Class Attendance

Grades from the transfer institution do not become a part of the Culver-Stockton academic record, only the transfer credit.

Credits may be transferred if the grade is a C or higher. Credit will be accepted in transfer for grades of a D or higher if an associate of arts or associate of science degree has been completed. Students with a completed Associates of Arts (AA), Associates of Sciences (AS), or Associates of Arts for Transfer (AAT) will satisfy the General Education course requirements with the exception of a required religion course and the Academic and Cultural Events requirement.

Transfer students may petition for a maximum of seven credit hours of 100-200-level courses in which a grade of D was earned to be accepted provided the courses are not in the student’s major at the time of the petition. Approval by a Sub-Committee of the Academic Standards Committee is required.

All candidates for a degree from Culver-Stockton must earn at least 60 hours from a four-year college or institution. All candidates for a degree must earn at least 40 semester hours in upper-division courses (300- or 400-level courses) and at least 12 hours of upper-division courses in their major field. Thirty of the last 45 semester hours must be earned in residence at Culver-Stockton (with the possible exception of students transferring in the last year from an accredited professional school [for example, clinical laboratory science, occupational therapy, etc).

Students considering enrolling during the summer at other institutions should receive approval for course transferability by presenting course descriptions to the Culver-Stockton College Registrar prior to taking the course. Advanced approval is strongly recommended. Any matriculated Culver-Stockton College student that takes a summer course at another institution will have the grade from that work recorded and figured as a part of the Culver-Stockton College GPA.

.Culver-Stockton is a member of the Online Consortium of Independent Colleges and Universities (OCICU), which provides Culver-Stockton students access to hundreds of online courses. Courses taken through a consortium provider school is considered a Culver-Stockton College course and is not a transfer course. Registration is through the online program advisor. Additional fees will apply to traditional undergraduate students taking an OCICU course.

Students are expected to attend classes regularly. Classroom attendance is often one of the most necessary and important means of learning and, in many classes, is essential to the educational objectives of the course.

Due to federal financial aid policies, faculty are required to record attendance in all college courses in CANVAS, the College’s e-learning system.

At the end of the drop/add period (five days after classes begin in the 12-week session and two days after classes begin in the 3-week session), faculty will report to the Registrar any student who has not attended class sessions. If a student has not attended any class sessions by that date, the student will be administratively dropped from said class(es) unless he/she has approval from the VPAA/Provost.

If the student is delinquent in attending ALL classes during the drop/add period, the administrative drop will be considered a complete unofficial drop/withdrawal. Tuition charges, course fees, and room and board charges will be removed from the student’s account, and financial aid will also be removed.

If the student is delinquent in attending only selected classes during the drop/add period, those classes will be administratively dropped. Applicable adjustments will be made to tuition charges, financial aid, and course fees if warranted.

When final grades are submitted, students that failed all classes will be reviewed. Federal financial aid may be returned for students who have not attended past 60% of the semester based on attendance records.