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Undergraduate Catalog 2001-2003

Academic Policies 

Section I: General Academic Regulations

  1. Undergraduate Degree Requirements and Residency 
  2. Application of Academic Regulations 
  3. Declaration of Major 
  4. Divisional Distribution Regulations: B.A. Degree 
  5. Miscellaneous Regulations: B.A. Degree 
  6. Bachelor of Science and Bachelor of Science in Nursing Degrees 
  7. Simultaneous Undergraduate Multiple Degrees and Multiple Majors 
  8. Second Baccalaureate Degrees and Majors - Graduates of other Schools and Alumni of Aurora University not Continuously Enrolled 


Section II: Transfer Credit

  1. General Criteria and Process 
  2. Special Programs 


Section III: Nontraditional Sources of Credit

  1. Portfolio Process for Awarding Credit for Life and Vocational Experience
  2. Residency Requirement
  3. Credit by Examination
  4. Waiver by Examination
  5. Credit for Departmental Challenge Examinations


Section IV: Special Educational Experiences and Credit

  1. Independent Study, Honors Reading and Honors Research
  2. Course by Special Arrangement
  3. Directed Study
  4. Participation Credit
  5. Internships, Practica, and Cooperative Education Programs


Section V: Regulations Governing Majors

  1. Established Majors
  2. Student-Initiated Major
  3. Minors


Section VI: Academic Measurement and Evaluation

  1. Grading System
  2. Grade Point Average
  3. Academic Warning and Dismissal
  4. Academic Honors
  5. Procedures for Use in Appealing Allegedly Capricious Term Grades
  6. Rank in Class


Section VII: Admissions Policies and Procedures

  1. Freshmen Applicants
  2. Transfer Applicants
  3. Non-Traditional Age Students
  4. International Students
  5. Students-at-large
  6. Post-Undergraduate Students
  7. Provisional Students
  8. Other Criteria for Admission
  9. Decision Procedures and Relation to University Governance
  10. Term of Entry


Section VIII: Registration/Advisement Regulations and Procedures

  1. Registration Policy
  2. Billing/Registration Policy
  3. Change of Course Petition
  4. Miscellaneous Petitions
  5. Transcripts: Regulations Governing Issuance
  6. Course Code System
  7. Student Classification and Definition
  8. Council of West Suburban Colleges Cross-Registration Program
  9. Academic Advisement and Registration
  10. Accelerated Load (Overload)
  11. Prior Approval of Correspondence and Transfer Courses
  12. Waiting List
  13. Auditor Status
  14. Visitors
  15. Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 As Amended


Section IX: Graduation Policies and Procedures

  1. Application for Graduation Status
  2. Summer Graduates
  3. Fall and Winter Candidates for Graduation
  4. Transcripts, Examination Credit, Life and Vocational Credit, Portfolio Assessment Credit, Incompletes, Deferred Grades
  5. Completion of Degree Requirements
  6. Participation in Commencement Ceremonies
  7. Graduating in Absentia
  8. To Receive Diplomas


SECTION X: Transcript Information

  1. Administrative Notations Used With All Grading Systems
  2. Academic Record on Computer
  3. Course Descriptions
  4. Participation Credit
  5. Graduation Honors
  6. Internships and Field Experiences
  7. Grade Point Average - 4-point system


Financial Aid Policies and Procedures

 


Posted: 11 March 2002