Courses at Bridgewater State University with 500- and 600-level numbers carry graduate credit and are open only to graduate students.

Undergraduate students may request to enroll in a 500-level course for graduate credit, or they may request that the course be applied to their undergraduate program. Approval is based upon the following criteria:

• Students must be seniors in their last semester of course work.
• Students' GPAs must be a 3.5 or higher.
• Students' written requests must be approved by the chair of the students’ major departments, academic college dean and the dean of the College of Graduate Studies.

Certain designated 400-level courses may be taken for either graduate or undergraduate credit. The College of Graduate Studies guidelines for faculty teaching these courses indicate that advanced work must be required of graduate students taking 400-level courses. The guidelines recommend more rigorous examinations and preparation of longer, more sophisticated research papers, so that graduate students may take into account the different quantitative and qualitative standards associated with graduate study. It is the responsibility of graduate students to register for the graduate-level section of 400-level courses.