(A) Purpose
Shawnee state university (SSU), created pursuant to Chapter
3362. of the Revised Code, serves as the regional state university for southern
Ohio. SSU is an open access university for all students who have successfully
completed a high school education. This rule serves to identify SSU's
requirements for admission to the university's degree programs and the credit
requirements for those programs.
(B) Admission requirements for baccalaureate
and associate degree programs
(1) Admission to
university baccalaureate or associate degree programs is determined by an
applicant's earned high school diploma, as defined by the state of Ohio, level
of "college preparedness" as defined by the state of Ohio's uniform statewide
standards for remediation-free status (see link to state standards
webpage
web
page in paragraph (B)(2) of this rule), and ability to meet the
requirements of a specific selective-admission program.
(a) Non-college prepared students. Applicants
not meeting the college preparedness standard will only be admitted into a
non-selective admission associate degree program or
a bridge program and be required to participate in university programs
and courses for underprepared college students.
(b) International applicants. Admission
requirements for international applicants also include meeting a
university-established minimum test score on the test of English as a foreign
language (TOEFL) or equivalent for applicants whose native language is not
English and proof of sufficient financial resources.
(c) Transfer students. Applicants applying
for admission to associate or baccalaureate programs who have earned credit
post high school from other regionally accredited colleges or universities are
considered transfer students and are admitted under the same standards
described in paragraphs (B)(2) and (B)(3) of this rule and may be subject to
additional requirements.
(2) Associate degrees. The university offers
both selective and non-selective admission associate degree programs. All
associate degree programs will require a minimum of sixty hours of
undergraduate credit and completion of university requirements and a curriculum
specified for the particular program prescribed in the Shawnee state university
catalog (http://www.shawnee.edu/areas-study/acacemic-calendar-important-dates/academiccatalog)
at the time of the applicant's matriculation.
(3) Baccalaureate degrees. The university
offers both selective and non-selective admission baccalaureate degree
programs. All bachelor's degree programs shall require a minimum of one hundred
twenty hours of undergraduate credit and completion of university requirements
and a curriculum specified for the particular program prescribed in the Shawnee
state university catalog (http://www.shawnee.edu/areas-study/acacemic-calendar-important-dates/academiccatalog)
at the time of the applicant's matriculation.
(C) Admission requirements for
master's
graduate degree programs
(1) Master's degree programs shall require a
minimum of thirty hours of credit at graduate level and completion of
university requirements and a curriculum specified for the particular program
prescribed in the Shawnee state university catalog
(http://www.shawnee.edu/areas-study/acacemic-calendar-important-dates/academiccatalog)
at the time of the applicant's matriculation.
(a) Applicants are only admitted to selective
admission master's degree programs.
(b) Applicants to an SSU
a master's degree program must present
evidence of an earned bachelor's degree from a regionally accredited
institution and meet the requirements for the program for which they are
applying.
(c) International
applicants are subject to additional requirements established by the
university's graduate
center
school.
(2)
Doctorate
degree programs shall require a minimum of sixty hours of credit at the
graduate level beyond the master's degree in a curriculum specified for the
particular program prescribed in the Shawnee state university catalog
Doctoral degrees generally require the successful
completion of at least ninety semester credit hours (or one hundred thirty-five
quarter credit hours) of work beyond the bachelor's degree or at least sixty
semester credit hours (or ninety quarter credit hours) beyond the master's
degree. Deviations from these credit hour guidelines require proper
justification and state approval.
(a)
Applicants are only admitted to selective admission
doctorate
doctoral
degree programs.
(b) Applicants to
an SSU
doctorate
doctoral degree program must present evidence of an
earned master's degree from a regionally accredited institution and meet the
requirements for the program for which they are applying.
(c) International applicants are subject to
additional requirements established by the university's graduate
center
school.
Notes
Ohio Admin. Code
3362-3-01
Effective:
12/10/2022
Promulgated Under:
111.15
Statutory
Authority: 111.15
Rule
Amplifies: 3362.03
Prior
Effective Dates: 01/27/2014, 02/20/2017, 03/26/2020,
12/10/2022
