Undergraduate Degree Program
Dominican University of California welcomes applications from all students without regard to race, age, religion, color, gender, ethnicity, national origin, disability, or sexual orientation. Each candidate for admission is given individual consideration and is evaluated on the basis of a variety of factors, including but not limited to, past scholastic performance, present motivation, and intellectual potential as indicated by all application materials submitted. The University seeks to enroll students who will take full advantage of the academic and extracurricular opportunities available.
The Undergraduate Day Degree Program offers Bachelors Degrees in a variety of programs. All programs are able to be completed within 4 years if starting at Dominican as a First Year student. Time to degree will vary for Transfer students and for students who change their program(s) of study or add additional majors, minors, or concentrations to their original degree plan.
Conditions of Admission Decision
Dominican reserves the right to rescind an offer of admission if documents (such as final official transcript(s)) submitted after a decision is made changes admissions eligibility or if any application materials are found to be false, misrepresented, forged, plagiarized, or the like or if Dominican learns that key information (such as attendance at another Institution) was not included in the academic record considered for admissions.
Students are admitted to Dominican based upon a set of admission and graduation requirements determined by Admissions policies and University Catalog policies in effect at the time the student matriculates (initial enrollment) at Dominican. Admitted students who do not matriculate for the semester indicated in their admission acceptance letter may defer their matriculation for up to one year, with certain conditions in place.
Admission Deferral Policies for Undergraduate Day Students
Offers of admission to the Undergraduate Day Program are valid for one year. Should a student choose not to enroll in the original term of acceptance, they may defer their admission for up to one academic year at the same status (First Year or Transfer) without having to submit a new application. Updated transcripts are strongly recommended, though not required. If a student was admitted as a First Year student and now meets the Transfer qualifications, a new application and review of application may be required. Merit scholarships are not deferrable; scholarship eligibility will be re-determined based on the criteria and scholarships available for the new term of application.
Continued Enrollment Conditions upon Matriculation
Continued enrollment at Dominican University following matriculation is contingent upon sustained academic performance and receipt of final official transcript(s). Dominican reserves the right to deny registration for future terms if the final transcript(s) change(s) admission eligibility.
Students must be enrolled continuously every Fall and Spring until graduation to retain the admission, merit scholarship, and graduation requirements in effect at the time of their initial matriculation to Dominican. If continuous enrollment is not maintained, the students may be required to apply for re-enrollment to the University. For more information, please see the Leave of Absence and Re-Enrollment sections of the catalog.
Students admitted to the Nursing and Pre-Occupational Therapy majors must meet progression requirements overseen by the Department of Nursing or Occupational Therapy. For information on Nursing or Occupational Therapy progression requirements, please refer to the respective sections of this catalog.
Credit for Advanced Placement, International Baccalaureate, and Advanced Level Examinations
Dominican grants transfer credit and/or completion of certain CORE (General Education) requirements for certain exams and scores received on certain Advanced Placement (AP) subject examinations and International Baccalaureate (IB) Higher Level subject examinations. No more than 30 semester units of combined AP and/or IB credit may apply towards a Bachelors degree. Dominican also awards advanced standing credit for Advanced (A) Level subject examinations passed with a grade of ‘A’, ‘B’, ‘C’, ‘D’, or ‘E’. For more information, please see the Transfer Credit Policies section of this catalog.