ACADEMIC INTEGRITY CODE

• Provides documentation of personal illness or injury; or illness or death in her or his immediate family.

All reasons must be submitted in writing using the Request for Incomplete form, be reviewed and approved by the instructor, the academic advisor, and the vice president for academic affairs and dean before the Incomplete can be recorded.

R: “Repeated”; indicates that the course was later repeated. The original grade is replaced with an R and is removed from the GPA calculation; the grade awarded for the re- taken course is used in the GPA calculation. This holds even if the original grade is higher than the grade awarded when the course is retaken.

W: “Withdrawal”; withdrawal from a course by the student before the last day to withdraw from courses, as noted on the Academic Calendar.

Course credit will not be granted unless a student completes and passes the course.

In order to satisfy program requirements, students must retake all required professional studio courses in which the grade received is lower than a C-, since a lower grade does not satisfy the prerequisites of ensuing classes. Students must retake any required professional/ lecture course or liberal arts course in which the grade received is lower than a D-, since a lower grade does not satisfy the prerequisites of ensuing classes. A repeated course must be the same course as the one for which an unsatisfactory grade was awarded. A student may only repeat a course two times.

If a student fails a prerequisite course because of any reason, including insufficient progress, excessive absences, poor work, or grades of INC that are not resolved in the required timely manner, the next level course can only be taken after the prerequisite is satisfied. Any student without a passing grade or with an outstanding INC is ineligible for graduation from any program in which the course is required. Changes of grade must be made within the first four weeks of the semester following the one in which the contested grade was issued.

Academic Warning Notice

Students whose academic performance in a class is considered unsatisfactory may receive an Academic Warning notice from their instructor at any time during the semester. Students who receive an Academic Warning notice should take this communication very seriously, and contact the instructor and academic advisor at once. The reason(s) for the unsatisfactory performance is noted on the form, and may include insufficient progress, excessive absences, missed presentations or deadlines, poor performance on exams, or poor work. A copy of the form is forwarded to the student’s academic advisor. Please refer to the section on Grade Appeals.

Grade Appeals

If a student feels that a final course grade received for a course is an error, or wishes to contest a final course grade, then the student must follow the procedures below. Only final course grades may be appealed.

Note: Grades for individual projects may not be appealed to the Office of Academic Affairs, but must be handled directly by student and instructor.