Lifelong Education Student

Guidelines to Govern Admission and Enrollment

Lifelong Education status is to permit and facilitate access to Michigan State University courses (on-campus, off-campus, or workshops) for persons not wishing to pursue an MSU degree. With the exception of high achieving high school students, this status is limited to persons having attained a high school diploma or its equivalent. Students having attained a baccalaureate degree will be considered Graduate Lifelong Education students. All others will be considered Undergraduate Lifelong Education students.

Lifelong Education students do not have to re-apply each semester. Lifelong students missing any semester other than Summer, must contact Readmissions, 150 Administration Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (517) 355-3300.

Students pursuing MSU degree programs, programs in the Institute of Agricultural Technology or English Language Center, and previously enrolled MSU students who did not leave MSU in good standing are not eligible for enrollment as Lifelong Education students.

The following rules apply to Lifelong Education students:

  1. Grading standards, class assignments, and attendance requirements of the course will apply to all students in that course.
  2. Students must meet the stated prerequisites for the courses in which they enroll, or, receive permission to enroll from the department offering the course.
  3. Lifelong Education students may participate in an unlimited number of courses, with the understanding that their academic performance will be monitored on a semester by semester basis to ensure that once nine or more credits have been attempted, a cumulative GPA of 2.0 for undergraduates, 3.0 for graduates has been achieved.
  4. All Lifelong Education students will be assessed at the Lifelong Education rate. These rates will be set at a per credit amount. There will be no additional fees associated with this status (i.e., no registration, or late fees, etc.).
  5. Because students admitted to the Lifelong Education program are not considered degree candidates (with the exception of students in the Teacher Certification program), they are not eligible for any type of financial aid, including student loans.
Enrollment through Lifelong Education does not assure admission to the University as a degree candidate. If admission to a degree program is granted at a later date, and if the admitting department or school and college approve the credits as appropriate to the degree program, an Undergraduate Lifelong Education student may apply NO MORE THAN 24 quarter credits/16 semester credits earned while under the Lifelong Education status to the degree program. If these conditions are met for a Graduate Lifelong Education student, NO MORE THAN 15 quarter credits/10 semester credits earned while under the Lifelong Education status may apply to the degree program. Courses earned under the Undergraduate Lifelong Education status may not be applied to a graduate degree program.

  Persons who wish to apply for admission to a degree program must contact the Office of Admissions and Scholarships, 250 Administration Building, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, (517) 355-8332.  
Pavel Snopok
Last modified: Tue Feb 9 14:38:27 EST 1999