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IMPORTANT POLICIES - Advisor’s Quick Reference Guide
to University Policies Full-Time
Load
Full-time students are to carry a minimum of 12 credits. A dean’s
permission is required for a load greater than 18. Students registering
for more than 18 hours will be charged an Excess Credit Fee.
Students may withdraw to below 12 credits after the third week of class
but before the midpoint of the semester. Doing so may result in dire
consequences to financial aid awards, athletic eligibility and insurance
coverage. Students planning a withdrawals below 12 credit should
seek appropriate advice.
Registration
Students register for fall courses in April and for spring courses in
November. Students need an ALTERNATE PIN in order to register for courses
The advisor gives the student the alternate PIN after a course-selection
advising conference. The university uses the alternate PIN to ensure that
students meet with their advisors. The advisor may find a student’s
alternate PIN on Form SPAAPIN of Banner Production.
English 099. Mathematics 099
If required, 099 courses are to be taken ASAP and MUST be completed by the
time the 24th CCSU credit is taken.
Mathematics
Math 101 (or an adequate placement test score) is a prerequisite for all
mathematics courses in Skill Area 2. SAT Scores for Math (and English)
placement may be found on the SOATEST
form of Banner Production.
Note: Although many students must take Math 101, the course
does NOT fall into Skill Area 2. Thus while two courses are required for
the completion of Skill Area 2, some students may—depending on the
placement—take as many as four courses to complete the
requirement: Math 099 and Math 101 as prerequisites, and then two courses
from the Skill Area 2 list. Math 099 credit counts for full time
status and GPA calculation, but is not counted as part of the 122 or 130
credits required for graduation.
Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP) Requirement (for financial aid
purposes)
Full-time students must earn 24 credits per year (Sept. to Aug.) to be eligible for
continued financial aid. A student who is not going to meet the
requirement needs to meet with an administrator in the Financial Aid
Office to discuss a remedy, which in most cases is attendance at summer
school. Repeated
courses do not count toward Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP).
Pass/Fail
This option is for courses not required for a student’s major, minor, or
General Education. The student must have completed 34 hours and be in good
academic standing. Four courses may be taken as pass/fail.
The request form must be filed in the Registrar’s office( Davidson Hall.
Room 115) during the first three weeks of the semester.
Minor
Most majors in the School of Arts and Sciences require a minor.
Waiver of Minor Requirement
Students who complete a Connecticut community college’s associate’s degree
program in a field NOT offered at CCSU (in para-legal studies, for
example) may apply to the dean of the School of Arts and Sciences for a
waiver of the minor requirement.
Residency Requirement
Students must complete 45 credits in residence at CCSU in order to be
awarded a degree. Fifteen (15) of the 45 must be competed in the major,
and 9 must be completed in the minor. Exceptions to the requirement for
the major: School of Business: 50% of the business courses must be taken
at CCSU; Technology: 24 credits must be taken in the major.
Repeating Courses
Students may repeat a maximum of 17 credits. Courses repeated before the
fall of 2003 do not go into the tally. As of fall 2003 every student is
authorized a maximum of 17 repeated credits, regardless of the number
repeated before that point. The deans have some discretion in making
exceptions to the maximum number of credits a student may repeat.
Only the most recent grade of repeated courses is
calculated into the GPA.
Graduation Audit
At the 90-credit mark students should request a Graduation Audit of the
registrar. As the 90-credit mark is quite late in a student’s career, it
is very important that along the way advisors and students be meticulous
in checking their (curriculum sheet) record of courses taken and
requirements met. Students may use
the CAP program to produce unofficial degree audits at any time from their
pipeline menu. Advisers can produce unofficial transcripts and
degree audits from the student menu on the faculty tab of their pipeline
accounts, but only for advsees assigned to them.
Adding Courses to One’s Schedule. Resigning From Courses
Using the Web, students may add courses to their schedules up to the 8th
day of classes each semester (the registrar makes an announcement about
the cut-off day).
Students may DROP courses up to the end of the third week of the semester.
The DROP must be performed in writing at the Willard Hall Enrollment
Center (Room 100 Willard Hall). Courses dropped by the end of the third
week do not appear on the transcript.
Students may WITHDRAW from courses between the start of week four and the
end of week eight. A withdrawal performed in this period must also be done
in writing. The course will appear on the transcript and will be noted
with a grade of W. Withdrawals may be done in this period (weeks four to
eight) without a dean’s signature. It should also be noted that the
withdrawal is allowed even if it results in a full-time student’s carrying
a load of less than the normally required 12 credits. (Students need to be
aware of the consequences of carrying such a light load, however.)
After MID-SEMESTER a WITHDRAWAL is permitted only under extraordinary
circumstances; the instructor and the instructor’s chairperson must sign
the withdrawal form, as must the dean of the school offering the course.
The dean has the final say.
Re-entry Students
Students who return to CCSU after 2 or more years of absence should
consult with their dean to determine which General Education Program
requirements they will be following to earn the degree. They have their
choice of following their original General Education program with
permission from their dean. The program change forms are in the dean’s
offices.
Skill Area 4 Requirement (General Education Program)
PE 244 is required of all students entering CCSU with less than 15
credits. Transfer students with more than 15 credits earned have other
choices (see Skill Area 4 in the catalogue).
Note: Students with military service may consult with the Physical
Education Department about waiving the activity component of the PE 144
course.
Course Substitutions
A student who has taken a course similar to one needed in a CCSU degree
program should obtain a course substitution approval from the chair of the
department offering the required course, and additional required
signatures.
Careful reading of course descriptions in the catalogue can be very
important in this respect. For example, a student who has received credit
for STATISTICS 104 and whose program lists STATISTICS 215 as a requirement
should note that no credit would be given if the STATISTICS 215 course
were to be taken. A course substitution by the Mathematics Department
would be in order in such a case.
Total Number Of Credits Required For The Degree
Students need to be reminded of the number of credits required for the
degree. Most programs require 122, but others require more. The BSED
degree, for example, requires 130. It is wise to remind students that
every program has room for electives, and that the total of credits earned
in general education, the major and a minor do not total the number
required for graduation.
Particular attention needs to be paid to courses, which are “double
counted.” While one may list a three-credit course, for example, on the
General Education side of a curriculum sheet as well as on the major/minor
side, the course does NOT bear six credits; thus “double counting” does
not reduce the total number of credits that a student needs to earn to
obtain the degree.
Foreign Language Requirement
Students who have passed the THIRD LEVEL of one foreign language at the
high school level have no foreign language requirement at CCSU. If
foreign language study was begun in middle school, the high school
transcript must reflect level 3.
Students who are literate in a language other than English
may be excused from the foreign language requirement by petitioning the
chair of the modern language department.
Students with a documented language disability need to consult with
Natalie Stimpson-Byers in Students Disability Services (Copernicus Hall, Room
241) to arrange for any accommodation.
International Requirement
Make sure
that students understand this requirement. 100 and 110 foreign language
courses do not satisfy the International Requirement.
Non-Traditional Credit (CLEP, AP Courses, etc.)
If a student has non-traditional credit it should appear on the transcript
and be applied to the academic program as appropriate.
Changing Status (FT-PT, PT-FT)
The Registrar’s Office handles changes of status. Many full-time students have health coverage through a parent’s
insurance policy and must be full-time students to remain covered.
Students contemplating a switch should consult with their parents about
the family consequences of such a move.
Note: All students may purchase their own health insurance through CCSU. |
