Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 610 - State Regents for Higher Education
Chapter 25 - Student Financial Aid and Scholarships
Subchapter 1 - Academic Scholars Program
Section 610:25-1-8 - Requirements for graduate and professional study

(1) Eligible participants moving from undergraduate to graduate or professional schools shall have achieved a cumulative grade-point average of 3.25 and earned at least 24 credit hours, unless provided for in paragraph five of this section, during the preceding year of undergraduate school enrollment.

(2) Post-baccalaureate students must be enrolled in a degree program at graduate/professional schools and are required to meet the academic standards in effect at the graduate or professional school.

(3) The dean of the graduate college/professional school or his/her designee will certify to the State Regents' office that the student is enrolled full time and making satisfactory progress at the outset of each academic year as defined in 610:25-1-6(a).

(4) The number of awards a graduate/professional student may receive while doing graduate/professional study shall be determined by the unused portion of theaward entitlement. A student may take no more than a one-year leave of absence between completion of undergraduate work and enrollment in a graduate or professional program.

(5) Students who require less than 12 credit hours for graduation purposes during the last semester of undergraduate enrollment may request payment of their scholarship in the amount of 1/2 semester award for at least six hours of enrollment. The term will count as 1/2 semester used in the program.