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If a program does not allow a change in concentration, the student must submit an application
to the program and follow all requirements for admission. If a program does permit a change in
concentration, the student follows the program’s requirements for change in concentration.
V. Admission of ETSU Faculty Members as Degree-Seeking Graduate Students.
Tenure track, clinical faculty, or administrative staff may be admitted to a graduate program at
ETSU as a degree-seeking or non-degree seeking student and may retain graduate faculty status.
Before offering admission into a graduate program as a degree-seeking student, the Dean of the
Graduate School will review any potential conflicts of interest with the dean, department chair
or supervisor of the faculty or staff home unit and as necessary with the dean of the college of
the program in which the student plans to enroll. Faculty may maintain graduate faculty status if
the conflict is deemed insignificant to affect the student and faculty roles. If there is the likelihood
of a conflict of interest, graduate faculty status may be placed on hold while the graduate faculty
member is matriculating in a graduate program. Significant potential for conflicts of interest are
grounds to deny admission.
VI. Readmission for Inactivity.
Any individual who was previously admitted as an ETSU graduate student and who has not
actively taken courses in a graduate program for more than two regular terms, excluding summer
terms, up to the Matriculation Limits, may apply for readmission. The individual will file a
Readmission Form with the Graduate School and if applicable, submit official transcripts for any
courses taken at a higher education institution during their absence from ETSU. The program
coordinator and the Dean of the Graduate School or designee must approve the request.
VII. Application Materials.
All application materials become the property of the university and will not be forwarded or
returned.
VIII. Application Fee.
ETSU does not waive the application fee except in these circumstances:
A. McNair Scholars receive an application fee waiver;
B. A currently enrolled ETSU graduate student seeking admission to an additional graduate
degree or certificate program; and
C. On occasion, the Graduate School may provide a limited fee waiver as part of a special
promotion at the discretion of the Dean of the Graduate School.