Students of the Ecclesiastical Faculties

50.       Students may be regular students, who are candidates for academic degrees; special students, who are not candidates for academic degrees; or auditors, who receive no academic credit.

51.       Ministerial candidates follow programs of spiritual formation in their houses of residence, either Theological College, the University seminary, or their respective religious houses. These institutions and programs are separately governed, but the Faculties collaborate with the responsible authorities.

52.       Admission to study is open to properly qualified men and women. Students are admitted to graduate programs upon the fulfillment of the minimum requirements of the bachelor's degree, other indications of preparation to pursue advanced study and research, official transcripts of undergraduate record and any other appropriate postsecondary studies, and two or more letters of recommendation from officials or faculty members of institutions previously attended. Students are admitted to undergraduate programs upon satisfying the requirements common to the other academic units of the University.

53.       Additional requirements for admission may be prescribed by the individual Faculties.

54.       The formal admission of students is made by the Dean.

55.       Admission to study does not imply admission to candidacy for a degree nor does the successful completion of a degree program imply admission to study or to candidacy for the next higher degree. In all cases this is to be determined by the respective Faculty.

56.       In the admission of students, the programs of studies, courses, and degrees of other ecclesiastical faculties are recognized and accepted, provided they are in conformity with the general regulations and standards established by the Academic Senate of the University.

57. In addition to the presence of students at meetings of the Board of Trustees and representation of students in the Academic Senate, the participation of students in the meetings of the Faculties and in committees of the Faculties is determined by the members of the Faculty who have a deliberative vote, in accord with Section IV, 3, of these Statutes.