Graduate General Policies
Undergraduate Students Taking Graduate Courses
Students who are eligible to take Westminster Choir College (WCC) graduate courses during their senior year must have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0. Students in WCC who have earned at least 60 credits and hold a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 may register for 600-level graduate WCC courses upon permission of the instructor and the Associate Dean. Undergraduate students who have earned at least 90 credits and have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.8 may enroll in a 700-level graduate WCC course.
Under most circumstances, up to six credits of graduate courses may be taken as an undergraduate and would be included in the regular, full-time tuition fee. These credits may be applied to the undergraduate degree requirements, including in the calculation of undergraduate GPA. Should the student matriculate into the WCC graduate program, these credits, but not the grades, would be subsequently transferred to the graduate transcript.
Students admitted to the Bachelor of Music Education /Master of Music Education (BM/MME) 4+1 degree program are permitted to take 600-level graduate WCC courses once they attain junior status (60 or more earned credits) and 700-level graduate WCC courses when they reach senior status (90 or more earned credits). Students must maintain an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above in order to take graduate level courses.