Academic Policies and Procedures

This section includes university-wide academic policies and procedures.  Additional policies related to specific majors and degree programs are available from the offering departments, schools, and colleges.  Graduate students should also consult the Graduate Catalog.

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• Definitions
• Related Topics

• Academic Advisement Reports, Undergraduate Degrees/Majors
• Academic Calendar
• Academic Distinction
• Academic Integrity, Code of
• Academic Honors and Awards
• Academic Progress to Maintain Scholarships and Financial Aid
• Academic Renewal, Graduate
• Academic Renewal, Undergraduate
• Academic Standing, Progress, Probation, and Disqualification, Graduate
• Academic Standing, Progress, Probation, and Disqualification, Undergraduate
• Accelerated Master's Program (AMP)
• Acceptability of Transfer Credit
• Acceptability of Graduate Transfer Credit
• Accreditations
• Administrative Drop and Class Attendance
• Admissions:
  • Application Deadlines for Undergraduates
  • Entrance Requirements for Undergraduates
  • Readmission to the University
• Advanced Placement (AP) Program
• Application Deadlines
• Application for Bachelor's Degree Candidacy and Related Information
• Arizona Community College Transfer Guides
• Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC)
• Attendance and Administrative Drop
• Auditing a Course
• Averaging of Grade for Final Non-University Credit Course

• Calendar, Academic
• California State General Education Pattern (CSUGE)
• Catalog Choice
• Census Date Late Charges
• Certificates, Graduate
• Change of Grade
• Change of Major
• Change of Minor
• Change of Schedule (Drop/Add)
• Choice of Catalog
• Class Attendance and Administrative Drop
• Class Registration
• Class Standing/Classification
• Code of Academic Integrity
• Collection of Fees Policy
• College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
• Complete Withdrawal from the University
• Composition/English Writing Requirements:
  • First-Year English Composition Requirement
  • Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA)
  • Writing Emphasis Course
• Continuous Enrollment:
  • Graduate
  • Undergraduate
• Cooperative Education Program (Co-op)
• Correspondence and Credit by Examination Credit Maximums
• Course Policies:
  • Advanced Standing
  • Auditing a Course
  • Class Attendance and Administrative Drop
  • Class Registration
  • Competency Exams
  • Correspondence and Credit by Examination Credit Maximums
  • Course Descriptions, Key to
  • Course Numbering System
  • Course Syllabus Policy
  • Credit Definitions
  • Dismissal from Courses or the University
  • Double Use of Courses (double dipping)
  • General Education & Foundations
  • Grade Replacement Opportunity (GRO)
  • Graduate or Undergraduate Policies, Guiding Principle on the Application of
  • House Numbered Courses
  • Independent Study Course Credit
  • Individual Studies Courses: Policies and Guidelines
  • Individual Studies Course Types
  • Internship Credit
  • Key to Course Descriptions
  • Limitation of Registration
  • Maximum Number of Units Allowed Per Semester
  • Prerequisites
  • Repeating a Course
  • Reuse of Courses (double dipping)
  • Special Examinations for Credit or Grade
  • Success Courses: Definition, Policies and Guidelines
  • Time Limit for Obsolete Course Work
  • Undergraduate Enrollment in Graduate Courses
  • Writing Emphasis Course
• Course Numbering System
• Course Syllabus Policy
• Credit by Exam, Proficiency and Exemption Examinations
• Credit Definitions
• Credit for Military Service and Training
• Credits from Community Colleges

• Dean's List
• Declare or Change a Major
• Declare or Change a Minor
• Definitions of Key Terms
• Degree Requirements, Undergraduate Academic Advisement Reports
• Disabilities, Resources for Students with
• Dismissal from Courses or the University
• Disqualification
• Distinction, Academic
• Double Major
• Double Use of Courses (double dipping)
• Double Use of General Education Courses
• Drop/Add (Change of Schedule)
• Dual Degrees, Graduate
• Duplicate Credits

• English Composition Requirements
• Enrollment Policies
• Entrance Requirements
• Examination Policies:
  • Advanced Placement (AP) Program
  • College-Level Examination Program (CLEP)
  • Competency Exams
  • Final and Semester Examinations
  • International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
  • Proficiency and Exemption Examinations, Credit by Exam

• Final Examinations
• Full-Time Student Status
• First-Year English Composition Requirement
• Foundations:
  • First-Year English Composition Requirement
  • Mathematics Requirements
  • Second Language Requirements

• General Education:
  • General Education, Curriculum Overview
  • Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC)
  • Application of Arizona Community College Transfer Courses to UA General Education Requirements (for students without a certified AGEC)
  • Application of Four-Year and Out-of-State Two-Year College Transfer Courses to UA General Education Requirements
  • Completion of the UA General Education Requirements with Transfer Courses
  • Double Use of General Education Courses
  • Honors Option for Tier One/Tier Two
  • Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
  • Science Courses that may apply to Tier One and Tier Two Natural Science Requirements
  • Substitutions for Approved General Education Courses
• Good Standing
• Grade Policies:
  • Academic Honors and Awards
  • Change of Grade
  • Grade Appeal
  • Grade-Point-Average (GPA) Calculation
  • Grade-Point-Average (GPA) Required for Continued Enrollment
  • Grade Replacement Opportunity (GRO)
  • Grades and the Grading System
  • Grades Available for House Numbered Courses
  • Incomplete Grade
  • Law Grading System
  • Pass/Fail Grading Option
• Graduate Academic Renewal
• Graduate Academic Standing, Progress and Probation

• Graduate Certificates

• Graduate Credit for Seniors
• Graduate College:
  • Dual Degrees
  • Graduate Admissions Requirements
  • Graduate Expenses, Fees, and Financial Assistance
  • Graduate Registration, Grading, and Academic Policies
  • Joint Degrees
  • Minors
  • Non-Degree Seeking Students
  • Petitions, Graduate
  • Requirements for Master's Degrees
  • Requirements for Specialist Degrees
  • Requirements for Doctoral Degrees
  • Second Language Requirement, Graduate
  • Time Limits on Graduate Course Work
• Graduate Minors
• Graduate or Undergraduate Policies, Guiding Principle on the Application of
• Graduation Policies:
  • Academic Advisement Reports
  • Application for Bachelor's Degree Candidacy and Related Information
  • Averaging of Grade for Final Non-University Credit Course
  • Choice of Catalog
  • Continuous Enrollment
  • Correspondence and Credit by Examination Credit Maximums
  • Graduation Averages and Credit Requirements
  • Graduation with Honors or Academic Distinction
  • Major Average and University Credit Requirement
  • Major Requirements, Undergraduate Academic Advisement Reports
  • Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA)
  • Minor Requirements
  • Second Bachelor's Degree
  • Student Academic Advisement Reports (SAARs)
  • Student Responsibility and Degree Requirements
  • Time Limit for Obsolete Course Work
  • University Credit Requirement
  • Upper-Division Unit Requirement  
• Guiding Principle on the Application of Graduate or Undergraduate Policies

• Honors and Awards
• House Numbered Courses

• Incomplete Grade
• Independent Study Course Credit
• Individual Studies Courses: Policies and Guidelines
• Individual Studies Course Types
• International Baccalaureate (IB) Program
• Internship Credit
• Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)

• Joint Degrees, Graduate

• Key to Course Descriptions

• Late Charges, Census Date
• Late Payment
• Law Grading System
• Leave of Absence, Undergraduate
• Leave of Absence, Military
• Leaving the University
• Limitation of Registration

• Major Average and University Credit Requirement
• Major, Declare or Change
• Major, Double
• Major, Time to Declare
• Major Requirements (Academic Advisement Reports)
• Mathematics Requirements
• Maximum Number of Units Allowed Per Semester
• Medical Withdrawal
• Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA)
• Military Leave of Absence
• Military Service and Training Credit
• Minor, Declare or Change, Undergraduate
• Minors, Graduate
• Minors, Undergraduate
• Multiple Majors

• Non-Degree Seeking Students, Graduate
• Non-Degree Seeking Students, Undergraduate
• Non-Subsidized Registration Charges -- see Census Date Late Charges
• Non-Transferable Courses

• Obsolete Course Work, Graduate
• Obsolete Course Work, Undergraduate

• Pass/Fail Grading Option
• Petitions, Graduate
• Petitions, Underaduate
• Prerequisites
• Proficiency and Exemption Examinations, Credit by Exam
• Probation, Academic

• Readmission to the University
• Registration Policies:
  • Auditing a Course
  • Census Date Late Charges
  • Change of Major or College
  • Change of Schedule (drop/add)
  • Class Registration
  • Grade Replacement Opportunity (GRO)
  • Late Payment
  • Limitation of Registration
  • Registration Deadline
  • Release of Information
  • Retention of Student Records
  • Statement of Financial Ineligibility
  • Transfer to Less Advanced Course
• Release of Information
• Religious Observance and Practice, Accommodation of
• Repeating a Course
• Residence Credit see University Credit Requirement
• Residency Classification
• Resources for Students with Disabilities
• Retention of Student Records
• Retroactive Withdrawal
• Reuse of Courses (double dipping)

• Second Bachelor's Degree
• Second Language Requirements, Graduate Degrees
• Second Language Requirements, Undergraduate Degrees
• Second Major
• Semester and Final Examinations
• Special Examinations for Credit or Grade
• Statement of Financial Ineligibility
• Student Academic Advisement Report (SAAR)
• Student Responsibility and Degree Requirements
• Substitutions for Approved General Education Courses
• Success Courses: Definition, Policies and Guidelines
• Syllabus Policy, Course

• Time Limits on Graduate Course Work
• Time Limits on Undergraduate Course Work
• Transfer Policies:
  • Acceptability of Transfer Credit
  • Applicability of Transfer Credit to General Education
  • Arizona Community College Transfer Guides
  • Arizona General Education Curriculum (AGEC)
  • Choice of Catalog
  • Continuous Enrollment
  • Credits from Community Colleges
  • General Education and Arizona Community College Transfer Students
  • General Education and Out-of-State Transfer Students
  • Intersegmental General Education Transfer Curriculum (IGETC)
  • Non-Transferable Courses
• Transfer to Less Advanced Course
• Traveling Scholars Program
• Triple Major

• Undecided/No Major Declared
• Undergraduate Academic Renewal
• Undergraduate Enrollment in Graduate Courses
• Undergraduate Leave of Absence
• Undergraduate Minors
• Unit of Credit
• Units in Residence
• University Composition:
  • First-Year English Composition Requirement
  • Mid-Career Writing Assessment (MCWA)
  • Writing Emphasis Course
• University Credit Requirement
• University Disqualification
• Upper-Division Unit Requirement
• Upper-Division Writing Proficiency Examination (UDWPE)

• Withdrawal from the University
• Writing Emphasis Course

• Academic Advising Contacts
• Academic-Related Policies for Faculty and Staff (UHAP Site)
• Admissions/Applying to the UA
• Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Office:
  • Discrimination, Nondiscrimination, and Title IX
  • Disability and ADA/504
  • Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Statement
  • Sexual Harassment Policy
• Bursar's Office
• Code of Academic Integrity
• Course Approval and Room & Course Scheduling
• Dean of Students Office
• Estimated Cost of Attending the UA
• Family Educational Rights & Privacy Act (FERPA)
• Financial Aid Office
• Graduation Services
• National Student Exchange Program
• Office of the Registrar
• Other UA Policies and Procedures
• Registration Information
• Special Course Fees
• Student Anti-Retaliation Statement
• Study Abroad Programs
• Transcripts
• Tuition and Fees
• Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education (WICHE)
• Western Undergraduate Exchange (WUE)