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Academic Policies

Continuation

Any student's continuation in a graduate program of the College of Social Sciences is at the discretion of the college, the major department, and the major advisor. The college requires a cumulative grade point average of 3.00 or better unless conditions for conditional admission status require higher grades. In addition, the college requires adherence to the university's Four-C Rule.

Continuous Enrollment

A graduate student who cannot enroll in a given semester must apply to the College of Social Sciences for a leave of absence in order to remain in good standing.

A student who interrupts enrollment in a graduate program in the College of Social Sciences for more than 13 months and does not have an approved leave of absence petition for that time period must petition to re-enter the program for the appropriate semester. The program of the student who is accepted will be governed by the catalog in effect at the time of the student's reentrance to the graduate program.

Postbaccalaureate Course Work

No more than 12 semester hours taken while students are classified as postbaccalaureate may be credited toward graduate degree requirements. Postbaccalaureate students who register in graduate courses without the consent of both the instructor and the graduate advisor will be dropped from those courses. Fees lost as a result are not refundable.

Application for Candidacy

The College of Social Sciences does not require graduate students to file applications for candidacy before filing applications for graduation.

Incomplete Grades

The grade of I (incomplete) is a conditional and temporary grade given when students are passing a course but, for reasons beyond their control, have not completed a relatively small part of all requirements. Students are responsible for informing the instructor immediately of their reasons for not submitting an assignment on time or for not taking an examination. The grade of I must be changed by fulfilling the course requirements within one year of the date awarded, or, in conformance with university policy, the grade will be changed automatically to F or U (in S-U graded courses). The College of Social Sciences will permit graduate students whose one-year grace periods have expired and whose grades of I have been subsequently changed to F or U grades a maximum of one additional year to complete course requirements. The grade of I may not be changed to a grade of W, but may be changed only to another letter grade.