Graduate Admissions

Students wishing to transfer to JSU should complete the JSU Graduate Application for Admission and then, if accepted, request transfer credit to JSU.

Steps to Transfer Credit

1. Complete and submit a Transfer Credit Request form, listing the course(s) you wish to transfer.
2. Request an official transcript from the institution where the credit was earned be sent to Graduate Certification (if it has not already been sent with your application for admission):
   Graduate Certification
   Jacksonville State University
   700 Pelham Road North
   Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602
3. Email course descriptions for courses requested on your transfer credit request to your Graduate Program Specialist:
   
   

   College of Education and Professional Studies, Department of Kinesiology, and Department of Music:
   Julie Maddox, Graduate Program Specialist
   Room 322, Angle Hall
   Phone: (256) 782-5327
   Email: jmaddox@jsu.edu
   
   College of Arts and Humanities (minus Department of Music), College of Business and Industry, College of Health Professions and Wellness (minus Department of Kinesiology), College of Social and Behavioral Sciences, and College of Science and Mathematics:
   LaRilda VanSandt, Senior Graduate Program Specialist
   Room 322, Angle Hall
   Phone: (256) 782-5345
   Email: vansandt@jsu.edu

Evaluation of Transfer Credit

• Evaluation of transfer credit is made by the appropriate department of the student’s major and approved by Graduate Studies. A student intending to enroll at another institution and transfer a course(s) to JSU, must receive approval of the course work prior to enrolling in the course to ensure the course will be accepted for inclusion in the student’s program of study.
• Transfer credit cannot be used to raise the GPA of JSU coursework to the required minimum GPA of any major, teacher certification program, or graduate certificate program.
• Only courses NOT previously used as credit toward a previously earned degree may be considered for transfer credit.
• Only graduate courses with grades A, B, P, and S may be transferred to JSU. Grades of C or below will not be eligible for transfer.
• Transfer credit must meet Time Limits as stated in the Graduate Catalog.
• Please see the Graduate Catalog for complete information on transfer credit.

A student who holds a bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution may enroll in graduate courses as a professional development/non-degree seeking student.

Please follow these simple steps to submit your application:

1. Complete the JSU Graduate Application for Admission. 
2. Pay the non-refundable $35 application processing fee. 
3. Send official transcripts from all colleges/universities with degrees posted to Graduate Admissions (students who have previously attended JSU do not need to request a transcript from the university):
   Graduate Admissions
   Jacksonville State University
   700 Pelham Road North
   Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602

Please contact Graduate Admissions with any questions at (256) 782-5348 or graduate@jsu.edu.

If, at a later date, the student decides to pursue a degree at JSU, the student must petition, in writing, to the Dean of Graduate Studies that the course(s) taken as a professional development/non-degree seeking student be counted toward the degree. The student must also meet the admission requirements for the degree program, and all coursework used toward the degree must fall within its given time limit.

A graduate student in good standing at a regionally accredited college or university may be admitted to Jacksonville State University as a transient student. 

Please follow these simple steps to submit your application: 

1. Complete the JSU Graduate Application for Admission. 
2. Pay the non-refundable $35 application processing fee. 
3. Send a letter of good standing from the dean of the graduate school of residence or a current official transcript to Graduate Admissions:
   Graduate Admissions
   Jacksonville State University
   700 Pelham Road North
   Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602

Please contact Graduate Admissions with any questions at (256) 782-5348 or graduate@jsu.edu.

In addition, it is the student’s responsibility to request that a JSU transcript be forwarded to the college of residence upon completion of the course(s).

The Faster Master’s program allows exceptional JSU undergraduate students to take up to 12 hours of graduate coursework during their junior and senior years, which double count towards both the bachelor’s and the master’s degree. To see full details and a list of the degree programs that participate in the Faster Master's, please visit the Faster Master's website. 

Please follow these simple steps to submit your application: 

1. Complete the JSU Graduate Application for Admission. 
2. Submit three Graduate Reference Forms completed by individuals who can provide qualitative assessment of the applicant’s potential for success in graduate coursework. Reference forms will be submitted electronically. Instructions for submission will be sent through email to the applicant upon submission of the online graduate application. 
3. Send any other application items as specified by the degree program. Please see the Faster Master's website for each program's application requirements.

Please contact Graduate Admissions with any questions at (256) 782-5348 or graduate@jsu.edu.

The Accelerated Senior Privilege allows a student who has completed 96 hours toward an undergraduate degree to take up to twelve (12) graduate hours of coursework during his, her, or their final undergraduate year, with a maximum of six (6) graduate credit hours in a semester.  Accelerated Senior Privilege will also be extended to a student within 24 semester hours of completing his, her, or their undergraduate degree at other colleges and universities, provided all conditions specified below are met. The following programs are not eligible for Accelerated Senior Privilege: Master of Social Work, Master of Science in Applied Behavior Analysis, and all graduate programs in the College of Health Professions and Wellness. Students majoring in early childhood, elementary, special, or secondary education must receive approval from their advisor and department head prior to applying for Accelerated Senior Privilege.

A senior may apply to Graduate Studies for accelerated senior privilege by submitting the following items to:

Graduate Admissions
Jacksonville State University
700 Pelham Road North
Jacksonville, Alabama 36265-1602

1.  Completed JSU Graduate Application for Admission (https://gr-recruiter.jsu.edu/Apply/Account/Login/).
2.  Non-refundable $35.00 application processing fee.
3.  A Verification Form completed by the academic advisor or certification officer of the college of the student's undergraduate major and approved by the graduate program advisor of the program in which the course is offered should be submitted to Graduate Studies which verifies the following:
        a.  The student holds an overall GPA of 3.00 and a GPA of 3.00 in the undergraduate
             major;
        b.  The student is within 24 semester hours of successfully completing undergraduate 
             degree requirements.

The Verification Form can be found online on the Graduate Studies Student Resources website, (http://www.jsu.edu/graduate/student-resources/).

In addition, the following restrictions are placed on accelerated senior privilege: 

1.  The student may take no more than twelve (12) semester hours of graduate level courses prior to the completion of all undergraduate degree requirements. The student will not be allowed to register for additional graduate level courses until    all undergraduate degree requirements have been met; 
2.  The student must not exceed a total course load (undergraduate and graduate) of 15 semester hours in the fall and spring and 9 semester hours in each of the summer terms. Any exception to this regulation must be approved by the department head and the Dean of Graduate Studies; 
3.  The student must provide all application materials for the desired graduate program to Graduate Studies, and be accepted, prior to the end of the semester of senior privilege and prior to pre-registering or registering for further coursework; and 
4.  The student must complete all graduate-level courses with a grade of "B" or better to continue utilizing Accelerated Senior Privilege.

If at any time a student wishes to change from one major or concentration to another, the student must request a Change of Major or Concentration through the JSU Graduate Application for Admission. 

The student must meet the admission requirements of the newly selected major or concentration as specified in the catalog current at the time the student is changing. The student must be in good academic standing in his or her current major.

In some instances, rather than processing the change of major request, Graduate Admissions may require an individual to submit a new graduate application for the desired program and pay the non-refundable $35 application processing fee.

Changes of major or concentration that are approved after the start of the semester will not be effective until the next semester.

If students have not taken classes for one calendar year, they become inactive in the JSU system. 

Please use the JSU Graduate Application for Admission to update your status and reactivate your student account.