Under normal circumstances undergraduate students should not be enrolled in graduate-level courses. If, however, the instructor, the department through which the course is offered, and the student agree that the course is appropriate given the student's academic goals and interests and that s/he is qualified to take the course, the student may enroll. These approvals must be secured prior to pre-registration in the graduate course. Undergraduates must be a junior or senior and have at least a 2.5 GPA to enroll in graduate level courses. The student must accept full responsibility for fulfilling the course requirements and for the grade earned. All graduate-level courses taken as an undergraduate student apply to the cumulative Grade Point Average. Even if the student has successfully completed a graduate-level course, it will satisfy degree requirements for a bachelor's degree only by special permission of the Associate Dean of Undergraduate and Teacher Education.

Approval for graduate-level courses to be applied toward the requirements for a bachelor's degree is not guaranteed, but rather is granted on a case-by-case basis. 

In those cases in which undergraduates are permitted to count graduate-level coursework toward a bachelor's degree, no more than 12 credit hours will be counted and each course must have a grade of C or better. Graduate courses taken while an undergraduate and counted toward the requirements of a bachelor's degree may not count toward a graduate degree at Indiana University (and may also not count toward graduate degrees at other universities). 

Note: The above policy does not apply to graduate credit earned by students participating in the Global Gateway for Teachers program.

Students in Accelerated Undergraduate/Graduate Degree Programs

Students who earn graduate credit through participation in a School of Education-sponsored accelerated undergraduate/graduate degree program are not subject to the same limits on coursework taken at the graduate level as other students in the School. However, no graduate work beyond what is specified for the graduate portion of the degree may count toward any undergraduate portion of the degree.

All courses taken at the graduate level through participation in an undergraduate/graduate degree program will count toward the School of Education Cumulative GPA.