{"id":648,"date":"2016-08-01T18:48:56","date_gmt":"2016-08-01T18:48:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/?page_id=648"},"modified":"2026-06-22T08:43:54","modified_gmt":"2026-06-22T12:43:54","slug":"non-degree-applicants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/apply-and-check-status\/how-to-apply\/non-degree-applicants\/","title":{"rendered":"Non-Degree Applicants"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Who is a Non-Degree Applicant?<\/h2>\n<p>You are a non-degree applicant if you are not interested in pursuing an undergraduate degree but are interested in taking one or two credit-bearing courses.<\/p>\n<p>To qualify for non-degree admission, you must have received a high school diploma or its equivalency prior to you submitting your application. If you wish to take an undergraduate course, follow the instructions below. If you wish to take a graduate level course, please apply through Graduate Admissions.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Please note: Students previously denied admission to the University are ineligible to apply as non-degree applicants.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2>Non-Degree Application Requirements<\/h2>\n<p>In order to be considered for admission to ÌÇÐÄvlog as a non-degree applicant you must:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Complete and submit the Montclair State Non-Degree Application\n<ul>\n<li>If you are interested in taking an undergraduate course, please apply through the <a href=\"https:\/\/apply.montclair.edu\/portal\/admissions\">Undergraduate Admissions application<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>If you are seeking to take <a href=\"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/graduate\/how-to-apply\/non-degree-and-visiting-students\/\">graduate-level coursework<\/a>, please apply through <a href=\"https:\/\/graduate.montclair.edu\/apply\/\">The Graduate School application<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Submit documentation showing proof of successful completion of your secondary education (a copy of your high school or equivalency diploma).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Submit all materials to:<\/h3>\n<p><em>Office of Undergraduate Admissions<\/em><br \/>\n<em>ÌÇÐÄvlog<\/em><br \/>\n<em>1 Normal Avenue, Cole Hall<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Montclair, NJ 07043<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>Important Information for Non-Degree Applicants<\/h2>\n<p>Admission to the non-degree classification does not guarantee acceptance into a ÌÇÐÄvlog undergraduate degree program. A maximum of 12 credits may be applied toward the degree if you should choose to matriculate and is the overall maximum number of credits non-degree students may earn. As a non-degree student, you are not eligible for credit evaluations or academic advising. A non-degree application is valid for one semester of classes only. If you wish to retain non-degree status for more than one semester, you must resubmit the Non-Degree Application.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Who is a Non-Degree Applicant? You are a non-degree applicant if you are not interested in pursuing an undergraduate degree but are interested in taking one or two credit-bearing courses. To qualify for non-degree admission, you must have received a high school diploma or its equivalency prior to you submitting your application. If you wish [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":692,"parent":153,"menu_order":11,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-648","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=648"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10216,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/648\/revisions\/10216"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/153"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.montclair.edu\/admissions\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=648"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}