Provisional students may apply for regular status after successfully completing a 3.25 GPA in their first 12 hours of course work and/or completing developmental course work.
Students who are missing more than 3-4 hours of required course work for admission and want to take developmental courses to prepare for application should contact the .
Examples of some of the courses in mathematics, science, engineering, and technology, including applied science and applied science specialties that have been accepted recently:
| Eligible hours of mathematics, science, applied science and applied science specialties may include, but are not limited to: | Eligible hours of social science, humanities and communications may include, but are not limited to: |
| Accounting or finance | Arts - including theater and music |
| Biological sciences plus labs | Business or other management |
| Chemistry plus labs | Communications |
| Computer Science | Composition and rhetoric |
| Economics (above WVU ECON 201 and 202) | Ethics |
| Engineering sciences plus labs | Foreign cultures |
| Environmental sciences plus labs | Foreign languages |
| Geography plus labs | History |
| Geology and Earth Sciences plus labs | Literature |
| Mathematics - college algebra of above | Philosophy or religion |
| Physics plus labs | Psychology |
| Physiological psychology | Political sciences |
| Safety and industrial hygiene | Social sciences |
| Statistics - 3 hrs minimum required | Sociology |