Nonmatriculated registration is available for those individuals who want to ease into graduate study or for those who seek training in a specific topic. These students need not produce test scores, but the school does require a minimum undergraduate cumulative grade-point average of 3.0. If the student later is admitted to an SMLR program, those credits taken as an nonmatriculated student will be counted toward the degree. A maximum of 12 credits may be taken as a nonmatriculated student in the M.L.E.R. program, and the maximum is 9 credits in the M.H.R.M. program.