Academic Policies and Procedures

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This online manual is a compilation of USU academic policies and procedures. In the past, such information was not consolidated and could be found only by examining a variety of sources, such as the General Catalog, Advisor Handbook, the University Policy Manual, The Code of Policies and Procedures for Students, Executive Memorandums, and minutes from the Educational Policies Committee and the Faculty Senate. This online manual was developed to provide a single source which can be easily used by faculty, staff, and students to answer questions regarding USU’s academic policies and procedures.

Questions relating to this website, suggested revisions to policies, and ideas for policies to be added should be directed to the Registrar’s Office.

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• “A” Pin 
• Academic Appeals 
• Academic Dismissal 
• Academic Freedom 
• Academic Honesty/Integrity 
• Academic Nepotism (Graduate Students) 
• Academic Probation 
• Academic Programs, Required Approval 
• Academic Record Adjustment 
• Academic Records 
• Academic Renewal 
• Academic Standing Policy 
• Academic Standing for Student Athletics Eligibility 
• Academic Suspension 
• Academic Warning 
• Accounts Receivable Procedures 
• Adding Courses 
• Admission: Graduate Students 
• Admission: International Students 
• Admission: Undergraduate Students 
• Advanced Placement (AP) Examinations 
• Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity 
• Assumption of Risk 
• Auditing Classes 
• Bachelor’s Degree Requirements 
• Classroom Incivility 
• College-Level Examination Program (CLEP) 
• Commencement 
• Complete Withdrawal from the University 
• Concurrent Enrollment 
• Conduct, Faculty Standards 
• Conduct, Student Standards 
• Conflicts with Beliefs, Alternative Course Requirements 
• Course Fees 
• Credit by Advanced Coursework (Language Credits) 
• Credit by Departmental Examination 
• Credit Limit 
• Credits Awarded for Courses 
• Credits, Maximum and Minimum Required for Degrees 
• DANTES Standardized Subject Tests (DSST) 
• Dean’s List (Honor Roll) 
• Degree, Change of 
• Delinquent Financial Accounts 
• Depth Requirements (University Studies) 
• Disabled Students, Accomodations 
• Disabled Students, Laws Relating to 
• Dropping Courses 
• E-mail Communication Policy 
• English Placement 
• Exceptions to General Education Breadth Requiremnents 
• Excused Absences 
• Faculty Standards of Conduct 
• Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) 
• Federal Funds, Repayment 
• Fifteen-Year General Education Courses Policy 
• Final Examination Schedules and Policies 
• Financial Aid Regulations 
• Foreign Language Examinations 
• Full-time Status 
• General Education Requirements 
• Good Standing 
• Grade Point Average (GPA) and Quality Points 
• Grades, Posting 
• Grading Deadlines 
• Grading Policy 
• Graduate Degrees, Concurrent 
• Graduate Degree Requirements 
• Graduate Degrees, Supervisory Committee Appointments 
• Graduate Registration, Continuous 
• Graduate Students, Grades/Credit Acceptance 
• Graduate Students, Time Limits 
• Graduate Students, Transfer and Nonmatriculated Credits 
• Graduation, Applying for 
• High School Curriculum 
• Home-schooled Students 
• Honor Roll (Dean’s List) 
• Honors at Graduation 
• Honors Program 
• Incomplete (I) Grade 
• International Baccalaureate Organization (IBO) 
• Judicial Obligations 
• Language Placement 
• Latin Scholastic Distinctions 
• Leave of Absence 
• Letter of Completion (General Education) 
• Low Scholarship Notification, Graduate Students 
• Major Policy, Undeclared 
• Majors, Dual and Composite 
• Math Placement 
• Matriculation of USU Faculty 
• Military Credit 
• New Student Orientation 
• No-test Days 
• Pass, D+, D, F Grading Option 
• Posthumous Degrees 
• Prerequisites, Approval and Enforcement 
• Provisional Admission 
• Provisional Admission Warning 
• QL/QI Accommodation 
• Quality Points 
• Readmission 
• Records Hold 
• Registration 
• Religion Credit 
• Repeating Courses 
• Research Approval 
• Research Misconduct 
• Residency Policy and Appeal 
• Second Bachelor’s Degree 
• Seven-Year Graduation Requirements Policy 
• Split Form 
• Student Records 
• Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security Act 
• Student Support Services 
• Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) 
• Terminology, Undergraduate 
• Thesis/Dissertation Publication Delay 
• Thesis, Plan B Papers, Dissertations-Preparation and Approval 
• Transcripts 
• Transfer Credit 
• Tuition and Fee Refund 
• Tuition Installment Plan (TIP) 
• Tuition Surcharge for Excessive Credits 
• University Studies Depth Requirements 
• Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT) 
• Valedictorian Selection Criteria 
• Waitlisting Tutorial for Students
• Western Regional Graduate Programs (WRGP)