TABLE OF CONTENTS
STUDENT DISCIPLINARY STATUS .......................................................................................... 46 ACADEMIC REQUIREMENTS AND POLICIES ................................................................ 48 REQUIREMENTS FOR GRADUATION ...................................................................................... 48 Second Baccalaureate Degree ................................................................................ 48 Re-‐enrolled Students ............................................................................................... 49 GENERAL EDUCATION MISSION STATEMENT .......................................................................... 49 GENERAL EDUCATION GOALS .............................................................................................. 49 THE GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM .............................................................................. 49 Academic Skills ........................................................................................................ 50 Ways of Knowing .................................................................................................... 50 Knowledge Integration ........................................................................................... 50 Global Awareness ................................................................................................... 51 Writing Across the Curriculum ................................................................................ 51 GRADING SYSTEM ............................................................................................................ 53 Academic Honors .................................................................................................... 54 Pass-‐Fail Option ...................................................................................................... 54 Auditing Courses ..................................................................................................... 55 Repeating Courses .................................................................................................. 55 Grade Appeals ........................................................................................................ 55 ACADEMIC ADVISING ........................................................................................................ 55 Responsibility of Students ....................................................................................... 56 REGISTRATION ................................................................................................................. 56 Adding, Dropping, and Withdrawing from Courses ................................................ 56 Prior Approval for Academic Overloads .................................................................. 57 Attendance ............................................................................................................. 57 Administrative Withdrawal .................................................................................... 57 Exit Procedures ....................................................................................................... 58 TRANSFER CREDIT ............................................................................................................. 58 Limits on Transfer Credit ......................................................................................... 58 CREDIT BY EXAMINATION ................................................................................................... 59 PLACEMENT TESTING ........................................................................................................ 59 ACADEMIC STATUS POLICIES ............................................................................................... 61 Satisfactory Academic Progress .............................................................................. 61 Academic Probation and Academic Dismissal ........................................................ 62 Academic Suspension .............................................................................................. 62 Financial Aid Probation and Financial Aid Suspension ............................................ 62 Withdrawals, Incompletes, Repetitions, and Remedial Courses ............................. 63 Appeals ................................................................................................................... 63 Academic Status Definitions ................................................................................... 64 RECORDS AND TRANSCRIPTS ............................................................................................... 65 iii