university, he or she has not been admitted to any department or to any degree program.
A nondegree graduate student must hold a baccalaureate degree from an accredited institution. Nondegree graduate students are not eligible for financial aid.
No more than nine (9) semester hours earned while classified as a nondegree graduate student will be accepted toward a master's degree at The University of Southern Mississippi. A student must, therefore, gain conditional or regular admission before completing more than nine (9) semester hours of study for additional hours to be counted toward a master's degree.

If you are interested in seeking Non-Degree status as a graduate, you must first send the following information to the University of Southern Mississippi's Office of Graduate Studies:

• Official Transcripts
• Application form: Apply Online or visit the Graduate Admissions office.

After this information is sent to the Graduate Admissions Office, and you have been accepted as a graduate student, download and print the Graduate Non-Degree Approval form (PDF).

Please fill out this form and fax (601-266-5774) please submit a form for each course or mail a copy to the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS, University of Southern Mississippi, 118 College Drive #5146, Hattiesburg, MS, 39406-0001).

Submission of this form does not ensure admission to a class. You will be contacted by the School if seats are available.