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Undergraduate Academic Rules and Regulations Table of Contents
- 1. Credit Hours
- 2. Minimum Graduation Requirements
- 3. Grading System
3.1 Grades Calculated in Grade Point Average
3.2 Additional Posting Symbols for Grades in Courses
3.3 Grades Not Calculated in Grade Point Average
3.4 Pass/Fail Grades
3.5 Incompletes
3.6 In Progress
- 4. Evaluation and Course Policies
4.1 Class Attendance
- 5. Evaluation of Academic Performance
5.1 Cumulative Grade Point Average
5.3 Students’ Academic Grievances
5.4 Dean’s List
5.5 Latin Honors
5.6 Academic Warning
- 6. Student Status
6.1 Designation of Full-time, Half-time, and Less-than-Half-time Students
6.4 Course Levels
- 7. Credit Requirements
- 8. University-Wide Requirements
8.2 American University Experience I
8.3 American University Experience II
8.4 Complex Problems
8.5 Written Communication and Information Literacy I
8.7 Habits of Mind
8.8 Written Communication and Information Literacy II
8.10 Diversity and Equity
8.11 Capstone
8.12 College Writing Requirement
8.13 University Mathematics Requirement
8.14 General Education
- 9.ÌýMajor Requirements, Minor Requirements, and Dual Degrees
9.1 Minimum Requirements for Majors
9.2 Minimum Requirements for Minors
9.3 Declaration of Majors and Minors
9.4 Changes in Major, Academic Unit Affiliation
9.5 Individualized Majors and Minors
9.6 Double Majors
9.7 Dual Degrees
- 10. Special Programs and Degrees
10.1 Honors Programs
10.2 Combined Bachelors and Masters Degrees
10.3 Certificate Programs
- 11. Special Course Types
11.2 Independent Studies
11.3 Community Service-Learning
11.4 Internships
- 12. Registration
12.1 Initial Course Registration
12.2 Add-Drop Period
12.3 Waitlist Rules
12.4 Change in Grade Type
12.5 Drop or Withdraw from a Course or from All Courses
12.6 Withdraw from All Courses Due to Medical or Catastrophic Events
- 13. Interruptions of Studies due to Temporary Leaves
13.1 All Temporary Leaves
13.4 National Service or Military Temporary Leave
13.5 Interruption of Studies Caused by Emergencies, Hostilities, or War
- 14. Suspension or Separation from the University
14.1 Voluntary Separation