Students who qualify for Combination Senior status will be able to enroll in up to 12 semester hours of selected courses offered at the graduate level at St. Edward's University. They will be able to apply those hours either toward partial fulfillment of the requirements of their undergraduate degree OR toward partial fulfillment of the requirements of a graduate degree at St. Edward's University. Courses taken while a Combination Senior can NOT be used for both undergraduate and graduate credit.

To be eligible for this option, student must meet the following criteria:

• They must have an approved New College degree plan. Note: Contact your New College Advising Specialist, if necessary, to ensure that you have met this requirement; an approved degree plan has been signed by you, your advisor, and the Dean of New College.
• They must have earned a GPA of at least 3.0 in their previous 60 semester hours.
• Eighteen (18) semester hours must have been completed in residence at St. Edward's University, with a GPA of not less than 3.20.
• They must have completed a minimum of 90 semester hours overall.
• They must meet other conditions (such as specified period of work experience) required of graduate students enrolled in the same courses.

Combination seniors will be able to register for designated graduate courses only on a space-available basis beginning one month prior to the beginning of classes. In addition, the number of seats available to undergraduate students in any graduate course will be limited.

Please Note: Approval to register for graduate credit does not imply approval for admission into a graduate program at St. Edward's University or that the credit earned will be accepted toward a graduate degree. To be admitted to a graduate program, a student must make formal application to that program and be formally admitted. A representative of the graduate program will be able to discuss whether or not graduate credit earned while in the Combination Senior status is applicable to that program. Degree requirements, for example, may change between the time a course is taken and the time of admission to a graduate program.

Further information about the Combination Senior status, including application procedures, is available in the Center for Academic Progress.