ACADEMIC RULES AND DEFINITIONS Each student has the responsibility to be fully acquainted with and to comply with the Texas A&M Student Rules, student-rules.tamu.edu/. More specific rules, information and procedures may be found in various publications. In the following section Mays Business School highlights for you several important academic rules and definitions. 1. ADDING/DROPPING COURSE DEADLINES. Add: 5th class day of a fall or spring semester; 4th class day of a summer term. Drop: 5th class day of a fall or spring semester; 4th class day of a summer term.
4. WITHDRAWAL. An official withdrawal from the university will result when a student drops all inprogress courses in a particular term. Meet with an academic advisor about this option and required procedures.
For specific semester or term dates refer to the Academic Calendar, registrar.tamu.edu/.
The deadline to withdraw in a fall or spring semester is the 60th class day; in a summer term it is the 15th class day; in a 10-week summer semester it is the 35th class day.
2. SATISFACTORY/UNSATISFACTORY GRADING. Courses taken to satisfy General Elective requirements may be taken on a satisfactory/ unsatisfactory (S/U) basis. The grading status may be changed via online registration, through the deadline to add/drop classes. Refer to the Adding/Dropping Course deadlines. 3. Q-DROP. The symbol Q is given to indicate a course dropped without academic penalty. Per University Student Rules, student-rules.tamu.edu/, 1.18, undergraduate students are normally permitted four Q-drops during their undergraduate studies at Texas A&M, regardless of transfer status. State law prohibits students from having more than six dropped courses from all state institutions attended during their undergraduate career. Q-drops in one-hour courses will not count in the Texas A&M limit of four but are included in the State-mandated limit of six dropped courses. The Q-drop deadline in a fall or spring semester is the 60th class day; in a summer term it is the 15th class day; in a 10-week summer semester it is the 35th class day. Courses taught on a shortened format or between regularly scheduled terms have proportional deadlines, determined by the registrar’s office. Refer to Academic Calendar and Add/Drop and QDrop Deadlines for dates, registrar.tamu.edu/.
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Refer to Academic Calendar for dates, registrar.tamu.edu/. 5. UPPER LEVEL ENTRY. Lower-level business (BUAD) students submit an application for admission to their desired upper-level (UL) major at the time of preregistration for the planned UL entry semester. Refer to page 11 for UL entry requirements and additional information. 6. TRANSFER CREDIT. Acceptance of transfer credit will generally be limited to those courses taught in the freshman and sophomore years at Texas A&M University. Refer to pages 43-44 for complete details and information. Business students are instructed to have ALL TRANSFER CREDIT posted into official Texas A&M University transcript record BEFORE the first class day of the graduating semester. 7. PUBLIC SPEAKING. Business undergraduate students are advised to take COMM 203 (SPCH 1315) Public Speaking in a classroom setting. Use the Transfer Course Equivalency site when selecting direct equivalents, howdy.tamu.edu/uPortal/p/tceui.ctf1/max/render.uP COMM 101 Introduction to Speech will NOT fulfill the public speaking requirement.
2022 – 2023 Student Handbook
