hardware and software appropriate to the degree program.
Basic competency in using a computer is required
for graduation; class assignments may require using a
computer, academic advising and registration can be done
by computer, and University correspondence is often sent
by e-mail.
 The University offers limited access to computers
through its computer labs, but most students are expected
to purchase or lease a computer that is capable of dial-up
or network connection to the Internet, graphic access to
the World Wide Web, and productivity functions such as
word processing and spreadsheet calculations. For details:
http://www.circa.ufl.edu/computers. Most colleges have
additional software requirements or recommendations. See
their web pages for that information.


Conditional Admission
 Students admitted as exceptions under the 10% waiver
rule must present both an upper-division grade point
average and Graduate Record Examination General Test
score with their applications and meet all other criteria
including excellent letters of recommendation from
colleagues, satisfactory performance in a specified number
of graduate courses taken as postbaccalaureate students,
and/or practical experience in the discipline for a specified
period of time.
 For students granted conditional admission to the
Graduate School, final admission decisions are deferred for
1 term until requisite examination scores or final records
are available.
 Students granted conditional admission need to have
these conditions communicated to them by the academic
unit admitting them. When these conditions are met, the
academic unit must notify the student in writing, sending
a copy to Graduate Student Records (106 Grinter,
392-4643). Eligible course work taken while a student is in
conditional status may apply toward the graduate degree.
 Students failing to meet any condition of admission are
barred from further registration.


Residency


Florida Administrative code

 Classification of Students: Florida or Non-Florida
(6A-10.044, Florida Administrative Code) Residency for
Tuition Purposes.
 The State Board of Community Colleges and the
Board of Education shall maintain consistent policies
and practices for classifying students as residents for
tuition purposes to facilitate the transfer of students
among institutions. Policies and practices may vary
to accommodate differences in governance, but
determinations of classification shall be consistent to assure
students of being classified the same regardless of the
institution determining the classification.


 ADMISSION TO THE GRADUATE SCHOOL


(1) Classification of a student as a Florida resident for
 tuition purposes by a public Florida community
 college or university shall be recognized by other public
 postsecondary institutions the student later seeks
 admission to, unless the classification was erroneous
 or the student did not then qualify as a resident for
 tuition purposes.
(2) Once a student is classified by a public institution,
 institutions the student may transfer to are not
 required to reevaluate the classification unless
 inconsistent information suggests that an erroneous
 classification was made or the student's situation has
 changed.
(3) Changes the State Board of Community Colleges and
 the Board of Education intend to make in the policies
 and practices for classifying students as residents for
 tuition purposes shall be filed with the Articulation
 Coordinating Committee.
(4) Non-U.S. citizens such as permanent residents,
 parolees, asylees, refugees, or other permanent
 status persons (e.g., conditional permanent residents
 and temporary residents), who have applied to
 and have been approved by the U.S. Citizenship
 and Immigration Service with no date certain for
 departure shall be considered eligible to establish
 Florida residency for tuition purposes. In addition,
 nonimmigrants holding one of the following visas shall
 be considered eligible to establish Florida residency for
 tuition purposes. Persons in visa categories not listed
 herein shall be considered ineligible to establish Florida
 residency for tuition purposes.
 (a) Visa category A: Government official.
 (b) Visa category E: Treaty trader or investor.
 (c) Visa category G: Representative of international
 organization.
 (d) Visa category H-1: Temporary worker performing
 nursing services or a specialty occupation.
 (e) Visa category H-4: Only if spouse or child of alien
 classified H-1.
 (f) Visa category I: Foreign information media
 representative.
 (g) Visa category K: Fianc6, fiance, or a child of
 United States citizenss.
 (h) Visa category L: Intracompany transferee
 (including spouse or child).
 (i) Visa category N: Parent or child of alien accorded
 special immigrant status.
 (j) Visa category 0-1: Workers of "extraordinary"
 ability in the sciences, arts, education, business, or
 athletics.
 (k) Visa category 0-3: Only if spouse or child of alien
 classified 0-1.
 (1) Visa category R: Religious workers.
 (m)Visa category NATO-1-7: Representatives and
 employees of NATO and their families.