ACADEMIC REGULATIONS 12/4/70 "Undergraduates Students Taking Courses for Graduate Credit" policy statement approved. 2/19/71 Credit hour load recommendations approved for academic deans' review. 2/19/71 Transfer Credit Policy approved for Academic Deans' review. Future revisions will be submitted to the ASC and FC. 6/1/71 Consensus was that whatever requirements were decided upon for credit by examination for graduate students from foreign universities, the policy should maintain a fair relationship to transfers from accredited U.S. schools. 11/4/71 Approved that no more than 1/2 of the total credit hours required for graduation may be earned by a combination of credit by examination and transfer credits. 7/18/72 Approved that a student must take 24 credit hours while enrolled as a Graduate Student in CSU's Graduate Studies College to receive a master's degree. 11/2/72 Concluded that it is unlikely that 300-level courses can be counted for graduate credit/ 3/7/73 Accepted Informal outline of the new definitions for the "T/S" grades. Formal definition to be included in 1972-73 graduate bulletin. 3/7/73 Approved assigning the grade of "F" a value of 0.0 quality points to be included in the GPA. 4/9/73 Did not act on recommendation to permit graduate students to take an extra graduate course, and upon completion if a "B" is earned, substitute it for a course where only a "C" was earned. 10/18/73 Approved assigning "F" grades appearing on a graduate student's record an 0.0 value and including it in the student's point hour ratio. Matter referred to ASC. 10/18/73 Recommended changing the Incomplete removal policy to allow graduate students two calendar quarters from the date that the Incomplete was incurred to remove it for a letter grade. 6/4/74 C-M Law College's request for P/F grading of law students taking business administration courses discussed. 7/1/74 Law Professor L. Moody was a guest as GC continued discussing C-M's request to allow P/F grading for law students taking business administration courses. 8/14/74 Approved P/F grading policy for law students taking business administration courses. Sent to ASC. 10/16/74 Approved statement concerning graduate petition procedures. 11/13/74 Removal of "F" Grade Proposal from the ASC rejected. 11/13/74 Accepted the Grade Dispute Procedures Committee's revised procedures for review of evidence and adherence to procedures in such cases, following collegiate committee decision if such exists 12/11/74 Satisfactory/Failing grading policy adopted, after eliminating the last sentence in reference to disqualification of those holding an F-1 visa. 10/15/75 Agreed that the matter of limitation to 500-level courses should first be considered at the collegial level. Approved expanding the "Undergraduate Taking Graduate Courses" policy to include post-baccalaureate (Base 8) students provided they meet the policy requirements imposed on CSU seniors. 11/12/75 Deferred expanding the "Undergraduate Taking Graduate Courses" policy to include post-baccalaureate (Base 8) students. 11/19/75 Approved recommendation concerning the use of graduate credits in fulfillment of a second master's degree. 12/10/75 Revised the word "application" to "admission" in the policy statement concerning use of graduate credit in fulfillment of a second master's degree. 3/10/76 Approved that No person may be both a student and faculty member in the unit awarding the degree the person is seeking. 3/17/76 Incomplete Grade Removal Policy revised, adding the statement: "the instructor may require the coursework to be completed earlier". 4/21/76 Non-Degree status altered to permit students to enroll for courses on a graded basis. 10/20/76 Reported that ASC changed the GC resolution so that all non-degree graduate students would receive a letter grade unless they indicated desire for P/F at the time of registration. 10/20/76 Approved that non-degree graduate students may transfer up to one-third (but no more than 16 quarter credits) of degree requirements, of which no more than 8 can be from S/F graded credits. Transferred courses must have a grade of "B" or better. 12/15/76 GASC to reconsider the matter of overloads after a motion to allow the Graduate Dean or Asst. Dean to approve a 1-credit overload in the absence of a formal petition failed. 12/15/76 Codified current practice to allow Graduate Studies to permit extending "Special Student Status" for one course upon the concurrence of the department and the Dean. 3/16/77 Graduate Bulletin section on dismissal revised to assign responsibility for review for continuance or dismissal to the program graduate committee (other than University automatic dismissals). 7/20/77 Approved Dean and/or Assoc. Dean having authority to approve one credit hour overloads, based on the quality of the student's record, to facilitate registration and avoid the necessity of petitioning. 2/15/78 Approved continuing S/F grading policy for graduate students in its present form. 1/15/78 Recommendation that each graduate dept. be responsible for determining any GPA requirements for graduate assistants above those required for good academic standing referred back to GASC. 3/15/78 Dean granted blanket authority to approve 2 credit hour overloads for summer term. 3/15/78 Recommendation that the procedures and policies pertaining to transfer credit to doctoral programs be contained in an official statement in the Graduate Bulletin referred to GASC. 4/12/78 Referred to GASC the question that since grades in classes taken at the 100-level through 300 level are not included in the graduate student's GPA, should grades below "B" be considered in determining whether a graduate student should be academically dismissed. 1/10/79 Recommended that NR grades for undergraduate courses taken by graduate students should not be counted in the GPA. 11/21/79 No transfer credit be accepted on S/F or P/F basis. The policy as written is to be enforced as soon as possible and is non-petitionable. 11/21/79 Course credits over six years old at the time graduation will not count towards master's degree requirement, whether such courses be CSU or transfer credit. 11/28/79 Graduate Bulletin revised: "The non-degree status is not intended for a student...A student who changes from non-degree status to degree status may be permitted, WITH DEPARTMENTAL APPROVAL, to APPLY a maximum of 16 credits from his or her non-degree course work... 11/28/79 Academic Dismissal Policy that considers all courses and grades in the matter of dismissal reaffirmed. 11/28/79 S/F grading system abolished in the Graduate College 1/16/80 FC did not approved GC's recommendation abolishing S/F grading in Graduate College. Discussed retaining the S/F system and if a dual standard exists between the S/F system and the Transfer credit policy. 2/20/80 Suggested that an appropriate notation be made on the record that "transient status is terminated due to academic deficiency". 3/12/80 Approved using OBOR memo dealing with contact hours and credit awarded for non-traditional courses as a starting point in developing a policy for CSU. 3/17/82 "Performance must be at the "B" level or better to receive credit by examination." inserted into the policy. 11/15/82 "T/S/F" grading system retained for sequential courses and project grading. Adopted an alternative "P/NP" grading system to be limited to thesis/dissertation and Exit Projects at the program's option. 11/17/82 Limited to 2 the number of "NS" or "NP" designations that could be awarded to a student for the dissertation/thesis/Exit Project before mandatory review became necessary. 2/9/83 Suggestions made to clear up "T/S/F" grading policy inconsistencies. 11/9/83 In the absence of a Graduate Studies College drop policy to the contrary, collegial policies prevail over the University policy. 12/14/83 Transfer credit is not to exceed 12 graduate credits at the master's level, or 1/3 of the degree credits at the doctoral level. 12/14/83 Credits earned in a non-degree status are not to be considered transfer credit for those entering degree programs. 12/14/83 Automatic dismissal policy left unchanged: "...if the student receives a second grade of "F", automatic dismissal by the Registrar is mandatory". 2/27/85 A&S "+/-" grading proposal discussed, with GC being strongly opposed to such a grading policy for graduate level courses. 4/17/85 Approved of no changes in the grading of graduate level courses in any college. 12/11/85 S/F grading system will not be available to graduate students, except for courses approved by the Dean for the T/S/NS/F grading system. "S" grade to be awarded for only "A" or "B" quality work. 2/19/86 Uniform statement on the calaculation of graduate GPAs approved: "After admission to the Graduate College and registration as a graduate student, grades for all 400-800 level courses taken on a letter grade basis will be computed into a student's GPA." 2/19/86 Approved modifications in the wording of the Dismissal Policy to make it easier to understand. 4/23/86 Moved that only 8 credits of "C" work at the 400 and above level be permitted to apply towards graduate degree requirements. 4/23/86 Petitions Comm. concerned that the current policies are in conflict concerning the definition and philosophy of "advanced" undergraduate courses and is studying the issue of petitions received for the transfer of CSU senior level courses to graduate records/requirements. 6/4/86 Graduate depts. alerted to a possible policy change regarding transferring credit for 400-level course to a graduate student's record. 11/13/86 Agreed that transfer of 400-level coursework into a graduate degree program should be a petitionable matter, leaving responsibility to determine appropriate 400-level courses with the graduate depts. 11/13/86 Interpreted action of 12/85 to mean the Graduate Dean's designation of S/F for workshops and special offerings does not preclude offering a letter grade. 5/5/87 Decided that the lack of feedback on mid-term examination performance before the withdrawal deadline was not a legimate reason for granting a petition for a late withdrawal. 6/2/87 Revised maximum time allowed for students to satisfy the terms on an incomplete grade to 1 quarter effective, 7/1/88. 11/4/87 Discussed the need for an S/F grading option and its impact on classes with multiple grading systems. Agreed that something needs to be done about the communications problem with colleges that advertise the S/F grading option before receiving approval. 1/12/88 Option of waiving the admission examination requirement for students having earned their undergraduate degree (with a 3.0 or better GPA) more than 6 years ago approved. 1/12/88 Letters of recommendation as an entrance requirement made a optional departmental requirement. 1/12/88 Matter of making C-level graduate work done under the Non-degree Student Status no longer acceptable for meeting degree requirements referred to the departments. 1/12/88 Exempted summer quarter from the 1-quarter limit for completing an Incomplete grade. 1/12/88 Abandoned the requirement that students be registered for at least 1 credit hour the quarter in which they plan to graduate. Student's graduation effective with the completion of all degree requirements. 1/12/88 Matter of automatic dismissal for students receiving a third NS grades for thesis/dissertation work referred to the departments. 1/12/88 Referred to the departments whether requiring students to register for 1 credit hour of thesis/dissertation work until completed is sufficient to guarantee that a student is making progress. 2/9/88 Automatic Mandatory dismissal for students receiving a third NS grades for thesis/dissertation work approved. 2/9/88 Opposed denying transfer credit for Non-Degree coursework. Made it a departmental option to not to apply Non-Degree C-level coursework towards the masters degree requirements. 4/19/88 Agreed that a minimum GPA of 3.0 was necessary qualify for graduation, and that requests for exemption should not be permitted by the Petitions Comm. 2/7/89 Approved that students may petition their graduate program committee/director for non-degree hours in excess of 16 credits and programs may grant such requests without the approval of the GC Petitions Comm. students whose petitions are denied may petition the GC Petitions Comm. for transfer hours in excess of the hour limit. 2/7/89 Approved making requests for additional hours of transfer credit (beyond 12) a departmental matter, no longer requiring Graduate College approval. Departments to annually report the number of hours in excess of 12 which are approved. 2/7/89 Approved making exceptions to the 6-year statue of limitations a matter of program determination, no longer requiring GC Petitions Comm. approval. 2/7/89 Approved that poor academic performance does not constitute acceptable grounds for requesting a late withdrawal from a course. 2/21/89 Agreed to survey graduate programs to determine the maximum credit hours which designate full-time graduate students. 5/30/89 Approved S/U grading system for graduate students enrolled in remedial coursework (rather than S/F grading system). Graduate Bulletin to be revised to reflect the new description. 4/24/90 Approved recommendation that a student may request academic reassessment through Graduate College Admissions & Standards Comm. following a 3-year absence and upon readmission to the same or a new graduate program. (Stipulation that Drs. Haymes and Bailey revise the proposal's text and make it availavble at the next meeting). 5/8/90 Plus/Minus grading system approved pending Graduate Faculty vote. 6/5/90 Charged the Graduate College Admissions & Standards Comm. to examine the impact of the +/- grading system on academic regulations. 11/13/90 Approved refinements of the proposed +/- Grading System: Students must earn a full B grade to receive credit by examination, to transfer grades from an initial to a second master's degree and to receive transfer credit for graduate work taken at another university or college. 11/13/90 Approved that a maximum of of 8 credit hours of C work (and no C-work) may be applied towards meeting graduate degree requirements. 11/13/90 Student's right to dispute a course grade involving a request for a change of less than a full letter grade approved. 11/13/90 Changed Academic Dismissal policy to reflect that 16 credit hours of less than B coursework, rather than 12 credit hours, would result in academic dismissal. 11/13/90 Academic Warning policy changed to reflect that that two grades than a B, with a cumulative GPA of less than 3.00 will result in an academic warning. 12/11/90 Agreed that three (rather than four) grades of less than B would constitute grounds for mandatory dismissal. 2/19/91 Seven-level +/- grading system approved and forwarded to ASC. A = 4.0 A- = 3.7 B+ = 3.3 B = 3.0 B- = 2.7 C = 2.0 F = 0.0 12/10/91 Decided that students who were admitted under the old grading system, and who are adversely affected by the new +/- grading system should have the right to appeal if they are prevented from graduating because their GPA is below 3.0 as a direct result of receiving a B-. Pettions Committed instructed to report related issues of principle for GC deliberation. 2/11/92 Agreed that the review and approval of external transfer credit petitions will remain at the departmental level. 2/11/92 Reached consensus that the computer grading system needs to be modified to accomodate the new "+/-" grading system. 2/11/92 Manual review of student transcripts is being conducted to ascertain what proportion of students are exceeding the statute of limitations for obtaining their degrees. 3/10/92 Decided to return to the original language that appears in the 1990-1992 Graduate Bulletin rather than publish the revised language for implementing the Plus/Minus Grading System in the 1992-1994 Bulletin as previously approved. 3/10/92 Reached consensus that full-time enrollment requires 12-16 credit hours for graduate students not holding a graduate assistantship, and 8-16 credit hours for graduate assistants. 4/14/92 Voted that a diploma from an institution accredited by the Association of Montessori International was in compliance with Graduate College regulations regarding transfer credits. 4/14/92 Determine that six-year statute petitions shall be continued upon at the departmental level. 5/26/92 Non-Degree Transfer Credit Petitions to be administered permanently at departmental or program level. 1/18/94 Academic Dismissal, Graduate Requirements, & Use of Non-Degree Credits to Meet Degree Requirement policies revised for 1994-1996 graduate bulletin. 4/5/94 Academic dismissal will be based upon graduate students receiving grades of less tha B in 400-800 courses. Approved allowing departments to decide if academic dismissal should occur for students who receive a grade of less than B in 100-300 level courses. 2/28/95 Agreed that C-M law students may transfer up to 16 graduate credit hours. 4/2/96 Approved procedure where graduate student petitions to extend the six year limit for completion of a second master's degree is decided at the departmental level. 2/11/97 Academic departments asked to conduct individual degree audits for degree seeking students. 12/2/97 Approved 8 semester hours as minimum registration requirement for full-time graduate status and for graduate assistants. 7/23/01 Test out procedure for ETE 501 approved. 7/23/01 Dean to send memo to academic deans that a formal academic program must be approved for submission to a second graduate degree. (case of student asking to be admitted to second D.Eng. program) 3/19/02 Approved allowing Youngstown State University students to transfer up to 15 credit hours for MPA courses. 3/19/02 Approved non-graded one-hour extended registration "course" to be offered at the end of each term for students who have met all academic requirements (but have incompletes). Dean will look into getting a different surcharge rather than regular tutition rate. 4/28/04 Decided that best way to notify students of an academic warning is via the grade report. 10/18/04 Visiting Student Status approved. 10/18/04 Approved eliminating the "X" and "NA" grades from the Graduate Catalog. 12/13/04 Conditional Admissions Status approved. 10/13/06 Grade Dispute Policy revisions approved. 11/8/06 Approved revising the Grade Change and Grade Dispute Policy. 10/19/09 Clarification of graduate credit hour options for undergraduates approved. 4/13/10 Revised residence requirement: A student who is a candidate for a master's degree must fulfill the College of Graduate Studies' residence requirement of having earned at least 16 credit hours of acceptable graduate credit while enrolled at CSU. 12/13/12 Policy of a 1-year limit for late withdrawal after completion of the course, with exceptions considered approved. 5/04/15 Suggested word change in graduate catalog: "Unsatisfactory performance by a graduate student in selected courses. Grades of "U" do not influence a graduate student's grade-point average. HOWEVER, A U GRADE MAY BE USED FOR A PROGRAM'S OPTIONAL DISMISSAL DECISION." 11/8/17 Revised S/F, S/U grading policy for certificate programs (Licensure component removed from wording)