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Penn State's Academic Policies
and Procedures for Students
Academic College, Major, and Campus Location
- D Introduction
- D01 Entrance to College and Lower Division Location
- D02 Entrance to Major and Upper Division
- D03 Change of Major
Academic Policies and Procedures
Academic Renewal-Nondegree
Acquisition of Credit
- E01 Proficiency (Placement) Examination
- E02 Credit by Examination
- E03 Continuing and Distance Education
- E04 Independent Learning
- E05 Credit by Transfer from Other Institutions
- E06 Advanced Placement Program of the CEEB
- E07 College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) of the CEEB
- E08 Educational Experiences in the Armed Services
- E09 Educational Credit for Training Programs in Noncollegiate
- Organizations
- E10 Credit by Portfolio Assessment
- E11 Class Attendance
Admissions
- A01 Freshman
- A02 Advanced Standing
- A03 Provisional Student (Degree Seeking)
- A04 Nondegree
- A05 Provisional Student (Degree Seeking) - Nondegree to Degree
- A06 Provisional Student - Nondegree to Degree - Campus/Colleges
- A07 Degree/Provisional Student (Degree Seeking) to Nondegree
- A08 Status of Applicants Who Took Col. Courses Sr. Year H.S.
- A09 Experimental Admissions Programs
- A10 Closing or Controlling Admission to a College
- A11 Articulation Agreements Admissions
Advising
- B01 Structure of the University's Advising Program
- B02 The Nature of the University Advising Program
- B03 Responsibilities of Advisers and Advisees
- B04 Assignment of Advisers
- B05 Academic Information System
- B06 College, Campus, and Administrative Advising Information and Communications
Audit of Unfulfilled Requirements
Baccalaureate Degree Candidate
Basic Academic Admissions Policies
College-Level Examination Program
Course Scheduling
- C01 Developing the Course Offering
- C02 Registration
- C03 Under- Enrolled Sections
- C04 Special Course Registration Control
- C05 Lack of Prerequisites, Concurrent Courses, or Course Duplication
Cumulative Grade-point Average
Degree Programs, Options, Other Programs
- M01 Behrend College Academic Programs
- M02 Penn State Harrisburg Academic Programs
- M03 Simultaneous Degree and Multiple Major Programs
- M04 Administrative Processing for Adult Learner Students
- M05 Intercollege Undergraduate Programs
- M06 Joint Course Programs
- M08 Education Abroad Programs
- M09 Academic Program Certificates
- M10 Basic Skills Programs
- M11 University Scholars Program Degree Requirements
Divison of Undergraduate Studies
Drop Actions, Reinstatement
- I01 Drop Actions
- I02 Reinstatement
- I05 Drops (or Disenrollments) by College Educational Credit
- Entrance to College or Major
- Enrollment
- Enrollment Time Limit
- Evening Examinations
Examinations
- F01 General Examinations
- F02 Final Examinations
- F03 Conflict Final Examinations
- F04 Conflict Non-Final Examinations
- F05 Evening Examinations
Grade Point Average
- H02 Sequential Undergraduate Degree
- H03 Computation of GPA/Deficiency When No Grades (NG) and/or Deferred Grades (DF) Exist
Grades
- G01 Grade Reporting
- G02 No Grade (NG)
- G03 Deferred Grades--Approval
- G04 Deferred Grades--Removal
- G05 Corrected Grades
- G06 Satisfactory-Unsatisfactory
- G07 Mid-Semester Evaluation
- G08 Dean's List
- G09 Academic Integrity
- G10 Grade Mediation and Adjudication
Grade Point Average
- H02 Sequential Undergraduate Degree
- H03 Computation of GPA/Deficiency When No Grades (NG) and/or Deferred Grades (DF) Exist
Graduation Requirements
- L01 Senate Mandated Degree Audit
- L02 Degree Checking
- L03 Baccalaureate Degree Requirements (BDR)
- L04 Completion of Degree Requirements at Other Institutions
- L05 Independent Learning Courses for Graduation
- L06 Minors--Entrance and Certification
- L08 Exceptions to Degree Requirements
Miscellaneous
- R01 Textbook Lists--University Park
- R02 Textbook Lists--Commonwealth
- Campuses-Behrend College
- R04 Religious Holidays
Procedures for Graduation
- O01 Graduation Policies--Baccalaureate
- O02 Graduation Policies--Associate
- O04 Graduation with Distinction
- O05 Posthumous Conferral of Degrees
Records
- N01 Confidentiality of Student Records
- N02 Holds on Student Registration and Records
- N04 Certification of Degree Conferral
Re-Enrollment
- K01 Re-enrollment as a Degree Candidate
- K02 Re-enrollment with Academic Renewal
- Re-enrollment
- Registration
- Reinstatement
- Repeating Courses
- Research Grades
- Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
- Schedule Adjustment
- Scholarships
- Schreyer Honors Colleges
- Sequential Degree Programs
- Simultaneous Degree Programs
Student Aid
- Q01 Academic Scholarships Under University Control
- Q02 Fed. Stud. Assist. Satisfactory Acad. Progress
Undergraduate Curricular Procedures
- P01 New or Changes in Programs/Majors, Options, and Minors
- P02 Five Year Automatic Drop
- P03 Moving/Discontinuing Degree Programs Among Colleges/Locations of the University
- P04 Administrative Enrollment Controls for Undergrad. Majors
- P05 Special Titling of Common Courses
- P06 Academic Program Phase-Out
- P07 Program Descriptions for the Catalog
- P08 Program Descriptions for Other Publications
- P09 Articulation Agreement between the Schreyer Honors College and the Dickinson School of Law
Withdrawal, Leave of Absence