10.1 Regular Admissions
All undergraduate students and candidates for a second degree must apply for admission through the Office of Admissions. Freshmen are admitted on the basis of high school records, recommendations, and SAT or ACT examinations. Transfer students are accepted on the basis of their high school and college records. Students considering applying for admission to the College are invited to speak not only with the counselors in the Office of Admissions but also with individuals in the different College departments.

10.2 Intra-School Transfers
Students already enrolled in other schools in the University may apply for admission to the College. The application must be made through their current academic advisor, but they should also discuss their plans either with the department chair in whose discipline they plan to major, or with one of the advisors in the College of Liberal Arts.
A minimum 2.0 GPA is expected. However, a student with less than a 2.0 GPA may be admitted upon recommendation of the Student Standing Committee; a letter requesting such an exception should accompany the application for transfer.

10.3 Readmission
Students who have not been registered for one full semester (fall or spring), must apply for readmission. Students must complete an Application for Readmission and submit it with the fee to the Office of Admissions.
A student who is seeking readmission after earning 15 or more credits at another institution will be processed as a transfer student by the Office of Admissions.

10.4 Three-Year Special Readmission Program
After a period of three years, a student who has been academically dismissed can be automatically readmitted to the College.

After the student has successfully completed 15 credits (C average with no F grades), they may drop one full semester from their GPA. The student may choose to drop the complete semester or any part of it. However, the credits dropped must be from one semester. The student proposes to the Student Standing Committee which semester and the number of credits they choose to have dropped. The Committee must approve the choice.

After the student has successfully completed 30 credits (C average with no F grades), they may drop two additional courses from their GPA. These courses are in addition to the above semester and may be chosen from any semester's work. Again, this request must be approved by the Student Standing Committee.

Grades of W will be assigned for the courses the student wishes to drop from the GPA.

10.5 Transfer Credits from Other Institutions
The official evaluation of transfer credits is done by the academic advisor upon receipt of a student's official transcript from another institution. Some general guidelines for transferring credits include:

* Up to 60 credits may be accepted from a junior or community college.
* Up to 90 credits may be accepted from another four-year institution.
* Grades must be a C or better.
* A maximum of 4 credits of physical education credits are transferrable as non-arts electives.
* Remedial or developmental courses are not transferrable.
* Credits received under a quarter-hour or unit grading system will be converted to a semester-hour scale by the evaluator as follows: 1 quarter hour = 2/3 semester credit. Unit equivalencies vary depending on institution.
* Four-credit courses are to be equated to three-credit courses where the equivalent College course carries only three credits. The remaining credit may be transferred as an arts elective credit. In cases where there are fractions of credits, the total number accepted will be rounded off to the next lower whole number.
* Transfer students may challenge by examination courses in which they have received D grades at the previous school or schools. They may not challenge courses in which an F grade has been received.
* Credit by examination at another school will not be accepted as credit at Duquesne. Students who have tested out of a subject at another school may attempt to challenge by examination (with departmental approval) courses in which they have received credit by examination at another school.
* Credit for CLEP examinations will be given on the basis of documentation of the score from Princeton and on the basis of the table of scores accepted by Duquesne University.
* Credit will not be awarded for correspondence courses.
* Associate of Arts (A.A.) degrees will be accepted as 60 credits only, regardless of subjects completed or grades received.
* Associate degrees not in arts are evaluated on a course by course basis.
* The total number of pass/fail courses completed with an A.A. degree will be accepted, but pass/fail courses cannot be used to meet specific curricular requirements at Duquesne.

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