Some students attend our graduate school part time, working towards a degree, and others take classes with us for their own sake, without pursuing a degree. Because most of our classes are in the evening, it is often possible to take a class while working.
If you plan to pursue a degree part time, you should apply to the program just as you would for full-time, but reach out to the graduate coordinator to discuss institutional time-to-degree limitations and other logistical issues. It is fairly straightforward to earn a MA degree part-time, but tricker, given these limitations, to earn a PhD part-time.
If you want to take a graduate class without pursuing a degree, we will still need to evaluate your qualifications to assess whether you are prepared to succeed in the class, but you will apply through a less competitive "Graduate Non-Degree Student" process.
If you are considering pursuing a graduate degree but have been out of school for a while and so are finding it challenging to put together a strong application, for instance, you might consider applying as a non-degree student, taking a class or two to introduce yourself to the program, and then applying to the degree program. Classes taken as a non-degree student will be retroactively applied to a degree, should you later be admitted to the program.
Student taking classes part time or as non-degree students are not eligible for funding.